NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AY Young announced a new commitment to advancing clean energy at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 Annual Meeting.

A singer, songwriter, United Nations Youth Leader, and entrepreneur, AY Young is powering a movement with his upcoming album Project17, a Battery Tour initiative. With partners including the United Nations, Samsung USA, and General Motors, each song on Project17 is dedicated to one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with all profits to be awarded to organizations pushing the SDGs forward.

AY's commitment centers on SDG 7, affordable and clean energy. Around the world, as international public financing for clean energy for developing countries continues to decline, 675 million people still live in the dark. AY is directing crucial capital for an equitable global energy transition.

On stage at the CGI annual meeting, AY will announce his world record-breaking commitment to power 1,000 concerts entirely with clean energy, with aspirations to play his 1,000th show at Amazon's Climate Pledge Arena on Earth Day 2025. He shut down Times Square for his 958th battery powered show on the #roadto1000 at Climate Week NYC.

"I was raised by a family of changemakers who used their platform to drive forward a better future," says AY Young. "I'm blessed to continue that legacy and partner with the Clinton Global Initiative to use music to power global impact."

About the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
Founded by President Bill Clinton in 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative is a community of doers representing a broad cross section of society and dedicated to the idea that we can accomplish more together than we can apart. Through CGI's unique model, more than 10,000 organizations have launched more than 4,000 Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable projects and programs – that are making a difference in the lives of more than 500 million people in 180 countries.

About The Battery Tour
Founded by artist AY Young, The Battery Tour is a revolutionary concert series powered entirely by renewable energy. This grassroots initiative harnesses the universal language of music to drive social and environmental change, illuminating stages across the globe with energy sourced from solar panels and batteries.

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