Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)

Leonardo DiCaprio · 23 Sept 2014

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The climate crisis has grown beyond individual consumer choices and now requires decisive, large-scale action by industries and governments.

Their wordsTo be clear, this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car. This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking decisive, large-scale action.
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Carbon emissions should be priced and government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies should be ended.

Their wordsWe need to put a price tag on carbon emissions and eliminate government subsidies for oil, coal, and gas companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of a free-market economy. They do not deserve our tax dollars -- they deserve our scrutiny.
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The economy cannot survive the collapse of ecosystems, and renewable energy is good economic policy.

Their wordsFor the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse. The good news is that renewable energy is not only achievable but good economic policy.
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Clean air and a livable climate are inalienable human rights, and climate is a question of survival rather than a partisan issue.

Their wordsThis is not a partisan debate but a human one. Clean air and a livable climate are inalienable human rights. And solving this crisis is not a question of politics. It is a question of our own survival.

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