Singers, politicians and activists including Billie Eilish and Lenny Kravitz took to the stage at a concert calling for action on climate change and inequality in Paris on Thursday, as world leaders summit for a new global financial pact met up with.

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Organized by non-profit group Global Citizen, the ‘Power Our Planet: Live in Paris’ event included musical performances and speeches by climate activists and leaders from Brazil, Kenya, Barbados and the World Bank, as well as famous faces including Oscar winner Michel . Yes.

“This is such an urgent moment that we are in … We really need to change our whole system so that the people most affected by the climate crisis can get what they deserve,” Eilish said on a stage on the Champs de Champs in Paris. It needs to be fought.” Mars Park around the Eiffel Tower.

During his set, Lenny Kravitz told the crowd: “I want us all to be part of the solution, not the problem”.

The concert took place amid a gathering of about 40 leaders seeking to drive a new global finance agenda.

The initiative aims to boost crisis financing for low-income states and reduce their debt burdens, reform post-war financial systems, and free up money to tackle climate.

Earlier on Thursday, the World Bank said it would ease financing for countries hit by natural disasters and the International Monetary Fund said it had achieved a target of making $100 billion available to vulnerable countries.

Speeches were also performed by composer Jon Batiste and singer HER, among others, as well as actors Diane Kruger and Connie Britton.

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