Leonardo DiCaprio: “This is the most urgent of times and the most urgent of messages” (Narrative News Story)


 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 seeing new and undeniable climate events, evidence that accelerated climate change is here now.” 

“This is the most urgent of times, and the most urgent of message” DiCaprio said. “Now must be our moment of action.”  


DiCaprio’s speech marked the start of negotiations and discussions between the world leaders in order to achieve set targets and policy changes in the lead up to the Paris talks later this year.

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