If you’re new here, welcome.
This is where I share the work we’re building at @glblctzn , the issues I believe are worth paying attention to, and, from time to time, a glimpse of my little princess, Miki.
Be my guest, engage, take action and let’s build a better world together
At the @Forbes Dome in #Davos #WEF2026, I joined @sabrinaelba@ronaldlamola_ and Rebecca Bryant, to discuss one of the defining challenges of this decade: how we meet the surging energy demand driven by AI data centers — and do it in a way that creates real opportunity.
This is a race against time.
The jurisdictions that invest now in scaling renewable energy — delivering low-cost, abundant, reliable power — will be the ones that lead the next decade. Not only for AI, but for decarbonising energy-intensive industries like steel and heavy manufacturing.
In December, in South Africa’s Western Cape, I met Luke and Keanu, two young solar technicians of @peleenergy . Their ambition was clear: build a business, install rooftop solar across communities, attract data centers powered by clean energy, manufacture the panels themselves — and keep pushing the frontier of what’s possible.
That’s the future we were talking about in Davos.
And it’s within reach — if governments and businesses move together, with urgency.
Rio, agora é com vocês! 🏖️⭕️
No dia 6 de junho, o Global Citizen Live chega à Praia de Ipanema com um show imperdível de @mslaurynhill@ludmilla e @wyclefjean
Mas, para conseguir seu ingresso, você precisa agir.
No sábado, dia 23 de maio, vamos nos reunir na Praia da Barra da Tijuca, no @burlexperience para um grande mutirão com o bicampeão mundial de surfe @carlosburle e o @instituto.boasondas
Quem participar poderá ganhar ingresso para o Global Citizen Live: Rio, dia 6 de junho.
Cadastre-se pelo app da Global Citizen ou pelo WhatsApp 11 4040-7099, registre seu interesse e garanta sua vaga.
As vagas são limitadas, e você receberá uma confirmação caso seja selecionado. Então corre!
Nos vemos no dia 23 de maio, e, depois, no dia 6 de junho em Ipanema. ⭕️
📍 Local: Quiosque Burle Experience, ao lado do Posto 6 da Praia da Barra 📅 Data: 23/05 🕗 Encontro e retirada dos kits: 8h 🌊 Início do mutirão: 9h
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#globalcitizen
⚽⭕️ A meaningful evening for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.
@glblctzn brought together members of our Board, @fifa President gianni_infantino and potential partners and investors to discuss a shared goal: raising USD $100 million to expand access to education and football for children around the world.
This Fund depends on capital, coordination, and partners ready to support organizations delivering impact in communities that need it most.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and is helping turn this ambition into opportunity for children globally.
⭕️ Let's Take Action Now
What a day, my friends. ⭕️
Closing #GlobalCitizenNOW with @shakira@kaka gianni_infantino @jennytaft , very special guests, global leaders, and partners from across sectors and around the world.
All united around a cause bigger than sport, music, or any single stage: education for children around the world.
Today, we announced nearly USD $47 million raised for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.
The impact is already starting.
The first 27 recipients have been announced across 10 countries, supporting grassroots organizations expanding access to education and sport for children in underserved communities.
But we are still only halfway there.
The goal is USD $100 million, and over the next 60 days, we need businesses, foundations, philanthropists, and partners to step up.
This is how history starts: with people, platforms, and institutions choosing to move together.
Thank you to everyone who joined us today, whether in the room, online, or across social media.
You are part of this. ⭕️
A strength of @glblctzn has always been the diversity of partners who help move the mission forward. ⭕️
Governments, companies, foundations, artists, advocates, community leaders, and institutions each bring different forms of influence, capital, reach, and execution.
That matters because ending extreme poverty requires action across many layers of society.
Policy can unlock systems.
Capital can scale solutions.
Culture can reach people.
Grassroots organizations can deliver trust and impact on the ground.
No single sector can do this alone.
Thank you to the partners who continue to show up, build with us, and help turn commitments into real opportunity for people and communities around the world.
#globalcitizennow
A powerful start to #GlobalCitizenNOW in New York. ⭕️
Today, leaders across government, business, philanthropy, culture, advocacy, and innovation came together to focus on the systems that can help end extreme poverty.
From Africa’s creative economy to energy poverty, AI and the future of work, and new commitments through the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, the day was focused on turning ideas into delivery.
To the Global Citizen team and Board, thank you. Your belief in this mission, your guidance, and your enduring commitment to a world without extreme poverty continue to shape what we are building.
Grateful to have you with us today!
@looria06@randall.lane@mariammalmheiri@frankatsoudas@leovaradkar
@madonna@shakira@bts.bighitofficial
On July 19, they will headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show at New York New Jersey Stadium.
@glblctzn is proud to be producing this historic halftime show as part of our partnership with @FIFA .
This is a historic moment for football, music, and global impact.
For the first time, the biggest match in the world will include a halftime show designed to mobilize action for children around the world.
The show will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, a landmark initiative working to raise USD $100 million to expand access to quality education and football for children globally.
More than USD $30 million has already been raised, and USD $1 from every FIFA World Cup ticket sold will go directly to the Fund.
The scale of this moment matters.
The World Cup reaches billions of people across countries, languages, and generations. When culture, sport, and public action come together at that level, attention can become capital, capital can become access, and access can change lives.
Education remains one of the most important pathways out of extreme poverty. Sport helps children stay engaged, connected to community, and supported by trusted local organizations already doing the work.
This will be one of the biggest cultural stages in the world, and it will help drive resources toward one of the most urgent goals of our time: giving more children the chance to learn, grow, and play.
Donate at https://bit.ly/FIFAFUND
On the eve of Global Citizen NOW, we convened a Capital and Commitment Mobilization Roundtable at the American Australian Association.
More than 40 institutions, banks, investment funds, family offices, foundations, and business leaders joined the conversation.
Global Citizen is working to secure commitments to provide clean energy access for 15 million people this year.
That level of delivery cannot depend on government action alone. It requires capital, philanthropy, business, and public institutions working in alignment.
It was a pleasure to have James Larsen, Australia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, open the discussion and speak to the need for climate finance to evolve, particularly as Australia prepares to play a central role in the COP31 presidency.
We also heard important perspectives from Western Australia’s energy transition, including the need to expand energy access sustainably, reduce emissions, and support the electrification and decarbonization of heavy industry in global supply chains.
Climate change will impact the most vulnerable communities first and hardest. Addressing global emissions requires all of us to redouble our efforts.
More to come on this soon!
Thank you to the American Australian Association for hosting us, and to everyone who joined the conversation, including @leovaradkar and @zoisa_nb from our Europe board, and Laura McGee from our Canada board.
⭕ Clean energy access
📍 New York City
🤝 Capital, commitments, and delivery
New York City, Global Citizen NOW is tomorrow.
On May 14, Global Citizen NOW returns to New York City to focus on the fundamentals required to end extreme poverty: education, food security, energy, and global health.
We will have some of the most influential world leaders speaking directly to you.
Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government of Spain; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; and Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia, will join us virtually for 1:1 fireside conversations on practical solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.
The program will also include major announcements on Global Citizen’s upcoming campaigns, the Global Citizen Prize, and conversations with leaders across government, business, philanthropy, advocacy, entertainment, and culture.
Hugh Jackman, Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, heads of state, CEOs, founders, and many others will be part of the summit.
A few final spots are still available.
If you are working on something meaningful in this space, send me a direct message today and tell me why you should be in the room.
⭕ Last chance to join us
📍 New York City
📩 DM me today
More than 15 years ago, @beyondsoccerlawrence began with Stephanie McArdle’s observation that there was no real access to soccer for girls in the community.
No girls’ team at the local high school, despite 3,000 students.
Stephanie and her family decided to act. They started with 12 girls from four different schools. The early games were difficult, but even after tough losses, the girls would call and ask: “When is the next game, coach?”
That question said a lot.
It speaks to the power of sport when it creates belonging, structure, consistency, and trust. It also shows why grassroots organizations matter. They understand the community, stay close to families, and build the kind of relationships that allow children to be supported beyond the field.
Today, Beyond Soccer reaches 1,500 children every year.
Stephanie captured the heart of the work: scale matters, but the quality of the experience is what keeps young people engaged, seen, and supported.
Sport can open the door. Education, mentorship, and community keep that door open.
This is exactly the kind of local leadership the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund was created to support, and I couldn’t be more thrilled that Beyond Soccer is one of the 27 initial recipients.
Learn more about them: beyondsoccerlawrence.org
⭕ Yesterday, we announced the first 27 recipients of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.
These grassroots organizations, across 10 countries, are expanding access to education and sports for children in underserved communities around the world.
Many operate in places where fewer than 15% of students complete secondary school and where poverty rates remain extremely high.
💰 The grants range from US$50,000 to US$250,000 and will support organizations already creating impact on the ground.
Applications for the second cycle are now open.
If your organization works on education and sports access for children, we want to hear from you.
And for those in a position to support this work, whether as businesses, philanthropies, or individuals, please consider contributing.
The goal is ambitious: raise US$100 million by the end of the FIFA World Cup 2026 to help expand education and opportunity globally.
More information:
globalcitizen.org/education-fund-grantees
Apply here:
globalcitizen.org/education-fund-apply
