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  World leaders at the UN National Summit for Climate Change watched on as the newly appointed UN Messenger of Peace, Leonardo DiCaprio, presented his urgent message. “I stand before you not as an expert but as a concerned citizen” DiCaprio said.  “One of the 400,000 people who marched on the streets of New York on Sunday, and the billions of others around the world who want to solve our climate crisis”  DiCaprio used the opportunity to speak to the over 900 world leaders to encourage them to work together, reminding them of the immediacy of the climate change threat. “The chief of the US Navy’s Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Locklear, recently said that climate change is our single greatest security threat.”  “It is a question of our own survival” DiCaprio said.  DiCaprio reminded the world leaders of the abundance of scientific evidence that proved climate change existed and how global warming was damaging the planet. “Every week, we’re...

Leonardo DiCaprio gave the opening address to the Climate Change Summit at the UN Headquarters.  The newly appointed UN Messenger of Peace urged the over 900 world leaders in government and business, as well as the broader public to take greater action on climate change policy. “Now is our moment for action” he said. “We need to put a price tag on carbon and eliminate government subsidies for coal, gas and oil companies.” “It is a question of our survival.” DiCaprio said.   DiCaprio, called on the influential attendees to work together, reminding them of the abundance of scientific evidence regarding climate change. “Every week, we’re seeing new and undeniable climate events, evidence that accelerated climate change is here now.” DiCaprio compared how public and government apathy towards climate change was similar to his own acting profession. “I believe humankind has looked at climate change in the same way: as if it were fiction, happening to som...