Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor and environmental campaigner who won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Actor for The Revenant and was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace on climate change in 2014.
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Their wordsHe was speaking before the U.S. Congress to confront the defining issue of his time—slavery. Everyone knew it had to end but no one had the political will to stop it. Remarkably, his words ring as true today when applied to the defining crisis of our time— climate change.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, statement at the High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, United Nations, New York, 22 April 2016, as printed in full by EcoWatch ("Leonardo DiCaprio: The World Is Now Watching", 22 April 2016)ecowatch.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsunfortunately the evidence shows us that it will not be enough. Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, statement at the High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, United Nations, New York, 22 April 2016, as printed in full by EcoWatch ("Leonardo DiCaprio: The World Is Now Watching", 22 April 2016)ecowatch.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsit is time to declare no more talk. No more excuses. No more 10-year studies. No more allowing the fossil fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies that effect our future.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, statement at the High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, United Nations, New York, 22 April 2016, as printed in full by EcoWatch ("Leonardo DiCaprio: The World Is Now Watching", 22 April 2016)ecowatch.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Climate change is real, happening now, and the most urgent threat facing the human species.
Their wordsClimate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor acceptance speech at the 88th Academy Awards, 28 February 2016, as printed in full by International Business Times ("Leonardo DiCaprio Wins His First Oscar For ‘The Revenant’; Read His Full Acceptance Speech", 29 February 2016)ibtimes.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsWe need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who will be most affected by this
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor acceptance speech at the 88th Academy Awards, 28 February 2016, as printed in full by International Business Times ("Leonardo DiCaprio Wins His First Oscar For ‘The Revenant’; Read His Full Acceptance Speech", 29 February 2016)ibtimes.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 17 months earlier
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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.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 1st of 4 in this piece
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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.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 2nd of 4 in this piece
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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.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 3rd of 4 in this piece
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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.
↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 4th of 4 in this piece