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[OWL HOOTING].

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MY FIRST VISUAL MEMORIES ARE OF

THIS FRAMED POSTER ABOVE MY CRIB.

I WOULD STARE AT IT EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I WENT TO BED.

MY FATHER WAS AN UNDERGROUND COMIC DISTRIBUTOR.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS SORT OF ZELIG OF THE COUNTERCULTURE

AS I LIKE TO CALL HIM.

HAVING PAINTED IN WARHOL'S STUDIO,

BEING ROOMIES WITH LOU REED, HE KNEW R. CRUMB

AND ALL THESE GREAT ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION.

I MEAN, I WAS BROUGHT UP ON ALL KINDS OF WACKY VISUALS

AS A KID.

SO I WOULD STARE AT THIS PAINTING OVER AND OVER:

"THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS"

BY HIERONYMUS BOSCH.

IT WAS PAINTED AROUND 1500.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PANELS LONG ENOUGH,

THEY START TO TELL A STORY.

IN THE FIRST PANEL YOU HAVE ADAM AND EVE IN THE

GARDEN OF EDEN.

BIRDS FLYING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE,

ELEPHANTS AND GIRAFFE AND A LOT OF RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY.

THE SECOND PANEL IS WHERE IT STARTS TO BECOME

MORE INTERESTING.

THE DEADLY SINS START TO INFUSE THEIR WAY

INTO THE PAINTING.

THERE'S OVERPOPULATION, THERE'S DEBAUCHERY AND EXCESS.

AND THE LAST PANEL, WHICH IS THE MOST NIGHTMARISH ONE,

ESPECIALLY FROM A YOUNG CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE,

IS THIS TWISTED, DECAYED, BURNT LANDSCAPE.

A PARADISE THAT HAS BEEN DEGRADED AND DESTROYED.

MAN: MAN MAY BE UNWITTINGLY CHANGING THE WORLD'S CLIMATE

THROUGH THE WASTE PRODUCTS OF ITS CIVILIZATION...

MAN 2: THE BURNING OF COAL, OIL AND WOOD IS RELEASING

CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

MAN 3: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT HAS BEEN DETECTED AND

IT IS CHANGING OUR CLIMATE NOW.

MAN 4: GUESS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE GOES?

IT GOES UP.

REPORTERS: CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY IN OUR BACKYARDS.

IT'S OFFICIAL, 2012 WAS THE HOTTEST...

2013, 2014, 2015...

WARMEST YEAR AROUND THE GLOBE, WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD.

WOMAN: IT IS THESE ACTIVITIES THAT DROVE MANKIND OUT

OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HI, HOW ARE YOU?

BAN KI-MOON: AH, MR. DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: PLEASURE, PLEASURE.

BAN KI-MOON: GREAT TO, GREAT PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.

HERE, WE CAN MOVE THIS, THIS CAN BE ADJUSTED.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH WOW, THIS IS FOR HEIGHT CONTROL.

BAN KI-MOON: YEAH, LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: FOR SHORTER LEADERS AND TALLER LEADERS.

WHAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT?

BAN KI-MOON: CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING MUCH, MUCH FASTER.

WE HAVE SEEN SUCH, UH,

EXTRAORDINARY EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS.

IF YOU CONSIDER THIS VASTNESS OF THIS UNIVERSE,

THIS PLANET EARTH IS JUST A SMALL BOAT.

IF THIS BOAT IS SINKING, THEN I THINK WE WILL HAVE

TO ALL SINK TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN A VERY COMMITTED AND EFFECTIVE

ENVIRONMENTALIST AND THAT IS WHY I REALLY COUNT ON

YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION.

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME NEWLY APPOINTED UNITED NATIONS

MESSENGER OF PEACE, MR. LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU MR. SECRETARY GENERAL,

YOUR EXCELLENCIES...

I FEEL INCREDIBLY HONORED THAT THEY CHOSE ME TO BE THE

UNITED NATIONS MESSENGER OF PEACE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU, NOT AS AN EXPERT,

BUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

SEE FOR MYSELF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT CAN BE DONE.

BUT IT ALL KINDA SEEMS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

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.

WE KEEP GETTING INUNDATED WITH CATASTROPHIC NEWS ABOUT THE

ENVIRONMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE

GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.

TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, PEOPLE JUST TUNE OUT.

IF THE U.N. REALLY KNEW HOW I FEEL,

HOW PESSIMISTIC I AM ABOUT OUR FUTURE,

I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, THEY MAY HAVE PICKED THE WRONG GUY.

[PROTESTORS CHANTING INAUDIBLY].

NEWSCASTER: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS

OF NEW YORK TODAY DEMONSTRATING FOR ACTION

ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

GREG GUTFELD: SECRETARY GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON CALLED LEO

"A CREDIBLE VOICE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT,"

WHICH IS LIKE CALLING JEFFREY DAHMER A CREDIBLE

VOICE FOR STEW.

RADIO HOST: LEONARDO DICAPRIO HAS JUST NAIVELY BOUGHT INTO

THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX.

SEAN HANNITY: WHO BETTER TO EDUCATE WORLD LEADERS ON

MADE UP CLIMATE CHANGE IN A CRISIS THAT DOESN'T EXIST,

THAN AN ACTOR FROM HOLLYWOOD WITH ZERO YEARS

OF SCIENTIFIC TRAINING?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HI, HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU DOING, IT'S A PLEASURE.

WOMAN: NICE TO MEET YOU.

ALEJANDRO: HEY!

HOW ARE YOU?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: NICE TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.

ALFONSO CUARON: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO I JUST STARTED THIS NEW FILM,

IT'S SET IN THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF THE UNITED STATES

IN THE EARLY 1800'S.

IT'S BASICALLY THE DAWN OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH MEN WHO ARE PILLAGING

THE NATURAL WORLD, WIPING SPECIES OUT,

AND BASICALLY DESTROYING CULTURES IN THE PROCESS.

OH WOW, LOOK AT THIS.

THOSE ARE LIKE BUFFALO SKULLS.

ALEJANDRO!

CRAZY, ARE THESE FUR-TRAPPERS?

ARE THESE PEOPLE SELLING THE SKULLS?

ALEJANDRO: NO, THESE ARE PEOPLE SELLING

THE SKULLS, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHAT THE ... IS THIS?

ALEJANDRO: ISN'T THAT EMBARRASSING?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MAN, THAT'S CRAZY.

ALEJANDRO: AND THE FACT THAT THEY NEVER EVEN REFLECTED

ON IT, THAT THERE'S AN ENDING TO THESE ANIMALS,

AND WE CANNOT JUST, IT'S INSANE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IF YOU CAN PUT THAT IN THE MOVIE

THAT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE.

HOW ABOUT THIS, I DARE YOU!

ALEJANDRO: AH, OKAY.

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO: GET TO THE BOAT!

COME ON, SON!

I DIDN'T GROW UP AROUND NATURE AT ALL,

I GREW UP NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

AND MY ESCAPE EVERY WEEKEND WAS THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

AND FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE,

I BECAME FASCINATED WITH SPECIES THAT HAD BECOME EXTINCT.

ALL THESE DIFFERENT ANIMALS,

FROM THE DODO TO THE PASSENGER PIGEON,

WHICH WAS THE MOST PLENTIFUL BIRD ON EARTH,

TO THE TASMANIAN TIGER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE THILACENE

TO THE GREAT AUK, THE QUAGGA, THE MOA.

I REMEMBER THE ANGER THAT I FELT,

READING ALL THESE STORIES ABOUT HOW EXPLORERS AND

SETTLERS WOULD JUST WIPE OUT AN ENTIRE SPECIES,

AND IN THE PROCESS, DECIMATE THE ECOSYSTEM FOREVER.

THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS WE'RE KNOWINGLY DOING THIS;

IT'S JUST ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.

MICHAEL BRUNE: IF WE'RE GONNA FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

EFFECTIVELY, WE HAVE TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT

MOST OF OUR ECONOMY IS BASED ON FOSSIL FUELS.

FOSSIL FUELS ARE COAL, OIL, AND NATURAL GAS.

OIL POWERS MOST OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR,

COAL AND NATURAL GAS POWER MOST OF THE ELECTRICITY.

NOW, IN THE FIRST COUPLE DECADES OF THE 21ST CENTURY,

IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS,

WE'RE GOING TO VERY RISKY, VERY EXTREME NEW SOURCES.

YOU SEE THIS IN THINGS LIKE MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL FOR COAL,

FRACKING FOR NATURAL GAS, OFFSHORE DRILLING FOR OIL,

AND THE TAR SANDS, WHICH IS THE MOST DEVASTATING FORM OF

PRODUCING FOSSIL FUELS.

THEY TAKE AWAY MASSIVE FORESTS,

THE WATER IN THE STREAMS AND RIVERS IS POISONED.

IT HAS SEVERE IMPACTS ON THE WILDLIFE,

ON NATIVE COMMUNITIES, AND IT REQUIRES A HUGE AMOUNT OF

ENERGY SIMPLY TO GET IT TO OUR FUEL TANKS.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL.

HELICOPTER PILOT: HEADSETS ARE HUNG UP AT THE BACK,

BUT THE VOLUME CONTROL'S RIGHT ABOVE THE MICROPHONE

SO YOU CAN JUST...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHO CLEAR CUT ALL OF THIS?

MARC MAGEAU: THERE'S A LOGGING COMPANY HERE IN TOWN,

SO TYPICALLY WHERE PEOPLE NEED THE TREES CUT TO DO ANY

DEVELOPMENT OF ANY SORT.

THERE'S A LOCAL MILL AND THEY PROCESS ALL THE WOOD.

THIS WOULD BE ALL BOREAL FOREST,

ALL BOREAL FOREST HERE.

THIS STARTED AS A PRETTY SMALL OPERATION BACK IN THE

MID TO LATE 1960'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY.

TODAY WE PRODUCE ABOUT 350,000 BARRELS A DAY OF

SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL FROM THIS FACILITY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES, LEONARDO.

THERE'S EXXON.

THEY HAVE STARTED UP A NEW MINE JUST RECENTLY.

AND THEN THERE'S SHELL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THOSE ARE...

ALL THE BLACK IS THE OIL SANDS?

MARC MAGEAU: YEAH YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT IT THAT

IT HAS OIL IN IT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN REAL TIME IS WE TAKE THE SANDY OIL AND

WE WASH THE OIL OUT OF THE SAND.

WE JUST PUMP STEAM INTO THE GROUND AND THEN AS THE

GROUND WARMS LITERALLY THE OIL DROPS.

IT JUST FALLS OUT OF THE SAND.

AND THEN WE'RE DONE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE MORDOR.

MARC MAGEAU: LIKE WHAT?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MORDOR, FROM "LORD OF THE RINGS."

IT'S SUCH A MASSIVE OPERATION, IT'S MIND BLOWING.

MARC MAGEAU: NOW THIS, OF COURSE,

IS JUST OUR MINING OPERATION.

WE'LL GET TO THE EXTRACTION OPERATION AND

THE UPGRADING OPERATION AND...

THE IN SITU OPERATION IS SOME 70 KILOMETERS OR SO AWAY,

BUT THE PLANTS ARE CONNECTED BY PIPELINES AND SO ON.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THE TRUTH IS,

THE MORE I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND EVERYTHING THAT

CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROBLEM, THE MORE I REALIZE HOW MUCH

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THE TERM "GLOBAL WARMING,"

WHICH WAS WHAT IT WAS CALLED BACK THEN,

I WAS IN MY EARLY TWENTIES.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN ONE ON ONE WITH

THEN-VICE PRESIDENT, AL GORE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

AND HE DREW A PICTURE OF OUR PLANET ON A CHALKBOARD,

AND THEN HE DREW THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND IT,

AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF OUR TIME.

I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

HE SAID ALL OUR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, BOATS, TRAINS,

PLANES, CARS, THE WAY WE PRODUCE OUR FOOD,

THE WAY WE BUILD OUR CITIES, ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO

RELEASES CARBON DIOXIDE, CO2,

AND THAT LEADS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE POLAR ICE CAPS WILL MELT, THE SEAS WILL START TO RISE,

THERE WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS WEATHER PATTERNS,

FLOODS, DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES.

IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME NIGHTMARISH

SCIENCE FICTION FILM.

EXCEPT EVERYTHING HE SAID IS REAL AND IT'S

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WOW, WOW, BEAUTIFUL.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW FAR WE'VE GONE,

HOW MUCH DAMAGE WE'VE DONE, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING

WE CAN DO TO STOP IT.

MAN: YOU ALL SET, MATE?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO IT'S THE 4TH OF JULY,

AND WE'RE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ARCTIC.

DR. ENRIC SALA: RIGHT NOW WE ARE STANDING ON THE OCEAN,

WE ARE BASICALLY WALKING ON WATER.

THIS IS THE NORTHERN TIP OF BAFFIN ISLAND,

ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS IN THE HIGH CANADIAN ARCTIC.

WE ARE WAY ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,

AND IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN THE WATER,

YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STAND IT FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES,

EXCEPT YOU WHO ARE A BADASS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: YOU HUNT AND FISH HERE, RIGHT?

JAKE AWA: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHAT DO YOU,

WHAT DO YOU FISH AND WHAT DO YOU HUNT?

JAKE AWA: IN MY TERRITORY I HUNT FISH, SEAL, NARWHAL,

AND POLAR BEAR.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS THIS POLAR BEAR?

JAKE AWA: YUP.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH, WELL THERE YOU GO!

AND THE ICE HERE, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN AROUND HAS

IT BEEN DECREASING?

JAKE AWA: WE USED TO HAVE A SOLID ICE, BLUE.

NOT LIGHT BLUE LIKE THIS, BLUE.

HARD, ICE.

NOW WE USUALLY HAVE A, KIND OF ICE CREAM TYPE OF ICE.

IT'S ICE BUT IT'S, WHEN IT STARTS TO MELT,

IT MELTS PRETTY FAST.

MUCH FASTER THAN BEFORE.

DR. ENRIC SALA: 2040, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SAIL OVER

THE NORTH POLE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO SEA ICE LEFT IN THE

ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE SUMMER.

WE ARE BURNING SO MANY FOSSIL FUELS THAT THE ICE IS MELTING.

THE ARCTIC IS LIKE THE AIR CONDITIONING FOR

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

IF IT GOES AWAY, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE CURRENTS,

THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE WEATHER PATTERNS,

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE FLOODS AND DROUGHTS MORE CATASTROPHIC.

IT'S THE MOST DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF A LARGE

ENVIRONMENT EVER.

LOOK AT THIS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THEY'RE RIGHT HERE!

DR. ENRIC SALA: THERE ARE ABOUT 10,000 TO 12,000

NARWHALS IN THIS REGION.

THE NUMBERS ARE STABLE HERE, IN OTHER REGIONS ARE DECLINING.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.

DR. ENRIC SALA: YEAH, THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE ICE

TO OPEN UP, TO SWIM IN, SO THEY CAN CATCH THE FLOUNDER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY SOUND

LIKE, IT'S AMAZING.

THEY'RE LIKE PURRING.

DR. ENRIC SALA: YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A

PLANET WITHOUT THESE ANIMALS.

ANNOUNCER: HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF EARTH DAY 2000,

LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHEN I WAS 25 YEARS OLD,

I REMEMBER BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS HUGE EVENT

IN WASHINGTON FOR EARTH DAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE RISING, CORAL REEFS ARE DYING,

AND NOT SINCE A METEOR HIT THE EARTH 65 MILLION YEARS AGO,

HAVE SO MANY SPECIES OF PLANT AND ANIMALS BECOME

EXTINCT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

I EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS ISSUE IS SO CONSTANTLY OVERLOOKED?

BILL CLINTON: I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME

FOR THE CLIMATE TO CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE FEEL IT,

AND BECAUSE, UH, IT SEEMS SORT OF ABSTRACT NOW.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AT THE TIME,

IT WAS THIS HUGE PUSH TO GET THE WORD OUT

ON GLOBAL WARMING.

NOW A COUPLE DEGREES' DIFFERENCE IN TODAY'S

TEMPERATURES MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN EMERGENCY.

BACK THEN EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED ON SMALL, INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS.

WE ALL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING ENVIRONMENTALISM TO THE

AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS.

AND IT BOILED DOWN TO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS LIKE

CHANGING YOUR LIGHT BULB.

IT SEEMED LIKE A POSITIVE THING AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW.

CHANGING YOUR LIGHTBULB.

BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE'RE WAY BEYOND THAT POINT NOW;

THINGS HAVE TAKEN A MASSIVE TURN FOR THE WORST.

JASON BOX: WE KEEP FINDING THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE

CLIMATE MODELS THAT ARE USED TO PROJECT THE FUTURE.

SO THAT, THAT TELLS ME THAT THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

ARE, ARE REALLY CONSERVATIVE.

IF CLIMATE STAYS AT THIS TEMPERATURE THAT IT'S BEEN IN

THE LAST DECADE, GREENLAND IS, IS GOING AWAY.

DON'T WALK INTO THE CREVASSE.

[RAPIDS FLOWING].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH MY GOD!

JASON BOX: DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: LOOK AT HOW VIOLENT THAT IS.

THESE RAPIDS ARE GOING SO INCREDIBLY FAST.

JASON BOX: THIS MELTWATER IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE SEA.

IF THAT'S NOT BALANCED BY SNOWFALL THEN THE ICE SHEET

GETS SMALLER AND SEA LEVEL RISES.

THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR PROPER CLIMATE STATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS IS A CLIMATE STATION?

I WAS IMAGINING A MASSIVE IGLOO WITH ALL KINDS OF

SCIENTISTS DOING EXPERIMENTS.

IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE BROKEN DOWN POOL EQUIPMENT.

HOW, WHAT DOES THIS CONNECT TO?

JASON BOX: WELL, THIS IS ALL MELTED UP NOW,

THIS WAS A HOSE THAT WENT DOWN 30 FEET,

AND NOW IT'S MELTED OUT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WAIT A MINUTE, SO THIS,

THAT'S LYING HERE USED TO BE STRAIGHT DOWN UNDER ICE?

JASON BOX: YEAH, SO WE MADE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF ICE

THAT HAS MELTED.

JASON BOX: YEAH.

THIS IS 5 YEARS OF MELT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THIS ENTIRE LENGTH IS THE THICKNESS

OF ICE THAT HAS MELTED THROUGHOUT ALL OF LOWER

GREENLAND IN THE PAST 5 YEARS.

JASON BOX: RIGHT.

THAT'S HUNDREDS OF CUBIC KILOMETERS OF ICE THAT'S NOW

NO LONGER STORED ON LAND.

IT'S GONE INTO THE SEA OVER HERE.

REPORTER: MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS, BOSTON AND LONG BEACH,

CALIFORNIA MAY BE DOOMED TO FALL VICTIM TO

EVER-RISING SEA LEVELS.

REPORTER 2: SOUTH FLORIDA AS WE KNOW IT COULD BE

WASHED AWAY BY RISINGS SEAS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES THAT

ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEA LEVEL RISE,

ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES,

FLORIDA IS THE KEY ONE.

AND A LOT OF THE, YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS BASED ON UM,

GIVING PEOPLE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S AT RISK HERE.

MAYOR LEVINE: WE DON'T HAVE THE LIBERTY OR THE TIME TO

DEBATE CLIMATE CHANGE.

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN IT, I ALWAYS SAY BRING YOUR

UNCONVERTED TO US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU AGREE THAT THERE

IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED SUNNY DAY FLOODING.

PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY,

ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE WATER COMING UP ON THE STREET.

AS THE SEA LEVEL RISES, THE WATER'S COMING UP,

BACKFLOWING INTO OUR STREETS THROUGH OUR DRAINS.

IF THE CITY IS UNDERWATER, THERE'S NO FUTURE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT?

EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS PREVENTION IS CONCERNED?

MAYOR LEVINE: WE STARTED PUTTING IN PUMPS,

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH, THIS IS THE PUMP!

MAYOR LEVINE: YUP!

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

THIS STREET RIGHT HERE USED TO BE FULLY UNDERWATER.

DURING HIGH TIDE YOU MAY NEED A CANOE.

AND NOW WHAT WE DID WAS WE RAISED THIS ROAD AND

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE,

SEE HOW THAT AREA THERE KIND OF GOES,

SLOPES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THE MAIN INVESTMENT IS IN THESE

SYSTEMS RIGHT HERE, RAISING THE ROADS AND

THE ELECTRIC PUMPS.

MAYOR LEVINE: YEAH, THIS IS A $400-MILLION PROJECT,

CITY WIDE.

AND OF COURSE WE'RE PAYING FOR IT BY OUR CITY REVENUES.

I HAD TO RAISE TAX REVENUE, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE IS NOT

A VERY POPULAR THING TO DO AS A POLITICIAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND THIS CONSTRUCTION IS IT GOING

TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE.

MAYOR LEVINE: MAJOR DIFFERENCE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND BUY YOU A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

MAYOR LEVINE: ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD THINK ABOUT

40, 50 YEARS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S IT?

MAYOR LEVINE: YES.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS SAY WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME THIS,

"MAYOR WHAT ABOUT AFTER 50 YEARS,

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?"

WELL WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS,

AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A GOVERNOR AND WE HAVE A CABINET

THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE.

NEWS REPORTER: OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA WERE BANNED FROM USING

THE WORDS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THIS POLICY BEGAN IN 2011 AFTER RICK SCOTT

CAME INTO OFFICE.

MAYOR LEVINE: NO ONE UP THERE REALLY WANTS TO TALK

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,

ESPECIALLY OUR SENATOR FROM FLORIDA, MARCO RUBIO,

WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CLIMATE CHANGE AND

IS NOT INTERESTED IN ASSISTING OUR STATE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT HE WOULD HAVE GONE OUT AND GRABBED US

FEDERAL FUNDS THE LAST THREE YEARS TO HELP MAKE

OUR CITIES VIABLE.

MARCO RUBIO: I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HUMAN ACTIVITY IS CAUSING

THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES TO OUR CLIMATE THE WAY THESE

SCIENTISTS ARE PORTRAYING IT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS SUCH

OPPOSITION ABOUT THE SCIENCE?

MAYOR LEVINE: I THINK IT'S POLITICS,

I THINK IT SO HAS TO DO WITH LOBBYING AND INDUSTRY AND

I ALWAYS SAY ONE THING, LEO, I SAID UH,

THE OCEAN IS NOT REPUBLICAN AND IT'S NOT DEMOCRAT,

ALL IT KNOWS HOW TO DO IS RISE.

TED CRUZ: SATELLITE DATA SHOW, FOR THE LAST SEVENTEEN YEARS,

THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT RECORDED WARMING.

DONALD TRUMP: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 70 DEGREES TODAY,

IT'S FREEZING HERE!

SPEAKING OF GLOBAL WARMING WHERE IS,

WE NEED SOME GLOBAL WARMING!

IT'S FREEZING.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: THERE'S ABOUT AS ROBUST A CONSENSUS

ABOUT HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE AS THERE IS FOR ANY

MATTER IN SCIENCE.

BE IT THE THEORY OF GRAVITY.

97% OF CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AGREE, THE GLOBE IS WARMING,

OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING, IT'S DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL BURNING AND

OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE FIGHTING THIS MASSIVE

DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC.

REPORTER: YOU LOOK AT THE SATELLITE DATA WE ACTUALLY

HAVE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT WARMING SINCE 1998

ACTUALLY NO WARMING.

WE HAVE BEEN COOLING IN RECENT YEARS.

GLENN BECK: IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE FACE, YOU'RE THE DUMBEST

SON OF A BITCH ON THE PLANET.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YEAH, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TALK

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND,

THE STUDIES THAT YOU'VE DONE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: I WAS THE CLASSIC SCIENCE AND

MATH GEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

STUDIED PHYSICS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AND A DECADE AND HALF

AGO MY CO-AUTHORS AND I STARTED TO LOOK INTO CLIMATE

CHANGE IN THE MORE DISTANT PAST.

WE PUBLISHED A CURVE WHERE THERE'S THIS LONG-TERM COOLING

TREND AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS ABRUPT WARMING THAT HAS

NO PRECEDENT AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN GO AND IT GOT NAMED

THE HOCKEY STICK BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE BLADE

OF A HOCKEY STICK.

AND ONCE WE HAD PUBLISHED THAT GRAPH I HAD SET MYSELF UP

FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIFE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND WHY IS THAT?

WHAT DID THEY DO SPECIFICALLY TO?

DR. MICHAEL MANN: I WAS VILIFIED ON THE EDITORIAL

PAGES OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ON FOX NEWS.

THAT I WAS A FRAUD.

REPORTER: OTHER GERMAN SCIENTISTS HAVE CALLED IT

STATISTICAL RUBBISH.

HE'S BEEN CALLED A STATISTICAL CHARLATAN.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: I WAS BEING ATTACKED BY CONGRESSMEN.

REP. JOE BARTON: THEY THREW SPAGHETTI UP ON THE WALL AND

WHEREVER IT STUCK IS WHAT THEY PUT IN THE CHART.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: I HAD DEATH THREATS THAT WERE ACTIONABLE

ENOUGH THAT THE FBI AT ONE POINT HAD TO COME TO MY OFFICE

TO INVESTIGATE AN ENVELOPE THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO ME

THAT HAD A WHITE POWDER.

I'VE HAD THREATS MADE AGAINST MY FAMILY.

THESE FOLKS KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO WIN THE

LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC DEBATE.

THEY JUST NEED TO DIVIDE THE PUBLIC,

AND ALL OF THAT HATRED AND FEAR IS IN FACT ORGANIZED

AND FUNDED BY A FEW PLAYERS.

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS, FOLKS LIKE THE KOCH BROTHERS FINANCE

A VERY LARGE ECHO CHAMBER OF CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM.

NICK LORIS: THE REALITY IS A LOT OF CLIMATOLOGISTS

BELIEVE THAT THE SCIENCE IS NOT SETTLED.

MAN: GLOBAL WARMING IS ILLUSORY WERE ACTUALLY GOING

THROUGH A PERIOD OF GLOBAL COOLING.

BILL O'REILLY: IT'S EASIER TO BELIEVE IN A BENEVOLENT GOD

THE BABY JESUS THAN IT IS IN SOME KIND OF THEORY

ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: WEBSITES AND NEWS OUTLETS AND THINK TANKS.

THEY FIND PEOPLE WITH FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS

WHO ARE WILLING TO SELL THOSE CREDENTIALS TO

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS.

REPORTER: DR. FRED SINGER, PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENCE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT.

DR. FRED SINGER: THE WEATHER BALLOONS AROUND THE WORLD SHOW

NO WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITH

LOFTY SOUNDING NAMES LIKE AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY OR

THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE.

THESE ARE FRONT GROUPS THAT ARE FUNDED

BY CORPORATE INTERESTS.

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY IS REALLY JUST A FRONT GROUP

FOR THE KOCH BROTHERS.

BELL HEMMER: THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY

DAVID AND CHARLES KOCH AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU TIM.

TIM PHILLIPS: GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL.

BILL HEMMER: WELCOME HERE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET

FOR YOUR MONEY?

TIM PHILLIPS: WE HOPE TO SEE POLICIES CHANGE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: KOCH INDUSTRIES IS ONE OF THE

LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS IN THE WORLD.

AND THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO

PROTECT THAT WEALTH.

REPORTER: WOULD YOU GIVE UP ALL THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION,

WOULD YOU GIVE UP ALL THE PRODUCTIVITY THAT

IT'S BROUGHT US,

ALL THE LIVES THAT IT HAS SAVED OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS,

SO THAT THE TEMPERATURE WOULDN'T RISE HALF A PERCENT

OR A MILLI PERCENT?

DR. MICHAEL MANN: THEY'VE LOBBIED CONGRESS.

SEN. JAMES INHOFE: WE KEEP HEARING 2014 HAS BEEN THE

WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD.

OH, HERE, MR. PRESIDENT CATCH THIS.

MH-MM.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: JAMES INHOFE IS PROBABLY THE

MOST PROMINENT CONGRESSIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER.

SEN. JAMES INHOFE: GLOBAL WARMING IS THE

GREATEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: HE'S THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

SEN. JAMES INHOFE: THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SO

ARROGANT TO THINK THAT THEY ARE SO POWERFUL

THAT THEY CAN CHANGE A CLIMATE.

MAN CAN'T CHANGE CLIMATE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: IT MIGHT NOT BE SURPRISING TO LEARN THAT

JAMES INHOFE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RECIPIENTS OF

FOSSIL FUEL MONEY IN THE U.S. SENATE.

[CASH REGISTER DINGS]

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS HAVE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

WE CAN'T GET A CLIMATE BILL PASSED THROUGH OUR CONGRESS

BECAUSE IT'S CONTROLLED BY FOSSIL FUEL FUNDED

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS WHO ARE BLOCKING ANY BILLS THAT

WOULD ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DISCREDIT SCIENTISTS

WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIFE TO THIS ISSUE IS KIND OF

MIND BOGGLING TO ME.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: IT SOMETIMES MAKES ME WANT

TO TAKE A DRINK, RIGHT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I'M SURE.

IF I WAS A SCIENTIST I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PISSED

EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: THESE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW,

ENGAGED IN AN EFFORT TO LEAD US ASTRAY IN THE NAME

OF SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, FOSSIL FUEL PROFITS SO THAT WE

END UP LEAVING BEHIND A DEGRADED PLANET.

WHAT COULD BE MORE IMMORAL THAN THAT?

[THUNDER]

SCIENTIST: EVEN NOW, MAN MAY BE UNWITTINGLY

CHANGING THE WORLD'S CLIMATE THROUGH THE WASTE PRODUCTS

OF THIS CIVILIZATION.

DUE TO OUR RELEASE THROUGH FACTORIES AND AUTOMOBILES

EVERY YEAR OF MORE THAN 6 BILLION TONS

OF CARBON DIOXIDE.

OUR ATMOSPHERE SEEMS TO BE GETTING WARMER.

THIS IS BAD?

WELL IT'S BEEN CALCULATED A FEW DEGREES RISE IN THE

EARTH'S TEMPERATURE WOULD MELT THE POLAR ICE CAPS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: FACT IS, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM

FOR DECADES AND DECADES, FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY.

SUN: EVERY DAY I SEND YOU A THOUSAND TIMES MORE POWER

THAN YOU USE IN A YEAR.

CARTOON MAN: ANYBODY WORKING ON GETTING POWER DIRECT

FROM OLD GLOW HARD HERE?

MAN: OH YES BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH!

ROLL 6-B, THE SOLAR BATTERY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IMAGINE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW,

IF WE HAD TAKEN THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

SERIOUSLY BACK THEN.

SCIENTIST: BUT OUR ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO BUILD EFFICIENT

GENERATORS THAT SPREAD OUT OVER ACRES, EVEN SQUARE MILES.

TO COMPETE WITH THE CHEAP COAL AND OIL STILL AVAILABLE TO US.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SINCE THEN, OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED

BY ALMOST 5 BILLION PEOPLE AND COUNTING.

AND CHINA HAS RECENTLY SURPASSED THE UNITED STATES

AS THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE POLLUTER.

THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO SOLVE.

[PRACTICING MANDARIN].

[HORNS HONKING]

OH NOW WE'RE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET AGAIN.

OK, NOW WE'RE IN A BIKE LANE.

MA JUN: IN THE LAST 35 YEARS, CHINA HAS BEEN THROUGH A

MASSIVE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION,

AND IT'S GROWING.

CHINA IS THE FACTORY OF THE WORLD,

MANUFACTURING FOR ALL THE WESTERN COUNTRIES AND MUCH OF

THE POLLUTION OF THAT INDUSTRY IS GETTING DUMPED

IN OUR BACKYARDS.

AND IN THIS AREA SURROUNDING BEIJING,

PLUS THE SHANDONG PENINSULA, COAL CONSUMPTION IS EQUAL TO

THE TOTAL COAL CONSUMPTION OF THE UNITED STATES...

IN A NOT VERY BIG AREA.

PEOPLE ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT THIS,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO HURT THEIR HEALTH.

THE HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILY.

REPORTER: AIR-POCALYPSE, SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN,

THE TOXICITY HAS REACHED THAT WORST LEVEL.

WOMAN: I HAVE TO GO OUT TO WORK EVERYDAY.

BUT I'M WORRIED THAT I MAY HAVE CANCER IF

I BREATHE THIS AIR.

WOMAN 2: WHEN THE AIR IS BAD IT HURTS MY THROAT.

WE USE FACEMASKS WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE.

MA JUN: IN CHINA, PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE THEIR EVERYDAY

LIFE IS AFFECTED.

[DEMONSTRATORS YELLING INAUDIBLY].

PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

[DEMONSTRATORS YELLING INAUDIBLY].

NOW ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HAVE BECOME THE BIGGEST REASON

FOR MASS DEMONSTRATIONS.

[DEMONSTRATORS YELLING INAUDIBLY].

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

TO HAVE ALL THE POWER PLANTS AND THEIR EMISSIONS

GO TOTALLY TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND BRING THEM

UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I STARTED A NATIONAL

POLLUTION MAP DATABASE.

SO THIS IS ALL THE MAJOR FACTORIES IN CHINA,

NEARLY 9,000 OF THEM.

THOSE WHO ARE IN RED ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THE STANDARDS.

EVERY HOUR THEY NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR MONITORING DATA.

PEOPLE CAN CHECK THIS ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND

PUSH FOR POLLUTING FACTORIES TO ADDRESS THEIR VIOLATIONS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IT'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT,

YOU DON'T ALLOW THESE COMPANIES TO OPERATE

IN THE DARK.

MA JUN: AND THE MEDIA IS VERY HELPFUL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CHINESE MEDIA TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

ON A REGULAR BASIS.

MA JUN: ON A CONSTANT BASIS.

YOU GIVE PEOPLE THE DATA, YOU EMPOWER THE PEOPLE...

AND THIS POPULAR SUPPORT HELPED MOTIVATE CHINA'S POLICY

OF GREEN GROWTH.

THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED ITS PLAN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS THERE A GIANT PUSH TOWARDS

SOLAR AND WIND HERE, IS THAT THE NEXT STEP?

ALVIN LIN: CHINA'S GOT SOME OF THE BIGGEST WIND AND

SOLAR COMPANIES IN THE WORLD NOW.

EVEN THOUGH CHINA HAS SOME OF THE LARGEST CHALLENGES,

LIKE HUGE POPULATION, CHINA'S GONNA PRIORITIZE WIND

AND SOLAR RATHER THAN COAL.

IF CHINA CAN DO IT,

THEN I THINK THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CHINA IS STILL HEAVILY RELYING ON

FOSSIL FUELS, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE TRANSITIONING TO

RENEWABLES MUCH FASTER THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED.

THE QUESTION IS, CAN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITH

RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATIONS MAKE THE SAME TRANSITION?

*

REPORTER: INDIA IS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST EMITTER YET

THE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING WITH MASSIVE POWER SHORTAGES

AND ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

INDIA HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT ITS BIGGEST PRIORITY IS

DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

SUNITA NARAIN: WE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

BUT THE FACT IS WE ARE A COUNTRY WHERE ENERGY ACCESS IS

AS MUCH A CHALLENGE AS CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY INDIAN HAS

ACCESS TO ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE

300 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER,

WITHOUT LIGHT HERE IN INDIA.

SUNITA NARAIN: YES, YES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO THE ENTIRE

POPULATION HERE OF THE UNITED STATES.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

SUNITA NARAIN: TODAY IN VILLAGES,

INDIAN VILLAGES YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE TAKE COW DUNG AND

THEY MAKE WHAT IS KNOWN, CALLED COW DUNG CAKES OR

UPLES IN HINDI, AND THEY BURN THOSE.

AND THAT'S THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF COOKING ENERGY.

SO THEY WILL MAKE FOOD NOW OVER THIS.

ASHOK LAVASA: ABOUT 30% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN INDIA ARE YET

TO HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO EVERYBODY WE

HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTRICITY IS AFFORDABLE.

INDIA HAS A VAST RESERVOIR OF COAL.

WE ARE PROBABLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH LARGEST RESERVOIR

OF COAL IN THE WORLD.

COAL IS CHEAP WHETHER YOU AND I LIKE IT OR NOT,

COAL IS CHEAP.

YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW.

IF YOU CREATED THE PROBLEM IN THE PAST,

WE WILL CREATE IT IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE 700 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS WHO COOK USING BIOMASS TODAY,

700 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS.

IF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS MOVE TO COAL YOU HAVE THAT MUCH MORE

USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, THEN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS FRIED.

IF ANYONE GIVES YOU THIS VERY CUTE STUFF AND TELLS YOU,

"OH THE WORLD'S POOR SHOULD MOVE TO SOLAR," AND,

"WHY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE MISTAKES THAT WE HAVE MADE?"

I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME FROM AMERICAN ENGINEERS.

AND I'M LIKE, "WOW!"

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF IT WAS THAT EASY I WOULD

HAVE REALLY LIKED THE U.S.

TO MOVE TOWARDS SOLAR, BUT YOU HAVEN'T.

LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WE HAVE TO PRACTICE WHAT

WE PREACH, ABSOLUTELY.

SUNITA NARAIN: I AM SORRY TO SAY THIS,

I KNOW YOU'RE AN AMERICAN, AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AMISS,

BUT YOUR CONSUMPTION IS GOING TO REALLY PUT A HOLE

IN THE PLANET.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.

I'LL SHOW YOU CHARTS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE,

ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY ONE AMERICAN AT HOME IS EQUIVALENT

TO 1.5 CITIZENS OF FRANCE, 2.2 CITIZENS OF JAPAN,

AND 10 CITIZENS OF CHINA, 34 OF INDIA, 61 OF NIGERIA.

WHY?

BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING BIGGER,

YOU'RE BUILDING MORE AND USING MUCH MORE THAN BEFORE.

THE FACT IS THAT WE NEED TO PUT THE ISSUE OF LIFESTYLE AND

CONSUMPTION AT THE CENTER OF CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: LOOK I, THERE IS NO WAY I DON'T AGREE

WITH YOU, HOW CAN YOU ARGUE THAT?

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND I THINK YES,

IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ARGUMENT TO PRESENT TO AMERICANS THAT

WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR LIFESTYLE AND I WOULD ALSO

ARGUE THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE ARE DEPENDENT,

IF WE WANT TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS,

ON THE FACT THAT HOPEFULLY RENEWABLES LIKE

SOLAR AND WIND WILL BECOME CHEAPER AND CHEAPER AND

CHEAPER THE MORE MONEY WE FUNNEL INTO THEM,

THE MORE WE INVEST INTO THEM AND ULTIMATELY IT

WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

BUT I, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD OBVIOUSLY.

SUNITA NARAIN: I'M SHAKING MY HEAD INDIAN STYLE

WHICH MEANS NO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: RIGHT.

SUNITA NARAIN: WHO WILL INVEST, LEO?

LET'S BE REAL ABOUT THIS, WHO WILL INVEST AND HOW WILL

YOU INVEST IN IT?

WE ARE DOING MORE INVESTMENT IN SOLAR TODAY,

CHINA IS DOING MUCH MORE INVESTMENT IN SOLAR

TODAY THAN THE U.S. IS.

WHAT IS THE U.S. DOING WHICH THE REST OF THE WORLD

CAN LEARN FROM?

YOU'RE A FOSSIL-ADDICTED COUNTRY,

BUT IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY DISENGAGING IT'S SOMETHING

FOR US TO LEARN FROM.

AND IT WILL BE LEADERSHIP THAT WE CAN ALL HOLD UP TO

OUR GOVERNMENT AND SAY LISTEN IF THE U.S.

CAN DO IT AND THE U.S. IS DOING IT,

IN SPITE OF ALL THEIR PRESSURES,

WE CAN DO IT AS WELL.

THE SAD PART OF IT IS, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING.

AND PEOPLE LIKE ME, WE ARE RICH ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE

FIRST HIT OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT IT'S THE POOR OF INDIA,

IT'S THE POOR OF AFRICA, IT'S THE POOR OF BANGLADESH,

WHO ARE IMPACTED TODAY BY WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE

FIRST SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHAT DID YOU PLANT HERE HAJI JI?

FARMER: THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE ONIONS WERE PLANTED.

SUNITA NARAIN: SO FEBRUARY AND MARCH,

WHICH IS WHEN THE CROPS ARE STANDING,

THEY GOT HALF THE YEAR'S RAINFALL IN JUST FIVE HOURS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HALF THE YEAR'S RAINFALL IN FIVE HOURS?

SO THESE CROPS ARE ALL DESTROYED?

SUNITA NARAIN: YEAH DESTROYED.

YOUR BACK IS BREAKING DOING THIS AND THEN YOU GET

ONE UNSEASONAL RAINFALL, IT'S ABSOLUTELY LIKE THE

LAST STRAW ON THE CAMEL'S BACK.

AND WE NEED COUNTRIES TO BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE

IS REAL AND URGENT.

IT'S NOT A FIGMENT OF THEIR IMAGINATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THE U.S. HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST

EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN HISTORY,

AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE ALL BENEFITED

FROM FOSSIL FUELS.

I KNOW I HAVE.

MY FOOTPRINT IS PROBABLY A LOT BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE'S,

AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I QUESTION,

WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO?

WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD WE BE TAKING?

THERE ARE OVER A BILLION PEOPLE OUT THERE WITHOUT

ELECTRICITY, AND THEY WANT LIGHTS, THEY WANT HEAT,

THEY WANT THE LIFESTYLE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS.

IF WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THIS PROBLEM,

WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SET AN EXAMPLE,

AND MORE THAN THAT, HELP THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO

TRANSITION BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

ANOTE TONG: WE ARE SEEING EVENTS THAT WE DID NOT

SEE IN THE PAST.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WHEN THE ENTIRE ISLANDS ARE UNDERWATER.

IT'S WELL BEFORE THEN IS GOING TO BE THE CRISIS.

AND IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.

WHAT WE ARE FACING AT THE MOMENT IS SEVERE FLOODING.

IT'S GONE INTO THE FRESH WATER PONDS AND THAT'S HOW

PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE IN THE

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME SORT

OF A TIME FRAME?

ANOTE TONG: GIVEN THE SCENARIOS AND THE PROJECTIONS

PUT FORWARD BY THE SCIENCE,

OUR ISLANDS WILL BE UNDERWATER,

AND SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

AT THE MOMENT,

INTERNALLY, WE ARE RELOCATING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM

CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ISLAND TO WHERE THE WATER

HAS NOT COME UP.

BUT OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS SOMETHING THAT

I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING INTERNATIONALLY, BECAUSE WE,

WE HAVE TO COME TO ACCEPT THE REALITY THAT WE MAY NOT

BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE HAVE ADOPTED A POLICY OF MIGRATION WITH DIGNITY.

WE BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND IN FIJI,

SO THAT IF OUR PEOPLE CHOOSE TO MIGRATE TODAY,

THEY CAN DO IT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HMM...

ANOTE TONG: THEY MUST DO IT AS A MATTER OF CHOICE.

I'VE GOT GRANDCHILDREN.

I'VE GOT 12 GRANDCHILDREN.

I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, TO GO AWAY KNOWING THAT

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A HOME.

TOMMY REMENGESAU JR.: ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC,

WE'RE A PARADISE IN PERIL.

THROUGHOUT PALAU WE HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE COMING

INTO THE FARMLANDS, COMING INTO THE HOMES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

WHEN WAS THIS AN INTACT ISLAND WITH HOMES ON IT?

HOW LONG AGO?

TOMMY REMENGESAU JR.: 12 YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU CAME,

THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING HERE.

SO, WITHIN THE 12-YEAR PERIOD THIS IS THE RESULT.

IT'S JUST A SMALL PICTURE OF ONE PLACE.

THE SMALL ISLAND NATIONS WHO CONTRIBUTE THE LEAST TO

THE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE,

ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FEEL THE WORST UH, IMPACTS.

THE WORST SCENARIOS BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

JEREMY JACKSON: WHAT WE'VE DONE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

IS JUST, IT'S CRIMINAL.

IT'S NOT JUST SEA LEVEL RISE.

WE'VE TAKEN THESE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS THAT USED TO BE

DOMINATED BY INCREDIBLY ABUNDANT FISH,

AND WE'VE KNOCKED THE WHOLE SYSTEM DOWN REVERSING

HALF A BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE DEPEND ON FISHERIES FROM CORAL REEFS

FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEIR PROTEIN.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE.

*

HERE WE ARE, WE'RE ON WHAT WAS A PRETTY HEALTHY CORAL REEF.

WHAT'S MISSING?

YOU SEE ALMOST NOTHING SWIMMING AROUND.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS THIS A DYING CORAL REEF?

JEREMY JACKSON: I THINK THIS REEF HAS HAD IT.

WE'RE PUSHING THE SYSTEM REALLY HARD AND THAT IS A

SERIOUS ENEMY TO THE HEALTH OF CORALS AND THEIR

ABILITY TO GROW.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

JEREMY JACKSON: IT'S CAUSING LOSS OF PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS.

IT'S CAUSING STARVATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER.

JEREMY JACKSON: OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK REEFS AS WE KNOW THEM ARE GONNA VIRTUALLY DISAPPEAR.

JEREMY JACKSON: THE OCEANS ARE LIKE THIS BIG BUFFER BECAUSE

THEY ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE.

THEY TAKE UP ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CO2 THAT WE

DUMP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT,

THEY ARE A STABILIZING FORCE IN CLIMATE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE OCEAN CAN'T DO ITS JOB FAST ENOUGH

WITH THIS ABSURD RATE OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.

YOU KNOW, LIFE ISN'T GONNA DISAPPEAR IN THE OCEAN.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LIFE IN THE OCEAN,

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE NECESSARILY THE KIND OF

LIFE WE WANT.

WE COULD GO BACK TO 3 BILLION YEARS AGO AND HAVE

JUST A WHOLE LOT OF SLIME.

LINDSEY ALLEN: WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE ECOSYSTEMS THAT

NORMALLY HELP US TO RESTABILIZE THE CLIMATE.

LIKE OCEANS, RAINFORESTS ABSORB CARBON

FROM OUR ATMOSPHERE.

DECADES AND DECADES OF THE FORESTS BREATHING IN THE CARBON,

STORING IT IN THE TRUNKS AND THE LEAVES AND

THE ORGANIC MATTER.

THOSE CARBON EMISSIONS ARE BEING HELD SAFE FOR US.

UNTIL WE CLEAR THEM, AND LIGHT THEM ON FIRE.

IT ACTS LIKE A CARBON BOMB AND RELEASES MASSIVE

CARBON EMISSIONS BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW, THIS HAZE IS INTENSE ISN'T IT?

HELICOPTER PILOT: THE VISIBILITY IS NOT VERY GOOD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING HERE!

THIS IS SCARY.

THIS ISN'T NATURAL, THIS IS ALL FIRE?

FARWIZA FARHAN: THIS IS NOT NATURAL AT ALL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

FARWIZA FARHAN: WELCOME TO SUMATRA.

LINDSEY ALLEN: THERE ARE THREE BIG TROPICAL RAINFOREST

AREAS LEFT IN THE WORLD.

THE AMAZON IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE CONGO BASIN IN AFRICA,

AND THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN RAINFOREST

WHICH SPANS INDONESIA.

IN INDONESIA, WE'RE SEEING FIRES BEING INTENTIONALLY

SET IN ORDER TO CREATE PALM OIL PLANTATIONS,

WHICH GROW THE CHEAPEST VEGETABLE OIL IN THE WORLD.

IT'S IN COOKING OILS, IN PROCESSED FOODS,

IN YOUR COSMETICS, IN YOUR DETERGENTS.

THIS REALLY CHEAP COMMODITY IS MAKING COMPANIES

TREMENDOUS PROFITS.

FARWIZA FARHAN: THOSE ROWS, DOWN THERE, THAT'S

HOW PALM OIL PLANTATIONS LOOK LIKE FROM ABOVE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: JUST AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.

ROWS OF PALM OIL.

THEY HAVE DESTROYED SO MUCH OF THIS FOREST,

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

FARWIZA FARHAN: WE'RE STANDING IN THE LAST PLACE

ON EARTH THAT STILL HAS ELEPHANT, RHINO,

ORANGUTAN AND TIGER TOGETHER IN THE WILD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHAT A BEAUTY!

FARWIZA FARHAN: THE EXPANSION OF PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN

INDONESIA HAS TAKEN OVER ABOUT 80% OF OUR FORESTS.

INDONESIA IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES

IN THE WORLD.

COMPANIES BRIBE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A PERMIT

FOR THEM TO START BURNING THE LAND.

THE FOREST FIRES RELEASE A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF CARBON.

LAST YEAR IN 2015 WHEN THE FOREST FIRE HAPPENS IN

INDONESIA IT EMITS MORE CARBON DAILY THAN THE

ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY.

AND FOREST FIRES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

WHAT'S AT STAKE IS NOT ONLY THE LIVELIHOOD

OF THE PEOPLE...

BUT ALSO THE LIFE OF THESE FOREST SPECIES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT THESE

FORESTS MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE.

FORESTS WHERE RHINO AND ELEPHANT AND ORANGUTAN WOULD

BE POPULATED INTO THE THOUSANDS.

DR. IAN SINGLETON: THESE GUYS ARE A BYPRODUCT OF THE

FOREST LOST BECAUSE OF THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY REFUGEES FROM FORESTS

THAT NO LONGER EXIST.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW, THAT'S A GOOD GRIP.

YEAH, STRONG!

HEY, I'M GONNA GET YOU SOME FRUIT, DON'T BE SCARED.

THE CARROT OR THE FRUIT?

DEFINITELY THE FRUIT, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE AFTER, HUH?

THERE YOU GO.

DO YOU LIKE CARROTS OR, NOT SO MUCH?

OH, MY GOD, THESE ARE AMAZING, AW.

DR. IAN SINGLETON: I ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO,

"AW, THE POOR THING," YOU KNOW,

THESE ARE THE LUCKY SURVIVORS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE

OTHER ORANGUTAN?

DR. IAN SINGLETON: YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHERS ARE DEAD.

AND THE REASON PEOPLE ARE CHOPPING DOWN THE FOREST TO

PLANT PALM OIL PLANTATIONS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP

BUYING THE STUFF.

PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR

SUPERMARKET, THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE IN THEIR DAILY

LIVES, ARE AFFECTING PLACES LIKE THE LEUSER ECOSYSTEM.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IF PALM OIL IS IN ALMOST EVERYTHING

WE BUY, HOW ARE CONSUMERS SUPPOSED TO AVOID THIS?

IF THESE PRODUCTS HAVE SUCH A DEVASTATING IMPACT,

WHY AREN'T GOVERNMENTS SETTING RESTRICTIONS TO PREVENT THESE

BIG CORPORATIONS FROM DESTROYING THE PLANET JUST

SO THEY CAN SAVE MONEY?

GIDON ESHEL: IF YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO

WITHOUT APPEALING TO ANY HIGHER AUTHORITIES,

SUCH AS GOVERNMENT OR WHATEVER,

I CAN'T THINK OF AN EASIER, UM, OUT,

THAN CHANGING YOUR DIET.

YOU CAN START TONIGHT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YOU'RE A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES

THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURE ON CLIMATE,

BUT YOU GREW UP RAISING CATTLE AND TAKING THEM

TO SLAUGHTER, RIGHT?

GIDON ESHEL: I'M A SCIENTIST,

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

SO, OF ALL THE REASONS FOR TROPICAL DEFORESTATION,

THE FOREMOST IS BEEF.

AND BEEF IS ONE OF THE MOST INEFFICIENT USES OF

RESOURCES ON THE PLANET.

IN THE U.S., 47% OF LAND IS USED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION,

AND OF THAT, THE LION'S SHARE IS JUST TO

GROW FEED FOR CATTLE.

THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY EAT, LIKE FRUIT, VEGETABLE,

NUTS, IT'S A PERCENT.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, COWS PRODUCE METHANE,

AND METHANE IS A POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS.

THE WAY COWS PRODUCE METHANE IS THEY EAT AS MUCH

AS THEY CAN, AND WHEN THEY ARE CHEWING,

A WHOLE BUNCH OF METHANE IS BURPED THROUGH THE MOUTH UH,

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS MUCH MORE CO2 IN IT.

BUT METHANE IS FAR MORE IMPACTFUL.

EVERY MOLECULE OF METHANE IS EQUIVALENT TO

23 MOLECULES OF CO2.

AND OF THE METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE,

NEARLY ALL OF IT IS DUE TO LIVESTOCK.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IN COMPARISON TO EMISSIONS FROM

OTHER SOURCES, WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT COME FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF BEEF?

GIDON ESHEL: ABOUT 10, 12% OF THE TOTAL U.S. EMISSIONS

IS DUE TO BEEF.

IT'S STAGGERING.

BUT IT'S VERY EASY TO ENVISION A DIETARY SHIFT,

EVEN AS MINOR AS SWITCHING, LET'S SAY,

FROM BEEF TO AN ALTERNATIVE.

LET'S SAY EVEN CHICKEN.

THE CHICKEN WILL REQUIRE 20% OF THE LAND,

AND 10% OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

AND IF YOU COMPARE, RICE, OR POTATO, OR WHEAT,

BEEF REQUIRES 50 TIMES AS MUCH LAND.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO EVEN CUTTING THE AMOUNT OF

BEEF THAT YOU EAT IN HALF, OR BY A QUARTER,

COULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

GIDON ESHEL: IT, VERY SIGNIFICANT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: DO YOU, DO YOU AT ALL THINK THAT THAT'S

EVEN A POSSIBILITY CONSIDERING THAT BEEF IS SO

A PART OF OUR CULTURE?

GIDON ESHEL: MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY'S READY TO EAT TOFU,

YOU KNOW, 24/7, I GET THAT.

BUT EVEN IF YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOME

FLESH BETWEEN YOUR TEETH,

IF YOU SWITCH TO CHICKEN,

AND YOU WILL HAVE ELIMINATED 80% OF YOU WHAT YOU EMIT,

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.

LET'S FACE IT, IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO SWITCH YOUR DIET

FROM ONE CHOICE TO ANOTHER.

[COW MOOS].

[INAUDIBLE CHATTER].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHILE WORKING ON "THE REVENANT,"

WHICH IS ABOUT MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH THE ELEMENTS,

WE SHOT ON LOCATION IN THE CANADIAN SNOW BELT.

THE IRONY WAS, WE WERE HIT RECORD TEMPERATURES THAT

COMPLETELY MELTED OUR SET.

[REVENANT SET CHATTER]

IN ORDER TO FINISH MAKING THE MOVIE,

WE HAD TO RELOCATE HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD

JUST TO FIND SNOW.

[INAUDIBLE CHATTER]

ALEJANDRO: THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO COME,

200 PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER,

TO THE WINTER IN SOUTHERN USHUAIA,

9,000 MILES FROM WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SHOOTING

THIS THREE MONTHS AGO,

CHASING ICE, IS BECAUSE IT'S MELTING.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY WARM WINTER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WE CAME DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF

OUR CONTINENT BESIDES THE SOUTH POLE, TO FILM THIS,

CAUSE THIS IS WHERE THIS, THIS, THE LAST SNOW IS LEFT.

ALEJANDRO: I THINK THAT, MY POINT OF VIEW I WAS SAYING

TO MY, TO MY SON, I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY THAT,

IT'S VERY SAD BUT PROBABLY FOR YOUR KIDS,

TO SEE SNOW WILL BE A SUPER ECCENTRIC ADVENTURE.

A FEW PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SNOW IN THE FUTURE.

*

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I FEEL LIKE I'M IN SOME WEIRD,

SURREAL MOVIE.

I HONESTLY LOOK AROUND, AND I THINK, WHEN I HAVE CHILDREN,

EVERYTHING THAT WE NOW TAKE FOR GRANTED,

OUR PLANET AND ALL OF ITS BIODIVERSITY AND BEAUTY...

EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: EVERY SINGLE LIGHT THAT YOU SEE HAS

TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

IT HAS TO COME FROM A DIFFERENT POWER SOURCE.

WE NEED TO BUILD ALL THOSE THINGS DIFFERENTLY,

ALL THE CARS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD NEED TO BE DIFFERENT.

AND THIS IS ONE CITY, AND IF YOU ZOOM OUT ONTO A

LARGE MAP OF PLANET EARTH AT NIGHT,

YOU SEE ELECTRIFICATION ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND WE'RE FIGHTING POWERFUL FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS THAT

BASICALLY WANT TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL.

HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY TURN THIS ALL AROUND?

ELON MUSK: THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST

ELON MUSK: THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST

INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD.

THEY HAVE MORE MONEY AND MORE INFLUENCE THAN

ANY OTHER SECTOR,

SO I MEAN, THE MORE THAT THERE CAN BE SORT OF

POPULAR UPRISING AGAINST THAT, THE BETTER.

BUT I THINK THE SCIENTIFIC FACT OF THE MATTER IS,

WE ARE UNAVOIDABLY HEADED TOWARDS SOME

LEVEL OF, OF HARM.

SO, THE SOONER WE CAN TAKE ACTION,

THE LESS HARM WILL RESULT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW, HOLY CRAP.

THAT'S A GOOD ROBOT.

WHOA!

WHAT IS YOUR GRAND VISION FOR ALL OF THIS?

ELON MUSK: THE POINT OF THE GIGAFACTORY IS TO GET THE

COST OF BATTERIES DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S AFFORDABLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: RIGHT.

ELON MUSK: BATTERIES ARE CRITICAL TO THE

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE.

THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE ALL THE TIME, SO,

YOU'VE GOT TO STORE IT IN A BATTERY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW IS THIS GONNA HELP DEVELOPING NATIONS

THAT HAVE MASSIVE POPULATIONS THAT NEED TO HAVE POWER?

ELON MUSK: SO, THE ADVANTAGE OF SOLAR AND BATTERIES IS THAT

YOU CAN AVOID BUILDING ELECTRICITY PLANTS AT ALL.

SO YOU COULD BE IN A REMOTE VILLAGE AND HAVE SOLAR PANELS

THAT CHARGE A BATTERY PACK, THAT THEN SUPPLIES POWER TO

THE, TO THE WHOLE VILLAGE, WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO RUN

THOUSANDS OF MILES OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OVER THE PLACE.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED WITH LANDLINE PHONES VERSUS

CELLULAR PHONES, IN A LOT OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THEY

JUST DIDN'T DO THE LANDLINE PHONES,

THEY JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO CELLULAR.

AND WE ACTUALLY DID THE CALCULATIONS TODAY, LIKE,

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO TRANSITION THE WHOLE WORLD TO,

UH, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

WHAT KIND OF THROUGHPUT WOULD YOU ACTUALLY NEED?

UM, AND YOU'D NEED 100 GIGAFACTORIES, SO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: 100 OF THESE?

ELON MUSK: 100 OF THESE, YES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT WOULD MAKE THE UNITED STATES.

ELON MUSK: NO, THE WHOLE WORLD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THE WHOLE WORLD?

ELON MUSK: THE WHOLE WORLD, ALL ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S IT?

ELON MUSK: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT SOUNDS, THAT DOESN'T SOUND...

ELON MUSK: IT'S MANAGEABLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT SOUNDS MANAGEABLE.

ELON MUSK: YEAH, GIGAFACTORY, WHEN IT'S COMPLETE,

WILL HAVE THE LARGEST FOOTPRINT OF ANY BUILDING

IN THE WORLD.

COUNTING MULTIPLE LEVELS, IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS

15 MILLION SQUARE FEET.

SO, TESLA CAN'T BUILD 100 GIGAFACTORIES.

THE THING THAT'S REALLY GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS IF

COMPANIES THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN TESLA DO THE SAME THING.

IF THE BIG INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN CHINA,

AND U.S., AND EUROPE, THE BIG CAR COMPANIES,

IF THEY ALSO DO THIS, THEN COLLECTIVELY WE CAN ACCELERATE

THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

AND IF GOVERNMENT SETS THE RULES TO FAVOR

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, WE CAN GET THERE REALLY QUICKLY.

BUT IT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL.

UNLESS THERE'S A PRICE PUT ON CARBON.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE

THE TRANSITION THAT WE NEED TO IN TIME.

CORRECT?

ELON MUSK: YEAH AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS

BASICALLY WITH A CARBON TAX.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OKAY, NOW WALK ME THROUGH A CARBON TAX,

WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,

IS THE SILVER BULLET FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.

GREG MANKIW: WELL THE CARBON TAX WOULD BE BASICALLY

A TAX ON ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT PUT CARBON

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO WHEN YOU TAX SOMETHING, YOU RAISE THE PRICE,

PEOPLE ARE GONNA TEND TO CONSUME LESS OF IT.

IN FACT THAT'S SORT OF LESSON NUMBER ONE OF ECONOMICS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YOU'RE TEACHING ECONOMICS AT HARVARD,

AND YOU LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON CONTEMPORARY

ECONOMICS, RIGHT?

GREG MANKIW: WELL IF I'M TEACHING THE COURSE FOR MANY

YEARS, I MIGHT AS WELL WRITE THE TEXTBOOK TO GO WITH IT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO JUST TO BE CLEAR,

YOU'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF REPUBLICAN HEAVYWEIGHTS,

JOHN MCCAIN, MITT ROMNEY, AND YOU WORKED FOR GEORGE BUSH

WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT.

GREG MANKIW: I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL

OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A

CARBON TAX ALREADY?

GREG MANKIW: POLITICIANS DON'T ALWAYS DO WHAT PROFESSORS

WANT THEM TO DO.

[INAUDIBLE SINGING]

SO THE BASIC IDEA IS THAT WE WANNA TAX BAD ACTIVITIES THAT

HAVE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS ON OTHER PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.

SO WE'D RAISE THE PRICE OF CIGARETTES BY PUTTING

A TAX ON CIGARETTES,

PEOPLE ARE GONNA CONSUME FEWER CIGARETTES.

CLIMATE CHANGE INVOLVES A VARIETY OF NEGATIVE

SIDE EFFECTS AND COSTS.

A CARBON TAX FORCES PEOPLE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THOSE COSTS.

I THINK TRYING TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE'S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IS REALLY VERY, VERY HARD, BECAUSE PEOPLE

HAVE COMPLICATED LIVES AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF THINGS

TO WORRY ABOUT, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE EVERY TIME THEY DO EVERY DECISION.

THEY CAN'T.

AND EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON YOUR CAR,

ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO THINK,

"UH OH, WHAT AM I DOING TO THE CLIMATE?"

WHAT THE CARBON TAX DOES IS IT NUDGES THEM IN THE

DIRECTION OF DOING THE RIGHT THING.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT...

YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, WHO WANTS MORE TAXES?

GREG MANKIW: WELL, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO

KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A CARBON TAX,

YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND CUT OTHER TAXES IN RESPONSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, PAYROLL TAXES.

THIS IS A TAX SHIFT RATHER THAN A TAX INCREASE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO EVER PASS A CARBON

TAX NOW, GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION?

I MEAN, HALF THE PEOPLE IN OFFICE STILL DON'T BELIEVE

IN CLIMATE CHANGE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YES WE CAN!

GREG MANKIW: DURING THE CAMPAIGN,

PRESIDENT OBAMA DIDN'T WANNA SAY THE WORD "CARBON TAX,"

BECAUSE IT WOULD POLL TERRIBLY.

IF WE WANNA CHANGE THE PRESIDENT'S VIEW OF

CARBON TAXES, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC'S VIEW

OF CARBON TAXES.

THINK OF GAY MARRIAGE.

REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA RAN AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I, UH, AM NOT A SUPPORTER OF GAY MARRIAGE.

GREG MANKIW: WHEN DID HE SWITCH?

WHEN THE POLLS STARTED SWITCHING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I THINK SAME-SEX COUPLES SHOULD BE

ABLE TO GET MARRIED.

GREG MANKIW: POLITICIANS, WHETHER WE CALL THEM OUR

ELECTED LEADERS, ARE REALLY OUR ELECTED FOLLOWERS.

THEY DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT THEM TO DO.

WE NEED TO PREACH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

ONCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED,

THE POLITICIANS WILL FALL IN LINE VERY QUICKLY.

REPORTER: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEARLY

200 OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TRYING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT

TO KEEP GLOBAL WARMING IN CHECK.

JOHN KERRY: IN DECEMBER,

THE WORLD WILL COME TOGETHER AT THE U.N. CLIMATE CONFERENCE

IN PARIS, AND WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MUSTER

THE COLLECTIVE POLITICAL WILL TO REACH AN AMBITIOUS,

COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT.

THIS IS A CRITICAL YEAR.

LEO, HOW YOU DOING, MAN?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

JOHN KERRY: LAST TIME WE HAD A HUG EVERYBODY HAD A,

DID YOU SEE, IT WAS ALL OVER THE THING?

IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH, REALLY?

OH, YES I REMEMBER THAT.

[LAUGHS].

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SECRETARY.

SO, AFTER DECADES OF FAILED NEGOTIATIONS,

WHAT MAKES THIS NEGOTIATION DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE REST?

I REMEMBER THE FOOTAGE OF GEORGE BUSH SR. SAYING WE'VE

JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS THING CALLED GLOBAL WARMING.

GEORGE BUSH SR.: WE COME TO RIO PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE

ACCOMPLISHED AND COMMITTED TO EXTENDING THE RECORD ON

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I MEAN, WE HAD CLIMATE SUMMIT AFTER

CLIMATE SUMMIT, AND WE'VE SEEN SO LITTLE ACTION.

JOHN KERRY: WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT,

AND IT REALLY IS DIFFERENT.

LAST YEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ABLE TO STAND UP IN BEIJING

WITH THE CHINESE PRESIDENT SHI AND ANNOUNCE

INTENDED REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS FOR PARIS.

WELL GUESS WHAT, WHEN THE TWO LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD

AND THE TWO LARGEST EMITTERS IN THE WORLD STAND UP

AND MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT,

THAT'S CREATED A MOMENTUM THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER.

TRAGICALLY, THE FULL MEASURE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT

OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING TOGETHER TOO.

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THAT YOU HAVE MASS POPULATIONS

THAT ARE MOVING AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE.

REPORTER: CLIMATE REFUGEES POURING INTO THE CAPITOL.

REPORTER 2: TEMPERS ARE FRAYING.

JOHN KERRY: OR YOU HAVE HUGE FIGHTS OVER WATER,

WHICH COULD ERUPT INTO WARS.

AND ANY EXTREMIST PHILOSOPHY COULD APPEAL TO PEOPLE

IF THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE, NO WAY TO LIVE,

AND THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

IF ANYBODY THINKS I'M KIDDING ABOUT THAT,

IT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

AND THE GREATEST FEAR ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS LEAVING THIS

PLANET IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE GIVEN IT AND

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: TODAY I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME

UNDERSTANDING HOW CAN WE SECURE A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR

HUMANITY IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO HIT

THE CEILING OF WHAT THE PLANET CAN COPE WITH.

AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CHAIRING SOMETHING CALLED

THE EARTH LEAGUE, WHICH IS A NETWORK OF LEADING EARTH

SYSTEM SCIENTISTS, TRY AND GATHER REALLY ALL

THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE ON UNDERSTANDING OUR FUTURE

ON, ON EARTH.

WE ARE ON AVERAGE MOVING TOWARDS A FOUR DEGREES

WARMING THIS CENTURY.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN A FOUR-DEGREE WARMER WORLD,

UM, FOR THE PAST FOUR MILLION YEARS.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S A PLACE WE KNOW VERY WELL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO GIVE ME ONE,

SORT OF PICTURE OF WHAT THE WORLD MAY LOOK LIKE IF

WE DO NOT TAKE ACTION.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: TO BEGIN WITH,

FOR THE PAST 12,000 YEARS,

TEMPERATURES ARE ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY STABLE.

IN FACT, AVERAGE TEMPERATURES VARY WITHIN ONLY PLUS MINUS

ONE DEGREES CELSIUS DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS PERFECT PLANET WITH

THIS PERFECT ATMOSPHERE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: YEAH, EXACTLY, AND SO,

LET US THEN MOVE UPWARDS IN TEMPERATURE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW?

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: WELL, TODAY WE'RE APPROACHING

ONE DEGREE CELSIUS.

ALREADY IT JUST, 0.85 DEGREES,

WE'RE SEEING FASTER THAN PREDICTED IMPACTS.

DIANE SAWYER: THIS STORM IS SO BIG, SO VAST,

60 MILLION AMERICANS WILL FEEL ITS POWER.

MAN: WE'RE IN A HISTORIC DROUGHT.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS BEGIN TO COLLAPSE

EVEN BEFORE TWO DEGREES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND WE'RE PREDICTED TO HIT 1.5,

TO 2 DEGREES, SO...

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: ALREADY NOW, SO...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S ALREADY PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: THAT'S ALREADY PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN.

AT 3, 4 DEGREES, WE WILL HAVE HEAT WAVES WHICH MAKES

MANY REGIONS IN THE WORLD NOT LIVABLE ANY LONGER.

AGRICULTURE WILL BE COLLAPSING AROUND THE EQUATOR.

THAT WOULD TAKE US BEYOND BEING ABLE TO

RESPONSIBLY FEED HUMANITY.

WHAT MAKES SCIENTISTS SO NERVOUS IS THAT WE CAN

REACH A POINT WHERE EARTH TAKES OVER AND

STARTS REINFORCING WARMING.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL TIPPING POINTS,

AND THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE IS GREENLAND.

GREENLAND, FOR THE FIRST TIME,

IS MELTING ON ITS ENTIRE SURFACE TO A POINT WHERE,

INSTEAD OF BEING A WHITE SURFACE,

BECOMES A DARK SURFACE,

AND SUDDENLY INSTEAD OF BECOMING A COOLER,

BECOMES A SELF-HEATER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE ICE

CAN NO LONGER REFLECT BACK.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: JUST THE COLOR CHANGE...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: JUST THE COLOR CHANGE OF THE ICE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: YEAH, YEAH.

SUDDENLY, ALL THESE FEEDBACKS START KICKING IN.

METHANE STUCK UNDER FROZEN PERMAFROST THAWS TO A POINT

WHERE IT STARTS GETTING RELEASED.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND THAT IN TURN WARMS THE PLANET

EVEN MORE, WHICH RELEASES MORE METHANE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: CORRECT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S IF WE DON'T TAKE

IMMEDIATE ACTION.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: YES, THAT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.

BUT THE PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT THAT WE ARE SOON APPROACHING

IN DECEMBER, IF WORLD LEADERS COME TOGETHER PROPERLY,

THE WINDOW IS OPEN, BUT BARELY OPEN,

TO TRANSITION BACK INTO A STABLE PLANET.

LAST TIME WE HAD OUR CLIMATE SUMMIT,

YOU COULDN'T SAY THAT WE COULD GO TO SCALE ON HIGH TECH,

CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS.

BUT NOW IN PARIS, WE CAN SAY SO.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROOF.

YOU KNOW YOU WAKE UP IN GERMANY SATURDAY MORNING,

YOU'RE LIKELY TO GET 30% OF YOUR ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR

AND WIND, AND NOT FROM A FEW ENERGY UTILITIES,

BUT FROM OVER 2 MILLION CITIZENS DELIVERING TO A GRID.

DENMARK TODAY PRODUCES OVER 100%, SOME DAYS,

OF ITS ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM WIND.

100%, IT'S TOTALLY RENEWABLE.

AND REMEMBER THAT, ONCE YOU'VE INVESTED IN WIND AND SOLAR,

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FREE ENERGY FOREVER.

IN COUNTRIES LIKE MY OWN, IN SWEDEN,

THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS UPRISING AMONG PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, FROM YOUTH GROUPS TO CITIZEN SIDE ORGANIZATIONS,

TO THE POINT THAT THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED THREE WEEKS

BACK THAT SWEDEN WILL NOW BECOME THE WORLD'S FIRST

FOSSIL FUEL-FREE NATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CONGRATULATIONS.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: I WAS SHOCKED AT THE WAY THAT IT

PROPELLED ITSELF FROM BELOW.

I THINK WE HAVE TIPPED THE WORLD TOWARD

A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

THE FEAR IS ARE WE DOING IT TOO SLOWLY?

*

BAN KI-MOON: LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,

YOU ARE HERE TODAY TO WRITE THE SCRIPT FOR A NEW FUTURE.

THE FATE OF OUR PLANET IS IN YOUR HANDS.

YOUNG WOMAN: I AM A SMALL ISLAND GIRL WITH BIG DREAMS

FROM THE ISLAND OF MAJURO IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

BACK WHEN I WAS SIX OR SEVEN, MY GRANDPA TOLD ME ABOUT HOW

THE ICE IN THE NORTH POLE AND THE SOUTH POLE WILL

MELT AWAY, AND AS THEY MELT, THE WATER WILL RISE AND

SOON FLOOD OUR ISLANDS.

THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THOSE OF US WHOSE IDENTITY,

WHOSE CULTURE, WHOSE ANCESTORS,

WHOSE WHOLE BEING IS BOUND TO THEIR LANDS.

JOHN KERRY: THIS AGREEMENT WILL HELP THE WORLD PREPARE

FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE,

AND ALSO, FOR THOSE WE KNOW ARE NOW HEADED

OUR WAY INEVITABLY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF

GLOBAL CLIMATE TALKS HAVE COME TO THIS PIVOTAL

MOMENT IN PARIS.

195 COUNTRIES SAYING THEY'LL DO EVERYTHING IN

THEIR POWER TO CHANGE.

[SPEAKING FRENCH].

MAN: THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.

[APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS AGREEMENT

IS A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD.

BUT DOES IT GO FAR ENOUGH?

REPORTER: THE PARIS AGREEMENT CALLS FOR KEEPING CLIMATE

WARMING TO WELL BELOW TWO DEGREES CELSIUS,

WHILE STRIVING FOR 1.5.

THERE'S NO MENTION OF A CARBON TAX,

THERE'S NO MENTION OF ANY PENALTIES.

THERE ARE NO ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT ON FAITH THAT

ALL THESE COUNTRIES ARE GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH

WHAT THEY SAY.

HOW LIKELY IS THAT?

REPORTER: THIS IS AN UNATTAINABLE DEAL THAT

CONGRESS HAS ALREADY VOTED TO REJECT.

SEN. JAMES INHOFF: THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

A 26-28% REDUCTION IN CO2 EMISSIONS,

THAT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: HEY MAN, GOOD TO SEE YA.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YOU DOING ALRIGHT?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: ABSOLUTELY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: ALRIGHT, C'MON.

THE PARIS AGREEMENT ENDED UP BEING A HISTORIC AGREEMENT,

NOT BECAUSE IT GETS US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE

EVENTUALLY, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME,

LOCKING IN ALL COUNTRIES INTO VERIFIABLE STEPS AND

TARGETS THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE.

IT CREATES THE ARCHITECTURE THAT ALLOWS US TO FINALLY

START DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM IN A SERIOUS WAY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YOU WERE HAPPY WITH WHAT CAME OF IT?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I, I, I WAS HAPPY THAT WE PUT THE

ARCHITECTURE IN PLACE.

THE, THE TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET IN PARIS ARE NOWHERE

NEAR ENOUGH FOR WHAT THE SCIENTISTS TELL US WE HAVE

TO DO EVENTUALLY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

BUT IF WE CAN USE THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO APPLY EXISTING

TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS,

AND THEN START SLOWLY TURNING UP THE DIALS AS NEW

TECHNOLOGIES COME ON LINE, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE AND

MORE AMBITIOUS TARGETS EACH YEAR, THEN,

WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPLETELY REVERSE THE WARMING THAT NOW

IS INEVITABLE, BUT WE CAN STOP IT BEFORE

IT BECOMES CATASTROPHIC.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND IT'S NO SECRET THAT YOU'VE

BEEN UNDER GREAT OPPOSITION

TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE

INITIATIVES AND...

PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS ON THE

OTHER SIDE, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO SOMEONE THAT COMES INTO OFFICE

THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE,

DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE POWER TO DISMANTLE

EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: EVEN IF SOMEBODY CAME IN,

CAMPAIGNING ON DENYING CLIMATE SCIENCE,

REALITY HAS A WAY OF, YOU KNOW,

HITTING YOU IN THE NOSE IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC IS STARTING TO REALIZE

THE SCIENCE, IN PART BECAUSE IT'S INDISPUTABLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I, I ADMIRE YOUR OPTIMISM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: BUT YOU START TO LOOK AT THE SCIENCE,

LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ANTARCTIC AND,

AND SCIENTISTS SAYING THAT THERE ARE SECTIONS OF ICE THAT

GUARANTEE FOUR TO SIX METERS OF OCEAN LEVEL RISE,

WHICH WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT.

WHAT MAKES YOU TERRIFIED FOR THE FUTURE?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: UH, A HUGE PORTION OF THE WORLD'S

POPULATION LIVES NEAR OCEANS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: IF THEY START MOVING, THEN YOU START

SEEING, UM, SCARCE RESOURCES.

THE SUBJECT OF COMPETITION BETWEEN POPULATIONS.

THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE PENTAGON HAS SAID,

THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

THIS ISN'T JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.

THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE SADNESS THAT

I WOULD FEEL IF MY KIDS CAN NEVER SEE A GLACIER,

THE WAY I SAW WHEN I WENT UP TO ALASKA, UH, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S THE ROMANTIC SIDE OF ME.

THAT'S THE SIDE THAT TAKES A WALK WITH MY DAUGHTERS AND

I WANNA BE ABLE TO, THEM TO SEE, OR MY GRANDKIDS,

I WANT THEM TO SEE THE SAME THINGS AS I SAW

AS I WAS GROWING UP.

EVEN IF YOU WERE UNSENTIMENTAL ABOUT THAT,

IN VERY HARD-HEADED TERMS, YOU'VE GOTTA WORRY ABOUT THE

NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THIS,

AND THE CAPACITY FOR THE EXISTING WORLD ORDER AS WE

UNDERSTAND IT TO SURVIVE THE KINDS OF STRAINS THAT

THE SCIENTISTS ARE PREDICTING WITHOUT ACTION.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION NOW.

IF WE KEEP PUSHING KEEP PRODDING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

KEEP EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THERE'S NO REASON WHY,

UH, WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN TIME.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YOU BET.

THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: ALRIGHT, GOOD?

PIERS SELLERS: I HAVE REALIZED THAT AS A SCIENCE COMMUNITY

WE HAVE NOT DONE THE BEST JOB, FRANKLY, OF

COMMUNICATING THIS THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT WHEN YOU GO UP THERE AND SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYE,

HOW THIN THE WORLD'S ATMOSPHERE IS,

TINY LITTLE ONION SKIN AROUND THE EARTH.

THAT'S ALL THE OXYGEN THAT WE BREATHE, THAT'S THE CO2,

EVERYTHING WE BURN GOES INTO IT.

IT'S AN ASTONISHINGLY FRAGILE FILM.

YOU KNOW, I KNEW INTELLECTUALLY HOW THE EARTH'S

SYSTEM WORKS, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING

FOR 20 YEARS.

TO SEE HOW THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN,

ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THE SYSTEM WORK TOGETHER.

SO I UNDERSTOOD IT INTELLECTUALLY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

PIERS SELLERS: BUT IT'S LIKE BEING AN ANT TRYING TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT AN ELEPHANT LOOKS LIKE BY CRAWLING

ALL OVER THE ELEPHANT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE IN ORBIT,

AND YOU CAN SEE 1,200 MILES IN ANY DIRECTION,

I MEAN, LET ME TELL YOU.

IT'S KIND OF A REVELATION.

SEEING ALL THE CITIES AT NIGHT,

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL WORKING AWAY, DOING SOMETHING.

COME AROUND THE DAY SIDE OF THE WORLD,

SEEING THE NATURAL SYSTEMS.

THE HURRICANES, HUGE, GREAT BIG WHEELS, YOU KNOW,

OVER THE OCEANS.

SAW THE AMAZON RIVER GO BETWEEN MY FEET.

FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW,

I HAVE A WHOLE GREEN CARPET EITHER SIDE.

JUST BEAUTIFUL, ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE SEA.

AND YOU KNOW THERE WAS THE SUN COMING UP OVER THE AMAZON,

THE WHOLE FOREST WAKING UP,

AND DOING WHAT IT DOES EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW.

BREATHING IN AND BREATHING OUT.

SO I, I, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF ALL THAT I BECAME

IMMENSELY FOND, MORE FOND OF THE PLANET.

YOU KNOW?

WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I ACTUALLY JUST

LIVE ON THE SURFACE.

I'M ALSO KIND OF FOND OF THE PEOPLE ON THERE, TOO.

IT'S LIKE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY

AND COMING BACK.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, I WISH IT ALL WELL.

I, UH, JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS I GOT TOLD

I GOT PANCREATIC CANCER.

STAGE 4, SO IT'S ALSO ELSEWHERE IN ME,

NOT JUST IN ONE PLACE.

SO UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ODDS ARE I WON'T BE

AROUND FOR VERY LONG.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY MOTIVATED ME TO THINK ABOUT

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO, AND WHAT CAN I CONTRIBUTE

IN THE TIME I HAVE LEFT.

SO THIS IS A MODEL SIMULATION OF THE EARTH, NOW,

WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SATELLITES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO LOOKING

AT THE EARTH, EVERY DAY.

ONE LOOKS AT CLOUDS,

ONE LOOKS AT THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE,

"OCO" LOOKS AT CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

ALL THIS INFORMATION COMES IN,

AND THIS IS THE TOOL WE USE TO DO CLIMATE SIMULATION.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THING WE COULD SEE:

THIS IS OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE,

AS MEASURED FROM SPACE.

THIS IS THE WHOLE WORLD'S SURFACE TEMPERATURE.

YOU CAN SEE THE POLES MELTING, THERE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IT'S AMAZING.

PIERS SELLERS: THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT MAN.

THIS IS THE WAY TO REALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

HERE'S THE GULF STREAM, LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S LIKE A MOTION OF THE OCEAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS IS LIKE A GREAT PIECE OF ART.

PIERS SELLERS: IT IS, ISN'T IT?

BIGGEST IMPACT WOULD BE HERE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IN THE GULF STREAM.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH, THIS CURRENT HERE, SEE IT?

THE DUMPING OF ICE OFF MELTING GREENLAND,

WOULD STOP THIS CONVEYOR BELT, AND THE GULF STREAM WOULD SLOW

DOWN, STOPPING THE TRANSPORT OF HEAT FROM HERE, TO THERE.

AND THEN EUROPE WOULD GET COLD TOES.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF HEAT TRANSPORT FROM THE TROPICS,

ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC,

THAT KEEPS EUROPE WARM, I MEAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO EUROPE WOULD GET COLDER?

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CAUSE THAT'S THE BIG MISCONCEPTION

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, IS THAT EVERYTHING GETS WARMER.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW.

PIERS SELLERS: AND HERE'S THE MOST ADVANCED

PRECIPITATION SATELLITE IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, CAUSE WE THINK THE BIGGEST

IMPACT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE MOVING OF

THE PRECIPITATION BELTS.

FROM THE EQUATOR THEY'LL GO FURTHER OUT,

SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SIGNS OF A SYSTEM DROUGHT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THAT CAUSES MORE DROUGHT IN PLACES

THAT ARE ALREADY TOO HOT.

PIERS SELLERS: YES AND THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERS WRITTEN

IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ELSEWHERE,

HOW THAT SUSTAINED DROUGHT HAS HELPED FUEL THE CONFLICT

OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, DARFUR, SUDAN,

ALL THESE PLACES THAT ARE SHORT OF WATER, SHORT OF FOOD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANET

OR IS IT JUST THIS PARTICULAR REGION RIGHT HERE?

PIERS SELLERS: NOPE, WE EXPECT THE WHOLE WORLD.

WE EXPECT BITS OF INDIA WE EXPECT IN THE U.S., OKLAHOMA.

YOU KNOW, THE DUST BOWL REGION,

WE EXPECT THAT TO GET MUCH,

MUCH DRIER OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH MY GOD, AND WHAT ABOUT MY HOME

STATE OF CALIFORNIA HERE?

PIERS SELLERS: UM, NOT LOOKING GREAT, I'M AFRAID.

NOW [INAUDIBLE] PREDICTED PERSISTENT DROUGHT

IN THE DUST BOWL,

AND HERE, FOR FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW.

BUT WE'RE JUST SEEING THE WORST DROUGHT IN

900 YEARS HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S COMING A BIT EARLIER THAN WE THOUGHT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS HAPPENING OVER A PERIOD

OF A FEW DECADES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IT'S JUST CONSISTENT NOT GREAT NEWS.

PIERS SELLERS: NO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW KINDA

CONFUSED ABOUT THE ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, THE FACTS ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

THE ICE IS MELTING, THE EARTH IS WARMING,

THE SEA LEVEL IS RISING.

THOSE ARE FACTS.

RATHER THAN FEELING, OH MY GOD IT'S HOPELESS, SAY,

OKAY, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

LET'S BE REALISTIC.

LET'S FIND A WAY OUT OF IT.

AND THERE ARE WAYS OUT OF IT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE STOPPED BURNING FOSSIL FUEL RIGHT NOW,

THE PLANET WOULD STILL KEEP WARMING FOR A LITTLE WHILE

BEFORE COOLING OFF AGAIN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE DO THE

RIGHT THING, WE'RE GONNA HEAT UP, OR WE'RE GONNA.

PIERS SELLERS: RIGHT, EVENTUALLY, IT'LL TURN OFF,

THEN IT'LL START COOLING AGAIN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOULD THAT ARCTIC ICE SHEET START

TO THEN INCREASE AGAIN?

PIERS SELLERS: ONCE THE COOLING STARTED, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THERE REALLY IS A POSSIBILITY

TO REPAIR THIS TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE ON?

PIERS SELLERS: ABSOLUTELY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: INTERESTING.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH, SO THERE'S HOPE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: YOU SEEM TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLY

POSITIVE ATTITUDE, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THOUGH.

IT'S AMAZING.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH, I, I DO, I'M ACTUALLY BASICALLY

AN OPTIMISTIC KIND OF PERSON.

I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE.

I, I REALLY DO HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE.

AND I THINK THAT ONCE PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE FOG OF

CONFUSION OR AN ISSUE, OR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT AN ISSUE,

AND REALISTICALLY APPRECIATE IT AT SOME LEVEL,

THE THREAT, AND THEY'RE INFORMED OF WHAT THE BEST

ACTION IS TO DEAL WITH IT, THEY GOT ON AND DID IT.

AND WHAT SEEMED LIKE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH,

YOU KNOW, BECAME POSSIBLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I STILL THINK A LOT ABOUT THAT

PICTURE THAT USED TO HANG ABOVE MY CRIB.

THE STORY OF "THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS"

ACTUALLY BEGINS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PAINTING,

WHERE BOSCH PAINTED A VIEW OF OUR EARTH ON THE

THIRD DAY OF CREATION.

IT'S ALMOST AS IFHE WANTED TO SHOW THE FRAGILITY OF OUR

PLANET BY DEPICTING THE EARTH AND ITS ATMOSPHERE

ENCLOSED IN GLASS.

POPE FRANCIS: THIS IS OUR HOME.

IT IS GOING TO RUIN AND THAT HARMS EVERYONE.

REPORTER: POPE FRANCIS HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED HIS

ENCYCLICAL ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE DOCUMENT IS BOTH A CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STOP

GLOBAL WARMING, AND A CRY FOR JUSTICE FOR THE POOR.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OUR COMMON HOME HAS FALLEN

INTO SERIOUS DISREPAIR.

HOPE WOULD HAVE US RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS

ALWAYS A WAY OUT.

THAT WE CAN ALWAYS REDIRECT OUR STEPS,

THAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO SOMETHING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.

STILL, WE CAN SEE SIGNS THAT THINGS ARE NOW REACHING

A BREAKING POINT.

THIS IS A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM THE POPE,

IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

[PRACTICING ITALIAN].

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL LEADER'S

ON THE PLANET.

DRIVER: DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HE HAS NOW CALLED UPON THE WORLD COMMUNITY

TO ACCEPT THE MODERN SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

A POPE HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN HISTORY.

[SPEAKING ITIALIAN].

BEING ABLE TO SPEND TIME AND SIT WITH THE POPE WAS A

PRETTY PROFOUND EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS A BOOK, HIERONYMUS BOSCH'S.

UH, IT WAS HANGING ABOVE MY CRIB, AS A YOUNG BOY.

THANK YOU.

THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN URGENCY IN HIS VOICE.

HE SAID THAT AS FAR AS THE PARIS CONFERENCE IS CONCERNED,

HE, HE FELT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,

BUT CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH.

HE FEELS WE ALL NEED TO KEEP SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE

AS LOUD AS WE CAN, AND THAT WE MUST IMMEDIATELY TAKE ACTION.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING,

HE SAID TO PRAY FOR THE HUMAN RACE.

AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, IT'S BECOME PRETTY OBVIOUS

THAT WE'RE NO LONGER LIVING IN THAT FIRST,

UNSPOILED DEPICTION OF EDEN.

WE'RE IN THAT SECOND PANEL.

WHAT BOSCH CALLED, "HUMAN KIND BEFORE THE FLOOD."

AND WHAT HAUNTS ME THE MOST IS THAT LAST PANEL.

THE ONE WITH THE CHARRED, BLACKENED SKIES.

A PLANET THAT WE COLLECTIVELY HAVE LEFT TO RUIN.

THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE CHANGE OUR COURSE IN TIME?

NOW IF THIS WAS A MOVIE WE COULD WRITE THE ENDING OF THIS

SCRIPT, AND WE COULD FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MESS.

BUT REAL LIFE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT,

AND WE CAN'T PRETEND THAT WE KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA END.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN DO IS CONTROL WHAT WE DO NEXT,

HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES, WHAT WE CONSUME,

HOW WE GET INVOLVED,

AND HOW WE USE OUR VOTE TO TELL OUR LEADERS KNOW THAT

WE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

BAN KI-MOON: THE LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS SIGNING CEREMONY

IS THE ACADEMY AWARD BEST ACTOR,

AND THE UNITED NATIONS

MESSENGER OF PEACE, MR. LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK YOU MR. SECRETARY GENERAL FOR

THE HONOR TO ADDRESS THIS BODY, AND THANKS TO THE

DISTINGUISHED CLIMATE LEADERS ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY

WHO ARE READY TO TAKE ACTION.

AS A U.N. MESSENGER OF PEACE I HAVE TRAVELED

ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS,

I HAVE SEEN CITIES LIKE BEIJING CHOKED

BY INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION,

ANCIENT BOREAL FORESTS IN CANADA THAT HAVE BEEN CLEAR CUT,

AND RAINFORESTS IN INDONESIA THAT HAVE BEEN INCINERATED.

IN INDIA I MET FARMERS WHOSE CROPS HAVE BEEN

LITERALLY WASHED AWAY.

IN AMERICA I'VE WITNESSED SEA LEVEL RISE FLOODING

THE STREETS OF MIAMI.

IN GREENLAND AND IN THE ARCTIC I WAS ASTONISHED TO

SEE THAT ANCIENT GLACIERS ARE RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING,

WELL AHEAD OF SCIENTIFIC PREDICTIONS.

ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN AND LEARNED ON MY JOURNEY HAS

ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED ME.

NOW THINK ABOUT THE SHAME THAT EACH OF US WILL CARRY WHEN OUR

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THAT WE

HAD THE MEANS OF STOPPING THIS DEVASTATION BUT SIMPLY

LACKED THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO SO.

YES, WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

MORE COUNTRIES HAVE COME TOGETHER HERE TO SIGN THIS

AGREEMENT TODAY THAN FOR ANY OTHER CAUSE IN THE

HISTORY OF HUMANKIND, AND THAT IS REASON FOR HOPE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE EVIDENCE SHOWS US THAT IT

WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.

A MASSIVE CHANGE IS REQUIRED RIGHT NOW.

ONE THAT LEADS TO A NEW COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS.

A NEW COLLECTIVE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN RACE,

INSPIRED AND ENABLED BY A SENSE OF URGENCY

FROM ALL OF YOU.

WE CAN CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER TODAY,

BUT IT WILL MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IF YOU RETURN TO YOUR

COUNTRIES AND FAIL TO PUSH BEYOND THE PROMISES OF

THIS HISTORIC AGREEMENT.

AFTER 21 YEARS OF DEBATES AND CONFERENCES,

IT IS TIME TO DECLARE NO MORE TALK, NO MORE EXCUSES,

NO MORE TEN-YEAR STUDIES, NO MORE ALLOWING THE FOSSIL FUEL

COMPANIES TO MANIPULATE AND DICTATE THE SCIENCE AND

POLICIES THAT AFFECT OUR FUTURE.

THE WORLD IS NOW WATCHING.

YOU'LL EITHER BE LAUDED BY FUTURE GENERATIONS,

OR VILIFIED BY THEM.

YOU ARE THE LAST BEST HOPE OF EARTH.

WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT IT, OR WE,

AND ALL LIVING THINGS WE CHERISH...

ARE HISTORY.

* MAN: WE WAIT,

* WE PRAY FOR THE RAIN.

* FOR THE RAIN.

* FOR THE RAIN.

* TO WASH AWAY.

* WE DRIVE,

* DENY TO BELIEVE.

* TO BELIEVE,

* WE CANT BELIVE IN ANYTHING. *

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* DROPS

* FALLING FROM THE SKY.

* WE'LL ALL BE JUDGED

* BY WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND. *

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* HEY, TOO LATE,

* TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE. *

* IN YOUR EYES.

* IN YOUR EYES.

* REALIZE.

* WE FIND IN TIME,

* WE'RE THE SAME.

* WE'RE THE SAME,

* ALL TO BLAME.

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* STOP

* FALLING FROM THE SKY.

* WE'LL ALL BE JUDGED BY WHAT WE *

* LEAVE BEHIND.

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* JUST NEED A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED...

* A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *