Leonardo DiCaprio, Quincy Jones, Cher, Annie Lennox, Ellen DeGeneres, Edward Norton, Jack Black, LL Cool J, Bob Weir, Dead & Company, The Lumineers, Joss Stone and Calum Worthy are some of the celebrities supporting the Right Here, Right Now Climate Alliance and its sister United Nations Human Rights campain at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference.
The celebrity coalition has come together in a social media blitz to rally support for United Nations Human Rights climate justice goals and emphasise the need of world leaders and dignitaries assembled in Sharm El Sheikh to view climate change through a human rights lens and push for action from heads of state to accelerate the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Since launching during COP26 in 2021, the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance has also garnered support from celebrities that include Celine Dion, Cher, Jeff Bridges, Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Pitbull, and Kesha.
The organisation is working with United Nations Human Rights to elevate understanding about the human rights crisis that climate change represents and to urgently appeal for more ambitious efforts to address it. Its COP27 press conference today (8th November) includes comments from:
Ian Fry, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, and an international environmental law and policy expert
David Clark, Founder and CEO, Right Here Right Now Global Climate Alliance; CEO of David Clark Cause
S. James Anaya, Steering Committee Chair of Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit; CU Distinguished International Law Professor; and a former UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Romchat Wachirarattanakornkul, Human Rights, Climate Change & Environmental Regional Focal Point at UN Human Rights – Asia
Lindsay Saunders Carl, Youth Director, Right Here Right Now Global Climate Alliance
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