Live Earth was series of worldwide concerts held on 7/7/07 that initiated a three-year campaign to combat climate change and advocate environmentally-sustainable living.
The concerts brought together more than 150 musical acts in eleven locations around the world and were broadcast to a mass global audience from Giants Stadium in New York; Wembley Stadium in London; Aussie Stadium in Sydney; Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro; Maropeng at the Cradle of Humankind in Johannesburg; Makuhari Messe in Tokyo; the Steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai; and HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg.
Live Earth is a project of the SOS campaign , which is using a powerful multimedia platform - films, television, radio, Internet, books, wireless and others - to move people to combat the climate crisis.