What Leonardo DiCaprio thinks about politics

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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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3 dated positions, 2014 to 2016, in their own words. Our reading of what Leonardo DiCaprio has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 22 Apr 2016

   Our readingClimate change is the defining crisis of our time, comparable to slavery in Lincoln's day: everyone knows it must end, but the political will is missing.

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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

2. 8 weeks earlier

3. 28 Feb 2016

   Our readingPeople should back leaders who speak for humanity, indigenous peoples and the underprivileged rather than for big polluters and big corporations.

   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

4. 17 months earlier

5. 23 Sept 2014

   Our readingClean 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.

   ↗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