A new rendition of the song 'Beds are Burning' was launched by Kofi Annan in Paris this morning as part of an inaugural global music petition. It was created in order to demand a decent climate justice deal at the upcoming UN Climate change summit in Copenhagen.
The song was re-written by Midnight Oil in honor of the occasion and over 60 international musicians and celebrities, including Milla Jovovich, Lilly Allen and Duran Duran, collaborated on the project. The song is set to become the soundtrack of the Climate Justice movement.
People are encouraged to download a copy of the song, as every download will count as a unique digital petition with people adding their names to demand world leaders reach a fair, binding and global deal at the Copenhagen summit. Already, more than one million people have signed up to the campaign.
Climate justice has, at its heart, the principle that pollution has a price and the polluter must pay. The countries, and peoples, who are suffering the worst impact of climate change – both now and in the future – have done the least to cause it.
Mr Annan said:
“Climate change is the greatest humanitarian challenge facing mankind today. But it is a challenge as well which has a grave injustice at its heart. It is the major developed economies of the world which contribute the overwhelming majority of global greenhouse emissions. But it is the poorer and least developed nations that are hit hardest by its impact.
“By downloading ‘Beds Are Burning’ for free from major music download platforms on the internet, people from around the world will be adding their names to this growing global petition – joining the campaign for climate justice and becoming a climate ally.
“This will be the first time ever that a musical petition has been created to demand change from our world leaders. I believe it can become the Band Aid for the internet generation. Together, we can create such a noise that our leaders will not be able to ignore it when they meet in Copenhagen this December to agree a new post-Kyoto climate agreement.”
Have a look at the video below and be sure to visit the climate justice website to download your own copy.
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