AURORA and Jacob Collier call for ocean and climate protection in new collaboration

The stars appear together on a platform floating amidst icebergs in front of the imposing glacier, Sveabreen, Svalbard. They perform a mash-up of their two songs, "A Rock Somewhere" and "The Seed", in a rallying cry for ocean and climate protection. The performance was delivered in partnership with Greenpeace International from the organisation’s ship Arctic Sunrise.

“The moment I heard about an opportunity to jump aboard one of the legendary Greenpeace ships, head to Arctic waters, and sing a song with one of my favourite artists next to a mighty glacier, I knew I was signing up for something special. What I hadn’t foreseen was quite how transformative and moving the experience would be, and how much it would teach me - musically, energetically and environmentally," Collier said."

"We need to understand, the more we interfere with, or the more we violate, nature we will have a lesser chance to survive the consequences of our actions. We already know the large impact every choice we’ve made so far has had on the health of this planet. And therefore the health of every life that lives on it. I don’t understand why we cannot let things be. Our curiosity has turned sour, and now I feel like we’re only looking to dominate - take the land, take everything it has to offer before anyone else does it," AURORA adds.

“We won a historic Global Ocean Treaty last year, which keeps our goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 alive. But governments now want to mine the deep. We won’t let that happen," Dr Laura Meller of Greenpeace Nordic said. "We hope this collaboration will inspire millions of people around the world to join our mission to protect the oceans for future generations. We still have time, but governments must act now. They must protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 and introduce a moratorium on deep sea mining.”