Renowned pianist sends message about climate change with Arctic performance

An internationally renowned pianist used an appropriate stage to draw attention to global climate change.

Ludovico Einaudi performed his piece "Elegy For the Arctic" on a floating platform on the Arctic Ocean.

The Italian pianist teamed up with Greenpeace to brave sub-zero degree temperatures to perform against the backdrop of a melting glacier.

Einaudi also sent an urgent message to world leaders: "What happens here in the Arctic happens, is related to the rest of the world."

The video was released by Greenpeace on the eve of the week-long Ospar Commission Meetings. Ospar is an institution composed of 15 governments whose mission is to protect the north-east Atlantic's marine waters.