Climate Beat - featuring AY Young and Tide Lines

COP26 youth stage reports

After dark the Extreme Hangout at COP26 danced to the climate beat from leading musicians, artistes and DJs. From the US, AY Young launched his 17 new anthems to reflect the UN’s 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). He is a passionate artist, entrepreneur and activist utilising his platform to bridge conversation and raise awareness about issues surrounding sustainability, equal access and community development. AY Young was named by the United Nations as 1 of 17 World Youth Leaders in 2020, selected from 18,000 nominations from 186 countries and is the only Youth Leader coming out of the United States.

Scottish band Tide Lines, formed in Glasgow in 2016, have built a large & passionate fanbase. With sold out venues all over the UK and having played to hundreds of thousands at various UK music festivals, Robert Robertson & Ali Turner from the band performed a special acoustic performance at Extreme Hangout. Their latest album, Eye of the Storm, which was released in May 2020, just narrowly missed the Official UK Album Chart Top 10. All four members of Tide Lines are originally from rural parts of the Scottish Highlands and are all incredibly passionate about the conservation of our beautiful natural environment, our planet and our future generations