Billy Talent have made us a playlist. Yeah, you heard us; BILLY TALENT. Guitarist Ian D'Sa to be precise.

The songs are themed around climate change; in many of the countries where ActionAid works, changes in the weather are already devastating people's lives.

Read about Ian's excellent choices below, and click on the links to buy the songs (we get money for every one, plug plug).

Click here to listen on Spotify.

Cesspools in Eden - Dead Kennedys buy
"The effects of global warming are closer to home than you think..it's IN your home!"

Turn Your Back - Billy Talent w/Anti-Flag buy
"This is a song we released with our friends in Anti-Flag about taking preventative action for the environment before we start to see devastating results."

Kyoto Now! - Bad Religion buy
"Another great punk rock song about things we can do to change right now ."

(Nothing but) Flowers - The Talking Heads buy
"A tongue-in-cheek song about nature eventually reclaiming our cities and highways."

Ready to Fall - Rise Against buy
"A great song about stepping down from our unfriendly attitudes towards the environment. "

The Trees - Rush buy
"This song is about the rich oppressing the poor but it's written using trees as metaphors for humans. "

Hands All Over - Soundgarden buy
"A song about how the face of the earth is changing so rapidly...the lyrics 'Your gonna kill your mother' says it all."

Cold Metal - Iggy Pop buy
"There's too many machines and not enough green, I love the lyric 'Cold metal's gonna be the skeleton of the free'"

Monkey gone to Heaven - Pixies buy
"A song of mankind's fate due to pollution"

Earth Died Screaming -Tom Waits buy
"I love the lyrics to this song, 'And the earth died screaming, while i lay dreaming'"

Click here to find out more about climate change and what you can do

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