Leonardo DiCaprio's Powerful Climate Summit Speech

Leonardo DiCaprio's opening remarks at the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit in New York City.

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[demarwilliams]

All fun and games until you have to write an essay on this.

[malcasablanca]

"I stand before you not as an expert, but as a concerned citizen"

More speeches should open with this line.

[TheDailyConversation]

"You can make history, or you will be vilified by it." - Leonardo DiCaprio

[PaulVD]

"Honoured delegates, leaders of the world I pretend for a living, you do not!" Hats off sir! Your move world leaders...

[aaronmccallion]

'I pretend for a living, but you do not'

[jaykim]

feels like im watching a movie. everything he does is cinematic

[kiyvvmi]

Anyone else here for online school to evaluate a speech

[Endor_moon]

Fantastic speech, that's public speaking. The writing, delivery and message are so relevant and true. Excellent job.

[sdkh]

I came here because my syllabus included this concerned citizen's marvelous speech in my textbook, feeling lucky to hear
those powerful words..

[eshwarbn]

If this doesn't stir our heart I don't know what
Time to question our actions

[nesleehan]

What an amazing speech to use in my note-taking for interpreting class.

[Maui]

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein      Congratulations Mr. Dicaprio on your effort and your actions don't let the cowards tear you down for you are one of the few who act. The ones that try to tear you down are simply incapable of doing anything else but attempt to destroy acts of meaningful purpose made by people with values. Never give up.

[TheMrt]

This speech is worth an Oscar. And to be taken into action.

[yougonasorry]

im impressed... he's not even looking at his slides... very good presentation, he knows what he's talking about

[huboneelectronics]

I agree with him, he saved Rose. He could save us too. Lol. Well seriously HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! THANK YOU SO MUCH LEONARDO! You're not just an actor you're also a smart person. :)

[drewsansebastian]

Thank you, Mr. Secretary-General, your excellencies, ladies and gentleman, and distinguished guests. I'm honored to be here today, I stand before you not as an expert but as a concerned citizen, one of the 400, 000 people who marched in the
streets of New York on Sunday, and the billions of others around the world who want
to solve our climate crisis.
As an actor I pretend for a living. I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious
problems. I believe that mankind has looked at Climate Change in that same way: as if
it were a fiction, as if pretending that Climate Change wasn't real would somehow
make it go away. But I think we know better than that now. Every week, we're seeing new and undeniable Climate Events, evidence that accelerated Climate Change is here right now. Droughts are intensifying, our oceans are acidifying, with methane
plumes rising up from the ocean floor. We are seeing extreme weather events, and the
West Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheets melting at unprecedented rates, decades
ahead of scientific projections. None of this is rhetoric, and none of it is hysteria. It is fact. The scientific community knows it, Industry knows it, governments know it, even the United States military knows it. The Chief of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Command,
Admiral Samuel Locklear, recently said that Climate Change is our single greatest
security threat.
My Friends, this body -perhaps more than any other gathering in human history-
now faces this difficult, but achievable task. You can make history...or you will be
vilified by it. To 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.
Now must be our moment for action
We need to put a pricetag on carbon emissions, and eliminate government subsidies
for all coal, gas, and oil companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial
polluters have been given in the name of a free-market economy, they don not
deserve our tax dollars, they deserve our scrutiny; for the economy itself will die if our eco-systems collapse. The good news is that renewable energy is not only achievable but good economic policy.

[neoropie]

This actor is really a good person trying to make all of us be concern about this planet
no easy task among his rich frends...My respect to you Mr DiCaprio!

[privateuser]

I'm honored to have such a diplomatic voice of reason representing humanity! I commend his speach! Thank you, for being the voice of unspoken millions!

[CaptainRon]

Now let me get back to my suntanning on my 200ft yacht. Will be flying by myself on my Gulfstream Jet to get there

[kathleencannard]

One of the best speeches ever !
Precise, and to the point ! It is IMPERATIVE to heed these warnings !
God Bless Your Precious Soul Leonardo DiCaprio 🙏🙏🙏🙏
A-PRECIOUS-MEN 🙏💗🙏💗