[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?
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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
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?
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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.
* 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.
* 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.
* JUST NEED A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *
* I JUST NEED A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *
* I JUST NEED...
* A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *