McCartney, Bon Jovi, Fergie team up for UN climate change song

Some of the biggest names in the music industry including Sir Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Fergie have come together to record a song about climate change and the new track will be released on Friday.

The new release is designed to support the crucial United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Paris this December when a binding global deal is due to be agreed to limit carbon emissions and prevent dangerous levels of global warming.

The track is titled "Love Song to the Earth" and its general release is scheduled for Friday 11 September.

Other artists to feature on the song include Sean Paul, Nicole Scherzinger, Natasha Bedingfield Johnny Rzeznik, Krewella, Christina Grimmie and Q'Orianka Kilcher.

The song was released last week on iTunes and Apple Music via Connect and proceeds from the track will go towards the United Nations Foundation and Friends of the Earth.

Leona Lewis, Colbie Caillat, Angelique Kidjo, Kelsea Ballerini and Victoria Justice also appear on the track.

The song was released on iTunes and Apple Music on September 4, but will have a wide release a week later, according to a press release.

Toby Gad, the songs co-writer released a statement saying: “When the U.N. asked me to write a song about climate change I felt honoured and inspired. So, my friends and I wrote ‘Love Song to The Earth’, focusing on a positive message about how precious our only planet is… I hope this song will broaden the audience for this urgent message and give the politicians emotional support for meaningful climate agreement in Paris 2015.”

A music video is also due to be released on Friday that will include celebrities, scientists and a range of expert with messages of support to promote environmental protection.

Bedingfield, also helped write the song with Gad, John Shanks and Sean Paul, and said: “We wanted to write a song that is about how when you love something, you look after it… While we know about the environmental issues, we’re unsure if there is any hope. With this song we wanted to talk about the environment in a way that would help people feel empowered to do something rather than be paralyzed by fear.”