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LEONARDO DICAPRIO: My first
visual memories are of this

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framed poster above my crib.

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I would stare at it every
night before I went to bed.

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My father was an underground
comic distributor.

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He's always been this sort of
Zelig of the counterculture

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as I like to call him.

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Having painted in
Warhol's studio,

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being roomies with Lou
Reed, he knew R. Crumb

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and all these great
artists of his generation.

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I mean, I was brought up on all
kinds of wacky visuals as a kid.

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So I would stare at this
painting over and over:

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The Garden of Earthly Delights
by Hieronymus Bosch.

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It was painted around 1500.

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And if you look at these
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they start to tell a story.

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In the first panel you have Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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Birds flying off
into the distance,

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elephants and giraffe and a
lot of religious iconography.

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The second panel is where
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more interesting.

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The deadly sins start to infuse
their way into the painting.

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There's overpopulation,
there's debauchery and excess.

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And the last panel, which
is the most nightmarish one,

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especially from a young child's
perspective, is this twisted,

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decayed, burnt landscape.

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A paradise that has been
degraded and destroyed.

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NEWS MEDIA: Man may be
unwittingly changing the world's

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climate through the waste
products of its civilization...

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The burning of coal, oil and
wood is releasing carbon dioxide

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into the atmosphere.

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The greenhouse effect has been
detected and it is changing

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our climate now.

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Guess where the
temperature goes?

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It goes up.

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Climate change is
already in our backyards.

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It's official. 2012 was the
hottest year in the...

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... 2013

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... 2014

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... 2015

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... warmest year around the globe

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... warmest year on record.

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It is these activities
that drove mankind

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out of the Garden of Eden.

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DICAPRIO: Hi, how are you?
KI‐MOON: Ah, Mr. DiCaprio.

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DICAPRIO: Pleasure, pleasure.

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KI‐MOON: Great to, great
pleasure to see you.

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Here.

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We can move this.

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This can be adjusted.

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DICAPRIO: Oh wow, this
is for height control.

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KI‐MOON: Yeah.

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Like this, like this.
DICAPRIO: For shorter leaders

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and taller leaders.

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What specific message do you
think is the most important?

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KI‐MOON: Climate change is
coming much, much faster.

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We have seen such, uh,
extraordinary extreme weather

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patterns.

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If you consider this
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this Planet Earth is
just a small boat.

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If this boat is sinking, then
I think we will have to all

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sink together.

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I know that he has been a
very committed and effective

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environmentalist and that is
why I really count on your

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leadership and vision.

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ANNOUNCER: Please welcome
newly appointed United Nations

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Messenger of Peace,
Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio.

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DICAPRIO: Thank you
Mr. Secretary General,

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Your Excellencies...

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I feel incredibly honored
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the United Nations Messenger
of Peace on climate change.

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I stand before
you, not as an expert,

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I want to do everything I can
to learn more about this issue.

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See for myself exactly what's
going on and what can be done.

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But it all kinda seems
beyond our control.

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As an actor,
I pretend for a living.

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I play fictitious characters
often solving fictitious

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problems.

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I believe that mankind has
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in that same way.

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We keep getting inundated with
catastrophic news about the

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environment every single day,
and the problem seems to be

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getting worse and
worse and worse.

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Try to have a conversation with
anyone about climate change,

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people just tune out.

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If the U. N. really knew
how I feel,

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how pessimistic I am about our
future, I mean, to be honest,

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they may have picked
the wrong guy.

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NEWSCASTER: Hundreds of
thousands took to the streets

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of New York today demonstrating
for action on climate change.

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NEWSCASTER: Secretary General,
Ban Ki‐Moon called Leo

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a credible voice in the
environmental movement,

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which is like calling Jeffrey
Dahmer a credible voice

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for stew.

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NEWSCASTER: Leonardo DiCaprio
has just naively bought into

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the entire global warming hoax.

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NEWSCASTER: Who better to
educate world leaders on made up

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climate change in a crisis that
doesn't exist than an actor

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from Hollywood with zero years
of scientific training?

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DICAPRIO: Hi, how are you?

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WOMAN: I'm very good.

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DICAPRIO: How are you doing,
it's a pleasure.

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WOMAN: You too.

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ALEJANDRO: Hey!

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[BACKGROUND VOICE]

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DICAPRIO: Nice to
see you, buddy.

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ALFONSO CUARON: Good to see you.

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So I just started this new film,
it's set in the Western Frontier

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of the United States
in the early 1800s.

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It's basically the dawn of
the Industrial Revolution.

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It has a lot to do with men who
are pillaging the natural world,

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wiping species out, and
basically destroying cultures

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in the process.

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Those are like buffalo skulls.

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Alejandro!

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Crazy, are these fur‐trappers?

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Are these people
selling the skulls?

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ALEJANDRO: No, these are people
selling the skulls, yeah.

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DICAPRIO: What the
[BLEEP] is this?

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ALEJANDRO: Isn't
that embarrassing?

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DICAPRIO: Man, that's crazy.

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ALEJANDRO: And the fact that
they never even reflected on it,

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that there's an ending to these
animals, and we cannot just,

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it's insane.

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DICAPRIO: If you can put that
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unbelievable.

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How about this, I dare you!

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ALEJANDRO: Ah, okay.

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... get to the boat. Come on son.
[GUNSHOTS]

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I didn't grow up
around nature at all,

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I grew up near
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And my escape every weekend was
the Natural History Museum.

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And from a very young age, I
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that had become extinct.

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All these different animals,

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from the dodo to the
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which was the most
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to the Tasmanian tiger, also
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to the great auk, the
quagga, the moa.

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I remember the
anger that I felt,

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reading all these stories about
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would just wipe out an entire
species, and in the process,

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decimate the ecosystem forever.

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The difference now is we're
knowingly doing this;

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it's just on a
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BRUNE: If we're gonna fight
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we have to start by
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most of our economy is
based on fossil fuels.

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Fossil fuels are coal,
oil, and natural gas.

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Oil powers most of the
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coal and natural gas power
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Now, in the first couple decades
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in order to sustain our
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we're going to very risky,
very extreme new sources.

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[EXPLOSIONS]

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You see this in things like
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fracking for natural gas,

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offshore drilling for oil,

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and the tar sands, which is
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of producing fossil fuels.

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They take away massive forests,
the water in the streams

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and rivers is poisoned.

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It has severe impacts on the
wildlife, on native communities,

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and it requires a huge amount of
energy simply to get it to

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our fuel tanks.

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There is no such thing
as clean fossil fuel.

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PILOT: Headsets are
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but the volume control's right
above the microphone so...

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DICAPRIO: The truth is, the more
I've learned about this issue

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and everything that
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the more I realize
how much I don't know.

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How much I don't know
about this issue.

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The first time I ever heard
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which was what it
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I was in my early twenties.

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I had the opportunity to sit
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Vice President, Al Gore
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And he drew a picture of
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and then he drew the atmosphere
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this is the most important
issue of our time.

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I had absolutely no idea
what he was talking about.

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He said all our modes of
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planes, cars, the way
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the way we build our cities,
almost everything we do releases

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carbon dioxide, CO2, and that
leads to climate change.

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The polar ice caps will melt,
the seas will start to rise,

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there will be more dangerous
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droughts, wildfires.

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It sounded like some nightmarish
science fiction film.

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Except everything
he said is real

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and it's happening right now.

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DICAPRIO: Wow.

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Wow.

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Beautiful.

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I just want to know
how far we've gone,

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how much damage we've done, and
if there's anything we can do

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to stop it.

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MAN: You all set, mate?

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DICAPRIO: So it's
the 4th of July,

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and we're here in the
middle of the Arctic.

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DR. SALA: Right now we are
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we are basically
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This is the northern
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one of the hundreds of islands
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We are way above
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and if you put your
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you would not be able to stand
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except you who are a badass.

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DICAPRIO: You hunt
and fish here, right?

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AWA: Yeah.

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DICAPRIO: What do you, what do
you fish and what do you hunt?

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AWA: In my territory I
hunt fish, seal, narwhal,

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and polar bear.

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DICAPRIO: Is this polar bear?
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DICAPRIO: Oh, well there you go!

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And the ice here, since you've
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decreasing?

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AWA: We used to have
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Not light blue like this, blue.

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Hard, ice.

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Now we usually have a, kind
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It's ice but it's,
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it melts pretty fast.

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Much faster than before.

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DR. SALA: 2040, you will be able
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There's going to be no sea
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in the summer.

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We are burning so many fossil
fuels that the ice is melting.

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The Arctic is like
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If it goes away, that's
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that's going to change
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that's going to make floods and
droughts more catastrophic.

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It's the most dramatic
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DICAPRIO: They're right here!

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DR. SALA: There are about 10,000
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in this region.

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DR. SALA: Yeah, they are
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to swim in, so they
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DICAPRIO: I can't believe what
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They're like purring.

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DR. SALA: You know, I don't
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without these animals.

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ANNOUNCER: He's the
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Leonardo DiCaprio.

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DICAPRIO: When I
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I remember being asked to
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in Washington for Earth Day.

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Temperatures are rising,
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and not since a meteor hit the
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have so many species of plant
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in such a short time.

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I even got a chance to
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of the United States.

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Why do you think this issue
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BILL CLINTON: I think it's
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for the climate to change in
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and because, uh, it seems
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DICAPRIO: At the time, it was
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out on global warming.

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Now a couple degrees' difference
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may not seem like an emergency.

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Back then everyone was focused
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consciousness.

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It seemed like a positive
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Changing your lightbulb.

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But it's pretty clear that we're
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things have taken a
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BOX: We keep finding things that
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that are used to
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So that, that tells me that the
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If climate stays at this
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in the last decade, Greenland
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Don't walk into the crevasse.

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[Rapids].

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DICAPRIO: Oh my God!

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BOX: Don't get too
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DICAPRIO: Look at
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These rapids are going
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BOX: This meltwater is
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If that's not balanced by
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smaller and sea level rises.

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This is actually our
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DICAPRIO: This is
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I was imagining a massive igloo
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doing experiments.

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It really does look like
broken down pool equipment.

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How, what does this connect to?

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BOX: Well, this is
all melted up now,

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this was a hose that
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and now it's melted out.

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DICAPRIO: Wait a
minute, so this,

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that's lying here used to
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BOX: Yeah, so we made.

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DICAPRIO: So that's the amount
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BOX: Yeah.

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This is 5 years of melt.

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DICAPRIO: So this entire length
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melted throughout all of lower
Greenland in the past 5 years.

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BOX: Right.

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That's hundreds of cubic
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no longer stored on land.

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It's gone into
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NEWSCASTER: Miami, New Orleans,
Boston and Long Beach,

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California may be doomed
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to ever‐rising sea levels.

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NEWSCASTER: South Florida as we
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by risings seas.

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DICAPRIO: When you look at
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susceptible to sea level rise,
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Florida is the key one.

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And a lot of the, your
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giving people an understanding
of what's at risk here.

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LEVINE: We don't have
the liberty or the time

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to debate climate change.

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If you don't believe
in it, I always say

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bring your unconverted to
us and we'll make sure you agree

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that there is a major problem.

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We have this thing called
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Picture a beautiful sunny day,

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all of a sudden you see water
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As the sea level rises,
the water's coming up,

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backflowing into our
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If the city is underwater,
there's no future.

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DICAPRIO: How do
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Exactly what's going on as far
as prevention is concerned?

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LEVINE: We started putting in
pumps, take a look at this.

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DICAPRIO: Oh, this is the pump!

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LEVINE: Yup!

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We're in the process of
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This street right here used
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During high tide you
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And now what we did was we
raised this road and you can see

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the difference, see how that
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slopes down a little bit.

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DICAPRIO: So the main investment
is in these systems right here,

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raising the roads and
the electric pumps.

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LEVINE: Yeah, this is a
400‐million‐dollar project.

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City wide.

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And of course we're paying
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I had to raise tax revenue,
which you can imagine is not

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a very popular thing to
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DICAPRIO: And this construction
is it going to make

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a major difference.
LEVINE: Major difference.

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DICAPRIO: And buy you a
significant amount of time.

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LEVINE: Absolutely I would
think about 40, 50 years.

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DICAPRIO: That's it?

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LEVINE: Yes.

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Now one of the things I always
say when people ask me this,

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Mayor what about after 50
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and unfortunately we have a
governor and we have a cabinet

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that doesn't believe that
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REPORTERS: Officials in Florida
were banned from using the words

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climate change.

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This policy began in 2011 after
Rick Scott came into office.

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LEVINE: No one really wants
to talk about climate change,

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especially our senator
from Florida, Marco Rubio,

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who doesn't believe that
we have climate change

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and is not interested in
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I would hope that he would have
gone out and grabbed us federal

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funds over the last three years
to help make our cities viable.

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RUBIO: I do not believe that
human activity is causing

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these dramatic changes to our
climate the way these scientists

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are portraying it.

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DICAPRIO: Why do you think there
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the science?

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LEVINE: I think it's politics,
I think it so has to do with

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lobbying and industry and I
always say one thing, Leo,

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I said uh, the ocean
is not Republican

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and it's not Democrat,
all it knows how to do is rise.

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CRUZ: Satellite data show,
for the last seventeen years,

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there has been no significant
recorded warming.

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TRUMP: It's supposed
to be 70 degrees today,

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it's freezing here!

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Speaking of global warming where
is, we need some global warming!

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It's freezing.

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DR. MANN: There's about
as robust a consensus

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about human‐caused climate
change as there is

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for any matter in science.

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Be it the theory of gravity.

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97 percent of climate scientists
agree, the globe is warming,

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our climate is changing, it's
due to fossil fuel burning

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and other human activities.

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Unfortunately we are fighting
this massive disinformation

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campaign to confuse the public.

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NEWS CLIP: You look at the
satellite data we actually

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have had no significant warming
since 1998 actually no warming.

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We have been cooling
in recent years.

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HOST: If you actually believe
that global warming

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is the biggest problem we face,

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you're the dumbest son
of a bitch on the planet.

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DICAPRIO: So yeah, maybe you
could just talk a little bit

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about your background, the
studies that you've done.

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DR. MANN: I was the classic
science and math geek

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in high school.

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Studied physics in graduate
school and a decade and half ago

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my co‐authors and I started
to look into climate change

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in the more distant past.

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We published a curve where
there's this long‐term cooling

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trend and then all of
a sudden this abrupt warming

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that has no precedent

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as far back as you can go and
it got named the hockey stick

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because it looks like the
blade of a hockey stick.

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And once we had published
that graph I had set myself up

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for a completely different life.

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DICAPRIO: And why is that?

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What did they do
specifically to?

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DR. MANN: I was vilified
on the editorial pages

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of the Wall Street
Journal, on Fox News.

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That I was a fraud.

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NEWS REPORT: Other German
Scientists have called it

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statistical rubbish.

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He's been called a
statistical charlatan.

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DR. MANN: I was being
attacked by congressmen.

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CONGRESSMAN: They threw
spaghetti up on the wall

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and wherever it stuck is
what they put in the chart.

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DR. MANN: I had death threats
that were actionable enough that

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the FBI at one point had to come
to my office to investigate

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an envelope that had been sent
to me that had a white powder.

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I've had threats made
against my family.

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These folks know they don't have
to win the legitimate scientific

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debate.

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They just need to
divide the public,

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and all of that hatred and fear
is in fact organized and funded

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by a few players.

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Fossil fuel interests, folks
like the Koch brothers finance

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a very large echo chamber of
climate change denialism.

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NEWS REPORT: The reality is a
lot of climatologists believe

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that the science is not settled.

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NEWS REPORT: Global warming is
illusory were actually going

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through a period
of global cooling.

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NEWS REPORT: It's easier to
believe in a benevolent god

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the baby Jesus than it is in
some kind of theory about

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global warming.

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DR. MANN: Websites and news
outlets and think tanks.

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They find people with fairly
impressive credentials

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who are willing to sell
those credentials

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to fossil fuel interests.

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NEWS REPORTER: Dr. Fred Singer,
President of the science

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and environmental
policy project.

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DR. SINGER: The weather balloons
around the world show no warming

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of the atmosphere in
the last 25 years.

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DR. MANN: You have all of
these organizations with lofty

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sounding names like Americans
for Prosperity

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or The Heartland Institute.

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These are front groups that are
funded by corporate interests.

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Americans for Prosperity
is really a front group

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for the Koch brothers.

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PHILIPS: That's an organization
founded by David and Charles

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Koch and good
morning to you Tim.

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‐Good to be here, Bill.
‐Welcome here,

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what are you going
to get for your money?

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We hope to see policies change.

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DR. MANN: Koch Industries is one
of the largest privately held

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fossil fuel interests
in the world.

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And they are doing everything
they can to protect that wealth.

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NEWS REPORT: Would you give up
all that industrialization,

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would you give up all the
productivity that it's brought

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us, all the lives that it has
saved over the last 100 years,

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so that the temperature
wouldn't rise half a percent

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or a milli percent?

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00:26:30,955 --> 00:26:32,957
DR. MANN: They've
lobbied Congress.

485
00:26:32,990 --> 00:26:37,595
INHOFE: We keep hearing 2014 has
been the warmest year on record,

486
00:26:37,628 --> 00:26:40,531
oh here Mr. President
catch this. Mhmm.

487
00:26:40,565 --> 00:26:43,368
DR. MANN: James Inhofe is
probably the most prominent

488
00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:45,603
congressional climate
change denier.

489
00:26:45,636 --> 00:26:48,072
INHOFE: Global warming is the
greatest hoax ever perpetrated

490
00:26:48,105 --> 00:26:49,874
on the American people.

491
00:26:49,907 --> 00:26:52,343
DR. MANN: He's the chair of the
Senate Environment Committee.

492
00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:55,546
INHOFE: There are some people
who are so arrogant to think

493
00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,349
that they are so powerful that
they can change a climate.

494
00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:00,685
Man can't change climate.

495
00:27:00,718 --> 00:27:02,453
DR. MANN: It might not be
surprising to learn that

496
00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:04,555
James Inhofe is one of
the largest recipients

497
00:27:04,589 --> 00:27:06,924
of fossil fuel money
in the U. S. Senate.

498
00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:11,862
Fossil Fuel interests
have bought our House

499
00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:16,100
of Representatives and Senate
Environment Committee.

500
00:27:16,133 --> 00:27:18,803
We can't get a climate bill
passed through our Congress

501
00:27:18,836 --> 00:27:21,572
because it's controlled
by fossil fuel funded

502
00:27:21,606 --> 00:27:25,042
climate change deniers who
are blocking any bills

503
00:27:25,075 --> 00:27:27,512
that would attempt
to deal with this problem.

504
00:27:27,545 --> 00:27:30,681
DICAPRIO: How they're able to
discredit scientists who have

505
00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:34,452
devoted their life to this issue
is kind of mind boggling to me.

506
00:27:34,485 --> 00:27:35,386
DR. MANN: It sometimes makes
me want to take a drink right.

507
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,922
DICAPRIO: I'm sure.
If I was a scientist

508
00:27:37,955 --> 00:27:40,658
I would be absolutely pissed
every single day of my life.

509
00:27:40,691 --> 00:27:43,027
DR. MANN: These
people are, you know,

510
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:47,565
engaged in an effort to
lead us astray in the name

511
00:27:47,598 --> 00:27:52,370
of short term, you know, fossil
fuel profits so that we end up

512
00:27:52,403 --> 00:27:54,539
leaving behind a
degraded planet.

513
00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:55,673
What could be more
immoral than that?

514
00:28:02,980 --> 00:28:06,584
BELL LAB: Even now, man may be
unwittingly changing the world's

515
00:28:06,617 --> 00:28:09,720
climate through the waste
products of this civilization.

516
00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:12,022
Due to our release through
factories and automobiles

517
00:28:12,056 --> 00:28:15,993
every year of more than 6
billion tons of carbon dioxide.

518
00:28:16,026 --> 00:28:18,896
Our atmosphere seems
to be getting warmer.

519
00:28:18,929 --> 00:28:20,965
This is bad?

520
00:28:20,998 --> 00:28:24,101
Well it's been calculated a few
degrees rise in the earth's

521
00:28:24,134 --> 00:28:27,938
temperature would melt
the polar ice caps.

522
00:28:27,972 --> 00:28:30,775
DICAPRIO: Fact is, we've known
about this problem for decades

523
00:28:30,808 --> 00:28:33,811
and decades, for
over half a century.

524
00:28:33,844 --> 00:28:36,947
BELL LAB: Every day I send
you a thousand times more power

525
00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,983
than you use in a year.

526
00:28:39,016 --> 00:28:43,688
Anybody working on getting power
direct from old glow hard here?

527
00:28:43,721 --> 00:28:47,157
Oh yes but not nearly enough,
roll 6b! The solar battery.

528
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:49,494
DICAPRIO: Imagine
the world right now,

529
00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:52,162
if we had taken the science of
climate change seriously

530
00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:56,066
back then.

531
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:58,203
BELL LAB: But our engineers
will have to build efficient

532
00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:01,939
generators that spread out
over acres, even square miles.

533
00:29:01,972 --> 00:29:06,677
To compete with the cheap coal
and oil still available to us.

534
00:29:06,711 --> 00:29:09,079
DICAPRIO: Since then, our
population has increased

535
00:29:09,113 --> 00:29:13,551
by almost 5 billion
people and counting.

536
00:29:13,584 --> 00:29:17,555
And China has recently surpassed
the United States as the world's

537
00:29:17,588 --> 00:29:19,156
number one polluter.

538
00:29:21,158 --> 00:29:24,595
The problem has become even
more difficult to solve.

539
00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:29,600
[practicing Mandarin].

540
00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:32,170
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

541
00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:33,538
DICAPRIO: Oh now we're on the
opposite side of the street

542
00:29:33,571 --> 00:29:34,705
again. Ok.

543
00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,242
Now we're in a bike lane.

544
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:40,845
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

545
00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:32,297
AFP TV: Air‐pocalypse,
schools have been shut down,

546
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,632
the toxicity has reached
that worst level.

547
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:07,665
[Demonstrators yelling].

548
00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:09,126
DICAPRIO: It's
absolutely brilliant,

549
00:32:09,159 --> 00:32:11,962
you don't allow these companies
to operate in the dark.

550
00:32:14,732 --> 00:32:18,002
DICAPRIO: Chinese media
talks about climate change

551
00:32:18,035 --> 00:32:18,969
on a regular basis.

552
00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:26,877
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

553
00:32:39,857 --> 00:32:42,660
DICAPRIO: Is there a giant push
towards solar and wind here,

554
00:32:42,693 --> 00:32:43,894
is that the next step?

555
00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:46,297
LIN: China's got some of the
biggest wind and solar companies

556
00:32:46,331 --> 00:32:48,733
in the world now.

557
00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:52,036
Even though China has some
of the largest challenges,

558
00:32:52,069 --> 00:32:56,941
like huge population, China's
gonna prioritize wind and solar

559
00:32:56,974 --> 00:33:00,711
rather than coal.

560
00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:03,914
If China can do it, then I think
the rest of the world can.

561
00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:13,023
DICAPRIO: China is still heavily
relying on fossil fuels,

562
00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:15,260
but they seem to be
transitioning to renewables

563
00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:19,197
much faster than
anyone anticipated.

564
00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:22,867
The question is, can less
developed countries with rapidly

565
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:26,036
growing populations make
the same transition?

566
00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:42,720
NEWS REPORTER: India is the
world's third largest emitter

567
00:33:42,753 --> 00:33:45,723
yet the country is struggling
with massive power shortages

568
00:33:45,756 --> 00:33:47,124
and rolling blackouts.

569
00:33:47,157 --> 00:33:49,960
India has consistently said
that its biggest priority

570
00:33:49,994 --> 00:33:52,830
is development and bringing
people out of poverty.

571
00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:01,105
NARAIN: We care
about climate change.

572
00:34:01,138 --> 00:34:04,742
But the fact is we are a country
where energy access is as much

573
00:34:04,775 --> 00:34:07,312
a challenge as climate change.

574
00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:12,283
We need to make sure that every
Indian has access to energy.

575
00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:16,821
DICAPRIO: From what I understood
there are 300 million people

576
00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:17,822
without power, without
light here in India.

577
00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:19,757
NARAIN: Yes, yes.

578
00:34:19,790 --> 00:34:21,292
DICAPRIO: That's equivalent to
the entire population here

579
00:34:21,326 --> 00:34:22,427
of the United States.

580
00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:31,135
[DIALOGUE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE].

581
00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:33,771
NARAIN: Today in villages,
Indian villages you will find

582
00:34:33,804 --> 00:34:38,276
people take cow dung and
they make what is known,

583
00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:41,145
called cow dung cakes
or uples in Hindi,

584
00:34:41,179 --> 00:34:43,013
and they burn those.

585
00:34:43,047 --> 00:34:45,483
And that's their only
source of cooking energy.

586
00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:48,353
So they will make
food now over this.

587
00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,921
[DIALOGUE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE].

588
00:35:17,114 --> 00:35:19,550
NARAIN: Coal is cheap whether
you and I like it or not,

589
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:21,319
coal is cheap.

590
00:35:21,352 --> 00:35:23,454
You have to think about this
from this point of view.

591
00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,956
If you created the
problem in the past,

592
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,393
we will create it in the future.

593
00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:32,397
We have 700 million households
who cook using biomass today,

594
00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:35,200
700 million households.

595
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:39,069
If those households move to coal
you have that much more use

596
00:35:39,103 --> 00:35:43,308
of fossil fuels, then the
entire world is fried.

597
00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,311
If anyone gives you this very
cute stuff and tells you,

598
00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:48,546
Oh the world's poor
should move to solar, and,

599
00:35:48,579 --> 00:35:51,148
Why do they have to make the
mistakes that we have made?

600
00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:53,518
I hear this all the time
from American engineers.

601
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:55,253
And I'm like, wow!

602
00:35:55,286 --> 00:35:59,056
You know, I mean, if it was that
easy I would have really liked

603
00:35:59,089 --> 00:36:02,327
the U. S. to move towards solar,
but you haven't.

604
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,129
Let's put our money
where our mouth is.

605
00:36:05,162 --> 00:36:06,631
DICAPRIO: We have to
practice what we preach.

606
00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:08,366
Absolutely.

607
00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:10,401
NARAIN: I am sorry to say this,
I know you're an American,

608
00:36:10,435 --> 00:36:13,103
and please don't
take this amiss,

609
00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:17,975
but your consumption is going to
really put a hole in the planet.

610
00:36:18,008 --> 00:36:21,346
And I think that's the
conversation we need to have.

611
00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:24,549
I'll show you charts
from this perspective,

612
00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:28,419
electricity consumed by one
American at home is equivalent

613
00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:32,957
to 1.5 citizens of France,
2.2 citizens of Japan,

614
00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:38,229
and 10 citizens of China,
34 of India, 61 of Nigeria.

615
00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:39,664
Why?

616
00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:42,433
Because you're building
bigger, you're building more

617
00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:44,669
and using much more than before.

618
00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:47,572
The fact is that we need to
put the issue of lifestyle

619
00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:51,609
and consumption at the center
of climate negotiations.

620
00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:54,212
DICAPRIO: Look I, there is no
way I don't agree with you,

621
00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:55,380
how can you argue that?

622
00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:58,483
You're absolutely
correct and I think yes,

623
00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:01,686
it's a very difficult argument
to present to Americans

624
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,122
that we need to change our
lifestyle and I would also

625
00:37:05,155 --> 00:37:07,325
argue that it's probably
not going to happen.

626
00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:10,595
So we are dependent, if we want
to solve the climate crisis,

627
00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:14,432
on the fact that hopefully
renewables like solar and wind

628
00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:17,101
will become cheaper and cheaper
and cheaper the more money

629
00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:20,538
we funnel into them, the more we
invest into them and ultimately

630
00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,540
it will solve that problem.

631
00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:26,377
But I, you're shaking
your head obviously.

632
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:29,079
NARAIN: I'm shaking my head
Indian style which means no.

633
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:30,481
DICAPRIO: Right.

634
00:37:30,515 --> 00:37:32,183
NARAIN: Who will invest, Leo?

635
00:37:32,217 --> 00:37:33,218
Let's be real about this,

636
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:36,287
who will invest and how
will you invest in it?

637
00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:39,224
We are doing more
investment in solar today,

638
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:42,727
China is doing much more
investment in solar today

639
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,462
than the U. S. is.

640
00:37:44,495 --> 00:37:46,564
What is the U. S. doing
which the rest of the world

641
00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:47,698
can learn from?

642
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:49,734
You're a fossil‐addicted
country,

643
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:52,637
but if you are seriously
disengaging it's something

644
00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,339
for us to learn from.

645
00:37:54,372 --> 00:37:56,607
And it will be leadership
that we can all hold up

646
00:37:56,641 --> 00:38:00,077
to our government and say
listen if the U. S. can do it

647
00:38:00,110 --> 00:38:03,013
and the U. S. is doing it,
in spite of all their pressures,

648
00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:04,014
we can do it as well.

649
00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:09,720
The sad part of it is,
it's just not happening.

650
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:18,128
And people like me, we are
rich enough to withstand

651
00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:24,535
the first hit of climate change
but it's the poor of India,

652
00:38:24,569 --> 00:38:28,439
it's the poor of Africa,
it's the poor of Bangladesh,

653
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:33,143
who are impacted today by what
I believe is the first signs

654
00:38:33,178 --> 00:38:33,878
of climate change.

655
00:38:33,911 --> 00:38:37,081
[DIALOGUE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE].

656
00:38:46,191 --> 00:38:48,226
NARAIN: So February and March,
which is when the crops

657
00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:51,729
are standing, they got
half the year's rainfall

658
00:38:51,762 --> 00:38:54,399
in just five hours.

659
00:38:54,432 --> 00:38:56,701
DICAPRIO: Half the year's
rainfall in five hours?

660
00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:58,469
So these crops
are all destroyed?

661
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:00,305
NARAIN: Yeah destroyed.

662
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:04,141
Your back is breaking doing this
and then you get one unseasonal

663
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,744
rainfall, it's absolutely
like the last straw

664
00:39:06,777 --> 00:39:10,581
on the camel's back.

665
00:39:10,615 --> 00:39:14,051
And we need countries to believe
that climate change is real

666
00:39:14,084 --> 00:39:15,286
and urgent.

667
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,788
It's not a figment
of their imagination.

668
00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:28,433
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

669
00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:31,202
DICAPRIO: The U. S. has been the
biggest emitter of greenhouse

670
00:39:31,236 --> 00:39:35,473
gases in history, and there's no
doubt that we've all benefited

671
00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:38,543
from fossil fuels.

672
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,178
I know I have.

673
00:39:44,249 --> 00:39:48,553
My footprint is probably a lot
bigger than most people's,

674
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:51,389
and there are times
when I question,

675
00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:54,091
what is the right thing to do?

676
00:39:54,124 --> 00:39:57,662
What actions should
we be taking?

677
00:39:57,695 --> 00:40:00,865
There are over a billion people
out there without electricity,

678
00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:03,234
and they want lights,
they want heat,

679
00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:06,204
they want the lifestyle that
we've had in the United States

680
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:09,139
for the last hundred years.

681
00:40:09,174 --> 00:40:11,376
If we're gonna
solve this problem,

682
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:16,281
we all have a responsibility
to set an example,

683
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:21,419
and more than that, help the
developing world transition

684
00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:23,087
before it's too late.

685
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,077
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

686
00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:42,307
TONG: We are seeing events that
we did not see in the past.

687
00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:46,411
It's not about when the entire
islands are underwater.

688
00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:51,349
It's well before then is
going to be the crisis.

689
00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:52,450
And it's already happening.

690
00:40:56,721 --> 00:41:03,494
What we are facing at the
moment is severe flooding.

691
00:41:03,528 --> 00:41:06,364
It's gone into the fresh water
ponds and that's how people

692
00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:07,598
get their drinking water.

693
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,902
DICAPRIO: Have you spoken
with people in the scientific

694
00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:15,806
community that have given you
some sort of a time frame?

695
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,476
TONG: Given the scenarios and
the projections put forward

696
00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:22,613
by the science, our
islands will be underwater,

697
00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:26,917
and so the question is,
what do we do about it?

698
00:41:26,951 --> 00:41:29,887
At the moment, internally, we
are relocating our communities

699
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,856
from certain parts of the
island to where the water

700
00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:34,525
has not come up.

701
00:41:34,559 --> 00:41:36,761
But our long‐term strategy
is something that I've been

702
00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:39,664
discussing internationally,
because we,

703
00:41:39,697 --> 00:41:44,635
we have to come to accept the
reality that we may not be able

704
00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:46,837
to accommodate
all of our people.

705
00:41:47,905 --> 00:41:51,576
We have adopted a policy
of migration with dignity.

706
00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:54,312
We bought a piece
of land in Fiji,

707
00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:59,417
so that if our people choose to
migrate today, they can do it.

708
00:41:59,450 --> 00:42:00,651
DICAPRIO: Hmm.

709
00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:02,420
TONG: They must do it
as a matter of choice.

710
00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:03,588
I've got grandchildren.

711
00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:05,490
I've got 12 grandchildren.

712
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,859
I'd like to be able to,
to go away knowing that

713
00:42:08,893 --> 00:42:10,628
they will continue
to have a home.

714
00:42:10,661 --> 00:42:19,504
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

715
00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:21,772
REMENGESAU: Islands
in the Pacific,

716
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:23,508
we're a paradise in peril.

717
00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:29,447
Throughout Palau we have
sea level rise coming

718
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,617
into the farmlands,
coming into the homes.

719
00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:34,519
DICAPRIO: This is unbelievable.

720
00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:37,855
When was this an intact
island with homes on it?

721
00:42:37,888 --> 00:42:39,023
How long ago?

722
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,791
REMENGESAU: 12 years
ago, when you came,

723
00:42:40,825 --> 00:42:41,859
there were people living here.

724
00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:46,764
So, within the 12‐year
period this is the result.

725
00:42:46,797 --> 00:42:50,034
It's just a small
picture of one place.

726
00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:53,638
The small island nations
who contribute the least

727
00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:56,407
to the causes of climate change,

728
00:42:56,441 --> 00:42:59,810
are actually going to feel
the worst uh, impacts.

729
00:42:59,844 --> 00:43:03,714
The worst scenarios
because of global warming.

730
00:43:03,748 --> 00:43:14,359
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

731
00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:16,694
JACKSON: What we've done to
the rest of the world is just,

732
00:43:16,727 --> 00:43:17,895
it's criminal.

733
00:43:20,865 --> 00:43:22,633
It's not just sea level rise.

734
00:43:25,903 --> 00:43:29,540
We've taken these coastal
ecosystems that used to be

735
00:43:29,574 --> 00:43:33,611
dominated by incredibly
abundant fish,

736
00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:38,349
and we've knocked the whole
system down reversing

737
00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:40,318
half a billion
years of evolution.

738
00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:49,093
One billion people depend on
fisheries from coral reefs

739
00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:52,363
for virtually all of
their protein.

740
00:43:52,397 --> 00:43:53,664
One billion people.

741
00:44:15,019 --> 00:44:20,925
Here we are, we're on what was
a pretty healthy coral reef.

742
00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:23,794
What's missing?

743
00:44:23,828 --> 00:44:26,597
You see almost nothing
swimming around.

744
00:44:26,631 --> 00:44:29,133
DICAPRIO: Is this
a dying coral reef?

745
00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:30,568
JACKSON: I think
this reef has had it.

746
00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:38,376
We're pushing the system really
hard and that is a serious enemy

747
00:44:38,409 --> 00:44:41,412
to the health of corals
and their ability to grow.

748
00:44:41,446 --> 00:44:42,913
DICAPRIO: Mhm.

749
00:44:42,947 --> 00:44:46,751
JACKSON: It's causing loss
of people's livelihoods.

750
00:44:46,784 --> 00:44:50,054
It's causing starvation.

751
00:44:50,087 --> 00:44:51,989
DICAPRIO: This is
happening all over.

752
00:44:52,022 --> 00:44:53,758
JACKSON: Oh yeah, absolutely.

753
00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:57,428
I think reefs as we know them
are gonna virtually disappear.

754
00:45:00,965 --> 00:45:03,934
The oceans are like this big
buffer because they absorb

755
00:45:03,968 --> 00:45:06,537
carbon dioxide.

756
00:45:06,571 --> 00:45:09,974
They take up about a third
of the CO2 that we dump

757
00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:12,743
into the atmosphere.

758
00:45:12,777 --> 00:45:18,783
So because of that, they are a
stabilizing force in climate.

759
00:45:18,816 --> 00:45:23,554
The problem is the ocean can't
do its job fast enough

760
00:45:23,588 --> 00:45:27,992
with this absurd rate of
carbon dioxide emissions.

761
00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,463
You know, life isn't gonna
disappear in the ocean.

762
00:45:32,497 --> 00:45:34,765
There will always be
life in the ocean,

763
00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:36,934
but it's not gonna be
necessarily the kind of life

764
00:45:36,967 --> 00:45:38,569
we want.

765
00:45:38,603 --> 00:45:41,606
We could go back to 3 billion
years ago and have just

766
00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:42,873
a whole lot of slime.

767
00:45:42,907 --> 00:45:48,179
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

768
00:45:48,213 --> 00:45:51,582
ALLEN: We're taking away the
ecosystems that normally help us

769
00:45:51,616 --> 00:45:54,819
to restabilize the climate.

770
00:45:54,852 --> 00:46:00,558
Like oceans, rainforests absorb
carbon from our atmosphere.

771
00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:03,928
Decades and decades of the
forests breathing in the carbon,

772
00:46:03,961 --> 00:46:08,065
storing it in the trunks and the
leaves and the organic matter.

773
00:46:08,098 --> 00:46:12,703
Those carbon emissions are
being held safe for us.

774
00:46:12,737 --> 00:46:15,005
Until we clear them,
and light them on fire.

775
00:46:18,209 --> 00:46:23,181
It acts like a carbon bomb
and releases massive carbon

776
00:46:23,214 --> 00:46:26,451
emissions back into
the atmosphere.

777
00:46:29,954 --> 00:46:32,990
DICAPRIO: Wow, this haze
is intense isn't it?

778
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,101
DICAPRIO: You can't
see anything here!

779
00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:45,503
This is scary.

780
00:46:48,038 --> 00:46:50,074
This isn't natural?
This is all fire?

781
00:46:50,107 --> 00:46:53,143
FARHAN: This is
not natural at all.

782
00:46:53,178 --> 00:46:54,545
DICAPRIO: I've never
seen anything like this.

783
00:47:00,117 --> 00:47:02,187
ALLEN: There are three big
tropical rainforest areas

784
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:03,988
left in the world.

785
00:47:04,021 --> 00:47:08,926
The Amazon in South America,
the Congo Basin in Africa,

786
00:47:08,959 --> 00:47:10,928
and the South East Asian
rainforest which spans

787
00:47:10,961 --> 00:47:13,564
Indonesia.

788
00:47:13,598 --> 00:47:17,968
In Indonesia, we're seeing
fires being intentionally set

789
00:47:18,002 --> 00:47:21,706
in order to create palm
oil plantations,

790
00:47:21,739 --> 00:47:25,776
which grow the cheapest
vegetable oil in the world.

791
00:47:25,810 --> 00:47:28,246
It's in cooking oils,
in processed foods,

792
00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:31,048
in your cosmetics,
in your detergents.

793
00:47:31,081 --> 00:47:35,920
This really cheap commodity is
making companies tremendous

794
00:47:35,953 --> 00:47:36,821
profits.

795
00:47:47,832 --> 00:47:49,934
DICAPRIO: Just as
far as you can see.

796
00:47:49,967 --> 00:47:51,702
Rows of palm oil.

797
00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:57,007
They have destroyed so much of
this forest, it's unbelievable.

798
00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:20,731
DICAPRIO: What a beauty!

799
00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:08,713
DICAPRIO: I can't even
comprehend what these forests

800
00:49:08,746 --> 00:49:10,748
must have looked like.

801
00:49:10,781 --> 00:49:14,219
Forests where rhino and elephant
and orangutan would be populated

802
00:49:14,252 --> 00:49:15,820
into the thousands.

803
00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:29,099
DR. SINGLETON: These guys are
a byproduct of the forest lost

804
00:49:29,133 --> 00:49:31,302
because of the
palm oil industry.

805
00:49:31,336 --> 00:49:33,404
You know, they're effectively
refugees from forests

806
00:49:33,438 --> 00:49:35,840
that no longer exist.

807
00:49:35,873 --> 00:49:37,842
DICAPRIO: Wow,
that's a good grip.

808
00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:38,676
Yeah!

809
00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:40,144
Strong.

810
00:49:40,178 --> 00:49:42,413
Hey, I'm gonna get you some
fruit, don't be scared.

811
00:49:42,447 --> 00:49:44,782
The carrot or the fruit?

812
00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:47,752
Definitely the fruit, that's
what you guys are after, huh?

813
00:49:47,785 --> 00:49:49,019
There you go.

814
00:49:49,053 --> 00:49:50,721
Do you like carrots?
Or, not so much?

815
00:49:52,857 --> 00:49:54,359
Oh my God.

816
00:49:54,392 --> 00:49:55,159
These are amazing.

817
00:49:58,162 --> 00:50:00,097
Aw.

818
00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:05,903
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

819
00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:07,172
DR. SINGLETON: I always
remind people when they go,

820
00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:10,241
Aw, the poor thing, you know,
these are the lucky survivors.

821
00:50:10,275 --> 00:50:12,243
DICAPRIO: What happens to
all the other orangutan?

822
00:50:12,277 --> 00:50:13,311
DR. SINGLETON: You know,
all the others are dead.

823
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,048
And the reason people are
chopping down the forest

824
00:50:18,082 --> 00:50:20,117
to plant palm oil plantations
is because people keep buying

825
00:50:20,150 --> 00:50:22,453
the stuff.

826
00:50:22,487 --> 00:50:25,856
People have to realize that what
they do in their supermarket,

827
00:50:25,890 --> 00:50:28,025
the decisions they make
in their daily lives,

828
00:50:28,058 --> 00:50:30,761
are affecting places like
the Leuser ecosystem.

829
00:50:33,231 --> 00:50:36,166
DICAPRIO: If palm oil is in
almost everything we buy,

830
00:50:36,201 --> 00:50:38,836
how are consumers
supposed to avoid this?

831
00:50:40,471 --> 00:50:44,309
If these products have
such a devastating impact,

832
00:50:44,342 --> 00:50:46,911
why aren't governments setting
restrictions to prevent

833
00:50:46,944 --> 00:50:50,047
these big corporations
from destroying the planet

834
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,882
just so they can save money?

835
00:50:56,086 --> 00:51:00,057
ESHEL: If you want something
that you can do without

836
00:51:00,090 --> 00:51:02,327
appealing to any
higher authorities,

837
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:07,432
such as government or whatever,
I can't think of an easier, um,

838
00:51:07,465 --> 00:51:09,834
out, than changing your diet.

839
00:51:09,867 --> 00:51:11,202
You can start tonight.

840
00:51:11,236 --> 00:51:13,838
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

841
00:51:13,871 --> 00:51:15,506
DICAPRIO: So you're a scientist
who studies the effects

842
00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:19,076
of agriculture on climate, but
you grew up raising cattle

843
00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:20,845
and taking them to
slaughter, right?

844
00:51:20,878 --> 00:51:23,514
ESHEL: I'm a scientist, that's
the most important thing.

845
00:51:24,558 --> 00:51:28,419
So, of all the reasons for
tropical deforestation,

846
00:51:28,453 --> 00:51:32,089
the foremost is beef.

847
00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:35,960
And beef is one of the most
inefficient uses of resources

848
00:51:35,993 --> 00:51:38,996
on the planet.

849
00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:44,902
In the U. S., 47 percent of land
is used for food production,

850
00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:49,874
and of that, the lion's share is
just to grow feed for cattle.

851
00:51:49,907 --> 00:51:54,279
The things that we actually eat,
like fruit, vegetable, nuts,

852
00:51:54,312 --> 00:51:56,581
it's a percent.

853
00:51:56,614 --> 00:51:59,350
Most importantly,
cows produce methane,

854
00:51:59,384 --> 00:52:03,388
and methane is a
powerful greenhouse gas.

855
00:52:03,421 --> 00:52:07,458
The way cows produce methane is
they eat as much as they can,

856
00:52:07,492 --> 00:52:11,429
and when they are chewing, a
whole bunch of methane is burped

857
00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:15,200
through the mouth uh,
into the atmosphere.

858
00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:18,336
The atmosphere has
much more CO2 in it.

859
00:52:18,369 --> 00:52:22,940
But Methane is far
more impactful.

860
00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:26,844
Every molecule of methane is
equivalent to 23 molecules

861
00:52:26,877 --> 00:52:27,945
of CO2.

862
00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:30,981
And of the methane
in the atmosphere,

863
00:52:31,015 --> 00:52:33,884
nearly all of it is
due to livestock.

864
00:52:33,918 --> 00:52:36,887
DICAPRIO: In comparison to
emissions from other sources,

865
00:52:36,921 --> 00:52:39,957
what kind of percentage
are we talking about come from

866
00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:41,192
the consumption of beef?

867
00:52:41,226 --> 00:52:45,162
ESHEL: About 10, 12
percent of the total U. S.

868
00:52:45,196 --> 00:52:48,933
emissions is due to beef.

869
00:52:48,966 --> 00:52:50,435
It's staggering.

870
00:52:50,468 --> 00:52:54,439
But it's very easy to
envision a dietary shift,

871
00:52:54,472 --> 00:52:57,875
even as minor as
switching, let's say,

872
00:52:57,908 --> 00:52:59,577
from beef to an alternative.

873
00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:01,479
Let's say even chicken.

874
00:53:01,512 --> 00:53:05,416
The chicken will require
20 percent of the land,

875
00:53:05,450 --> 00:53:09,086
and 10 percent of the
greenhouse gas emissions.

876
00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:12,290
And if you compare, rice,
or potato, or wheat,

877
00:53:12,323 --> 00:53:17,228
beef requires 50
times as much land.

878
00:53:17,262 --> 00:53:19,163
DICAPRIO: So even cutting the
amount of beef that you eat

879
00:53:19,197 --> 00:53:21,666
in half, or by a quarter, could
make a significant difference.

880
00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:23,268
ESHEL: It, very significant.

881
00:53:23,301 --> 00:53:25,336
DICAPRIO: Do you, do you at
all think that that's even

882
00:53:25,370 --> 00:53:28,206
a possibility considering
that beef is so a part

883
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,508
of our culture?

884
00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:33,411
ESHEL: Maybe not everybody's
ready to eat tofu, you know,

885
00:53:33,444 --> 00:53:34,479
24/7.

886
00:53:34,512 --> 00:53:36,080
I get that.

887
00:53:36,113 --> 00:53:39,149
But even if you just have to
have some flesh between

888
00:53:39,184 --> 00:53:42,953
your teeth, if you
switch to chicken,

889
00:53:42,987 --> 00:53:46,357
you will have eliminated 80
percent of you what you emit,

890
00:53:46,391 --> 00:53:48,626
depending on where
you are coming from.

891
00:53:48,659 --> 00:53:51,529
Let's face it, it's fairly
easy to switch your diet

892
00:53:51,562 --> 00:53:53,498
from one choice to another.

893
00:53:53,531 --> 00:53:56,234
[Cow moos].

894
00:54:00,571 --> 00:54:03,040
[Revenant set chatter].

895
00:54:12,116 --> 00:54:13,518
DICAPRIO: While working
on the Revenant,

896
00:54:13,551 --> 00:54:16,487
which is about man's
struggle with the elements,

897
00:54:16,521 --> 00:54:21,426
we shot on location in
the Canadian snow belt.

898
00:54:21,459 --> 00:54:25,296
The irony was we were hit
in with record temperatures

899
00:54:25,330 --> 00:54:29,334
that completely melted our set.

900
00:54:29,367 --> 00:54:33,271
[Revenant set chatter].

901
00:54:35,406 --> 00:54:37,742
In order to finish
making the movie,

902
00:54:37,775 --> 00:54:41,246
we had to relocate halfway
around the world just to find

903
00:54:41,279 --> 00:54:42,980
snow.

904
00:54:54,192 --> 00:54:55,393
ALEJANDRO: The fact
that we have to come,

905
00:54:55,426 --> 00:54:58,363
200 people in the
middle of the summer,

906
00:54:58,396 --> 00:55:01,466
to the winter in
Southern Ushuaia,

907
00:55:01,499 --> 00:55:04,369
9000 miles from where we're
supposed to be shooting

908
00:55:04,402 --> 00:55:09,207
this three months ago, chasing
ice, is because it's melting.

909
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:13,511
It was a very, very warm winter.

910
00:55:13,544 --> 00:55:16,347
DICAPRIO: We came down to the
southern tip of our continent

911
00:55:16,381 --> 00:55:19,650
besides the South Pole, to
film this, cause this is where

912
00:55:19,684 --> 00:55:22,520
this, this, the last
snow is left.

913
00:55:22,553 --> 00:55:24,722
ALEJANDRO: I think that, my
point of view I was saying

914
00:55:24,755 --> 00:55:28,259
to my, to my son, I said,
you know, it's funny that,

915
00:55:28,293 --> 00:55:30,728
it's very sad but
probably for you kids,

916
00:55:30,761 --> 00:55:34,332
to see snow will be a
super eccentric adventure.

917
00:55:34,365 --> 00:55:37,535
A few people will be able
to see snow in the future.

918
00:55:53,684 --> 00:55:59,390
DICAPRIO: I feel like I'm in
some weird, surreal movie.

919
00:55:59,424 --> 00:56:03,361
I honestly look around, and I
think, when I have children,

920
00:56:03,394 --> 00:56:06,264
everything that we
now take for granted,

921
00:56:06,297 --> 00:56:10,535
our planet and all of its
biodiversity and beauty.

922
00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:13,404
Everything in the future
is gonna be different.

923
00:56:19,844 --> 00:56:23,181
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

924
00:56:23,214 --> 00:56:27,852
Every single light that you see
has to be completely different.

925
00:56:27,885 --> 00:56:30,087
It has to come from a
different power source.

926
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,490
We need to build all
those things differently,

927
00:56:32,523 --> 00:56:35,760
all the cars that are on the
road need to be different.

928
00:56:35,793 --> 00:56:40,097
And this is one city, and
if you zoom out onto a large map

929
00:56:40,130 --> 00:56:43,301
of planet earth at night,
you see electrification

930
00:56:43,334 --> 00:56:44,835
all over the world.

931
00:56:47,438 --> 00:56:50,275
And we're fighting powerful
fossil fuel interests

932
00:56:50,308 --> 00:56:53,178
that basically want to keep
doing business as usual.

933
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,682
How can we possibly
turn this all around?

934
00:57:00,185 --> 00:57:01,686
MUSK: The fossil fuel industry
is the biggest industry

935
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:03,454
in the world.

936
00:57:03,488 --> 00:57:06,624
They have more money and more
influence than any other sector,

937
00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:10,595
so I mean, the more that there
can be sort of popular uprising

938
00:57:10,628 --> 00:57:12,797
against that, the better.

939
00:57:12,830 --> 00:57:15,533
But I think the scientific
fact of the matter is,

940
00:57:15,566 --> 00:57:19,904
we are unavoidably headed
towards some level of, of harm.

941
00:57:19,937 --> 00:57:22,139
So, the sooner we
can take action,

942
00:57:22,173 --> 00:57:24,542
the less harm will result.

943
00:57:24,575 --> 00:57:29,180
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

944
00:57:29,214 --> 00:57:31,148
DICAPRIO: Wow. Holy crap.

945
00:57:31,182 --> 00:57:32,850
That's a good robot.

946
00:57:32,883 --> 00:57:35,320
Whoa!

947
00:57:35,353 --> 00:57:37,822
What is your grand
vision for all of this?

948
00:57:37,855 --> 00:57:39,690
MUSK: The point of the
Gigafactory is to get the cost

949
00:57:39,724 --> 00:57:42,159
of batteries down to the
point where it's affordable.

950
00:57:42,193 --> 00:57:43,794
DICAPRIO: Right.

951
00:57:43,828 --> 00:57:46,564
MUSK: Batteries are critical to
the sustainable energy future.

952
00:57:46,597 --> 00:57:48,366
The sun doesn't shine
all the time, so,

953
00:57:48,399 --> 00:57:51,169
you've got to store
it in a battery.

954
00:57:51,202 --> 00:57:53,438
DICAPRIO: How is this gonna
help developing nations that

955
00:57:53,471 --> 00:57:56,707
have massive populations
that need to have power?

956
00:57:56,741 --> 00:57:59,444
MUSK: So, the advantage of
solar and batteries is that

957
00:57:59,477 --> 00:58:02,213
you can avoid building
electricity plants at all.

958
00:58:02,247 --> 00:58:05,350
So you could be in a remote
village and have solar panels

959
00:58:05,383 --> 00:58:08,719
that charge a battery pack, that
then supplies power to the,

960
00:58:08,753 --> 00:58:11,756
to the whole village,
without ever having to run

961
00:58:11,789 --> 00:58:14,759
thousands of miles of high
voltage cable over the place.

962
00:58:14,792 --> 00:58:16,427
It's like, what happened with

963
00:58:16,461 --> 00:58:19,397
landline phones versus
cellular phones,

964
00:58:19,430 --> 00:58:20,598
in a lot of developed
countries they just didn't do

965
00:58:20,631 --> 00:58:23,301
the landline phones, they just
went straight to cellular.

966
00:58:24,869 --> 00:58:26,504
And we actually did the
calculations today, like,

967
00:58:26,537 --> 00:58:29,607
what would it take to transition
the whole world to, uh,

968
00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:30,975
sustainable energy.

969
00:58:31,008 --> 00:58:33,544
What kind of throughput
would you actually need?

970
00:58:33,578 --> 00:58:36,614
Um, and you'd need
100 gigafactories. So.

971
00:58:36,647 --> 00:58:37,648
DICAPRIO: 100 of these?

972
00:58:37,682 --> 00:58:38,949
MUSK: 100 of these, yes.

973
00:58:38,983 --> 00:58:40,818
DICAPRIO: That would
make the United States.

974
00:58:40,851 --> 00:58:42,287
MUSK: No, the whole world.

975
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:42,920
DICAPRIO: The whole world?

976
00:58:42,953 --> 00:58:43,921
MUSK: The whole world.

977
00:58:43,954 --> 00:58:45,690
All energy.

978
00:58:45,723 --> 00:58:47,692
DICAPRIO: That's it?!
MUSK: Yeah.

979
00:58:47,725 --> 00:58:48,626
DICAPRIO: That sounds,
that doesn't sound.

980
00:58:48,659 --> 00:58:49,427
MUSK: It's manageable.

981
00:58:49,460 --> 00:58:50,761
DICAPRIO: That
sounds manageable.

982
00:58:50,795 --> 00:58:51,396
MUSK: Yeah.

983
00:58:54,031 --> 00:58:55,933
The Gigafactory,
when it's complete,

984
00:58:55,966 --> 00:58:59,937
will have the largest footprint
of any building in the world.

985
00:58:59,970 --> 00:59:01,939
Counting multiple levels, it
could be as much as 15 million

986
00:59:01,972 --> 00:59:04,909
square feet.

987
00:59:04,942 --> 00:59:08,946
So, Tesla can't build
100 gigafactories.

988
00:59:08,979 --> 00:59:10,848
The thing that's really gonna
make a difference is if

989
00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:13,684
companies that are much bigger
than Tesla do the same thing.

990
00:59:13,718 --> 00:59:17,622
If the big industrial companies
in China, and U. S., and Europe,

991
00:59:17,655 --> 00:59:20,491
the big car companies,
if they also do this,

992
00:59:20,525 --> 00:59:23,461
then collectively we can
accelerate the transition

993
00:59:23,494 --> 00:59:24,995
to sustainable energy.

994
00:59:25,029 --> 00:59:27,865
And if government sets the rules
to favor sustainable energy,

995
00:59:27,898 --> 00:59:30,901
we can get there really quickly.

996
00:59:30,935 --> 00:59:32,337
But it's really fundamental.

997
00:59:32,370 --> 00:59:34,839
Unless there's a
price put on carbon.

998
00:59:34,872 --> 00:59:36,474
DICAPRIO: We're never gonna be
able to make the transition

999
00:59:36,507 --> 00:59:37,975
that we need to in time.
Correct?

1000
00:59:38,008 --> 00:59:39,744
MUSK: Yeah.

1001
00:59:39,777 --> 00:59:42,947
And the only way to do that is
basically with a carbon tax.

1002
00:59:42,980 --> 00:59:45,916
DICAPRIO: Okay, now walk
me through a carbon tax,

1003
00:59:45,950 --> 00:59:47,952
which is what you're saying,
is the silver bullet

1004
00:59:47,985 --> 00:59:49,620
for climate change.

1005
00:59:49,654 --> 00:59:51,989
MANKIW: Well the carbon tax
would be basically a tax on

1006
00:59:52,022 --> 00:59:54,992
any kind of activity that put
carbon into the atmosphere.

1007
00:59:57,094 --> 00:59:59,063
So when you tax something,
you raise the price,

1008
00:59:59,096 --> 01:00:01,299
people are gonna tend
to consume less of it.

1009
01:00:01,332 --> 01:00:03,534
In fact that's sort of lesson
number one of economics.

1010
01:00:03,568 --> 01:00:05,503
DICAPRIO: So you're teaching
economics at Harvard,

1011
01:00:05,536 --> 01:00:08,339
and you literally wrote the
book on contemporary economics,

1012
01:00:08,373 --> 01:00:09,840
right?

1013
01:00:09,874 --> 01:00:10,908
MANKIW: Well if I'm teaching
the course for many years,

1014
01:00:10,941 --> 01:00:12,142
I might as well write the
textbook to go with it.

1015
01:00:12,177 --> 01:00:14,745
DICAPRIO: So just to be clear,
you've worked with a lot of

1016
01:00:14,779 --> 01:00:18,816
Republican heavyweights,
John McCain, Mitt Romney,

1017
01:00:18,849 --> 01:00:21,586
and you worked for George Bush
when he became president.

1018
01:00:21,619 --> 01:00:24,622
MANKIW: I was chairman of the
council of economic advisors.

1019
01:00:24,655 --> 01:00:27,325
DICAPRIO: So how come we don't
have a carbon tax already?

1020
01:00:27,358 --> 01:00:28,426
MANKIW: Politicians don't
always do what professors

1021
01:00:28,459 --> 01:00:29,527
want them to do.

1022
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:31,862
[Cigarette ad].

1023
01:00:31,896 --> 01:00:34,064
MANKIW: So the basic idea is
that we wanna tax bad activities

1024
01:00:34,098 --> 01:00:37,902
that have negative side effects
on other people in society.

1025
01:00:37,935 --> 01:00:39,904
So we'd raise the price of
cigarettes by putting a tax

1026
01:00:39,937 --> 01:00:43,408
on cigarettes, people are
gonna consume fewer cigarettes.

1027
01:00:43,441 --> 01:00:45,976
Climate change involves a
variety of negative side effects

1028
01:00:46,010 --> 01:00:47,345
and costs.

1029
01:00:52,550 --> 01:00:56,554
A carbon tax forces people to
take account of those costs.

1030
01:00:56,587 --> 01:01:00,425
I think trying to appeal to
people's social responsibility

1031
01:01:00,458 --> 01:01:02,860
is really very, very hard,
because people have complicated

1032
01:01:02,893 --> 01:01:04,695
lives and they have lots
of things to worry about,

1033
01:01:04,729 --> 01:01:06,531
they don't want to have to
think about climate change

1034
01:01:06,564 --> 01:01:08,065
every time they do every
decision. They can't.

1035
01:01:10,601 --> 01:01:12,437
And every time you turn on your
car, are you supposed to think,

1036
01:01:12,470 --> 01:01:13,938
Uh oh, what am I
doing to the climate?

1037
01:01:16,707 --> 01:01:19,109
What the carbon tax does is it
nudges them in the direction

1038
01:01:19,143 --> 01:01:20,878
of doing the right thing.

1039
01:01:20,911 --> 01:01:21,846
DICAPRIO: So lemme
get this straight.

1040
01:01:21,879 --> 01:01:25,716
You're a Republican,
who wants more taxes?

1041
01:01:25,750 --> 01:01:27,385
MANKIW: Well, one of the
important things to keep in mind

1042
01:01:27,418 --> 01:01:29,086
is that if you
have a carbon tax,

1043
01:01:29,119 --> 01:01:31,956
you can turn around and cut
other taxes in response.

1044
01:01:31,989 --> 01:01:34,692
For example, payroll taxes.

1045
01:01:34,725 --> 01:01:37,462
This is a tax shift rather
than a tax increase.

1046
01:01:37,495 --> 01:01:40,164
DICAPRIO: So is it possible to
ever pass a carbon tax now,

1047
01:01:40,198 --> 01:01:43,000
given the current
political situation?

1048
01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:44,869
I mean, half the people in
office still don't believe

1049
01:01:44,902 --> 01:01:46,837
in climate change.

1050
01:01:46,871 --> 01:01:48,573
PRES. OBAMA: Yes we can!

1051
01:01:48,606 --> 01:01:50,775
MANKIW: During the campaign,
President Obama didn't wanna say

1052
01:01:50,808 --> 01:01:52,743
the word carbon tax, because
it would poll terribly.

1053
01:01:55,813 --> 01:01:58,583
If we wanna change the
president's view of carbon

1054
01:01:58,616 --> 01:02:02,152
taxes, we need to change the
public's view of carbon taxes.

1055
01:02:02,187 --> 01:02:03,721
Think of gay marriage.

1056
01:02:03,754 --> 01:02:06,023
Remember Barack Obama ran
against gay marriage.

1057
01:02:06,056 --> 01:02:09,093
PRES. OBAMA: I, uh, am not a
supporter of gay marriage.

1058
01:02:09,126 --> 01:02:10,661
MANKIW: When did he switch?

1059
01:02:10,695 --> 01:02:11,796
When the polls
started switching.

1060
01:02:11,829 --> 01:02:13,798
PRES. OBAMA: I think same‐sex
couples should be able

1061
01:02:13,831 --> 01:02:15,633
to get married.

1062
01:02:15,666 --> 01:02:16,901
MANKIW: Politicians, whether we
call them our elected leaders,

1063
01:02:16,934 --> 01:02:18,536
are really our
elected followers.

1064
01:02:18,569 --> 01:02:21,105
They do what the
people want them to do.

1065
01:02:21,138 --> 01:02:22,640
We need to preach to
the American people.

1066
01:02:22,673 --> 01:02:23,941
Once the American
people are convinced,

1067
01:02:23,974 --> 01:02:26,143
the politicians will fall
in line very quickly.

1068
01:02:29,013 --> 01:02:30,915
NEWS REPORTER: President Obama
and representatives from nearly

1069
01:02:30,948 --> 01:02:34,519
200 other countries are trying
to reach an agreement to keep

1070
01:02:34,552 --> 01:02:37,054
global warming in check.

1071
01:02:37,087 --> 01:02:39,757
KERRY: In December, the world
will come together at the U. N.

1072
01:02:39,790 --> 01:02:43,561
Climate Conference in Paris,
and we will see whether or not

1073
01:02:43,594 --> 01:02:46,231
we can muster the collective
political will to reach

1074
01:02:46,264 --> 01:02:49,634
an ambitious, comprehensive
agreement.

1075
01:02:49,667 --> 01:02:50,635
This is a critical year.

1076
01:02:52,803 --> 01:02:54,772
Leo. How you doing, man?

1077
01:02:54,805 --> 01:02:56,641
DICAPRIO: Thank you for your
time, I really appreciate it.

1078
01:02:56,674 --> 01:02:59,510
KERRY: Last time we had a hug
everybody had a, did you see,

1079
01:02:59,544 --> 01:03:01,179
it was all over the thing?
It was pretty dangerous.

1080
01:03:01,212 --> 01:03:03,614
DICAPRIO: Oh, really?
Oh, yes I remember that.

1081
01:03:03,648 --> 01:03:05,983
I forgot about that!

1082
01:03:06,016 --> 01:03:08,018
Good to see you, Secretary.

1083
01:03:08,052 --> 01:03:11,689
So, after decades of
failed negotiations,

1084
01:03:11,722 --> 01:03:15,626
what makes this negotiation
different from all the rest?

1085
01:03:15,660 --> 01:03:19,197
I remember the footage of
George Bush Sr. saying

1086
01:03:19,230 --> 01:03:22,099
we've just learned about this
thing called global warming.

1087
01:03:22,132 --> 01:03:25,069
GEORGE BUSH SR: We come to Rio
proud of what we've accomplished

1088
01:03:25,102 --> 01:03:28,773
and committed to extending the
record on American leadership

1089
01:03:28,806 --> 01:03:30,007
on the environment.

1090
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:33,143
DICAPRIO: I mean, we had climate
summit after climate summit,

1091
01:03:33,178 --> 01:03:35,913
and we've seen so little action.

1092
01:03:35,946 --> 01:03:37,215
KERRY: Well, let me tell
you why this is different,

1093
01:03:37,248 --> 01:03:38,949
and it really is different.

1094
01:03:38,983 --> 01:03:42,820
Last year President Obama was
able to stand up in Beijing

1095
01:03:42,853 --> 01:03:45,089
with the Chinese President Shi

1096
01:03:45,122 --> 01:03:49,727
and announce intended reductions
in emissions for Paris.

1097
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:52,663
KERRY: Well guess what, when
the two largest economies

1098
01:03:52,697 --> 01:03:57,568
in the world and the two largest
emitters in the world stand up

1099
01:03:57,602 --> 01:03:58,903
and make a statement like that,

1100
01:03:58,936 --> 01:04:02,006
that's created a momentum
that never existed before.

1101
01:04:02,039 --> 01:04:03,908
KERRY: A lot of things
are coming together.

1102
01:04:03,941 --> 01:04:07,212
Tragically, the full measure
of the negative impact

1103
01:04:07,245 --> 01:04:09,880
of climate change is
coming together too.

1104
01:04:09,914 --> 01:04:12,883
What's happening now is that
you have mass populations

1105
01:04:12,917 --> 01:04:15,119
that are moving as a
result of climate.

1106
01:04:15,152 --> 01:04:18,923
[Climate refugee news video].

1107
01:04:18,956 --> 01:04:21,826
KERRY: Or you have
huge fights over water,

1108
01:04:21,859 --> 01:04:23,261
which could erupt into wars.

1109
01:04:23,294 --> 01:04:28,833
[City riot].

1110
01:04:28,866 --> 01:04:32,069
KERRY: And any extremist
philosophy could appeal

1111
01:04:32,102 --> 01:04:36,807
to people if they have nowhere
to live, no way to live,

1112
01:04:36,841 --> 01:04:38,776
and that's when
people are vulnerable.

1113
01:04:38,809 --> 01:04:41,212
[Syrian refugees].

1114
01:04:41,246 --> 01:04:44,014
KERRY: If anybody thinks
I'm kidding about that,

1115
01:04:44,048 --> 01:04:46,584
it's happening today.

1116
01:04:46,617 --> 01:04:49,754
And the greatest fear about all
of this is leaving this planet

1117
01:04:49,787 --> 01:04:53,291
in better shape than we were
given it and that's not

1118
01:04:53,324 --> 01:04:54,158
what we're doing today.

1119
01:04:54,192 --> 01:05:05,069
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1120
01:05:05,102 --> 01:05:07,372
ROCKSTROM: Today I spend
most of my time on understanding

1121
01:05:07,405 --> 01:05:10,908
how can we secure a prosperous
future for humanity

1122
01:05:10,941 --> 01:05:12,943
in a situation where we're
starting to hit the ceiling

1123
01:05:12,977 --> 01:05:16,614
of what the planet
can cope with.

1124
01:05:16,647 --> 01:05:18,349
And I have the privilege of
chairing something called

1125
01:05:18,383 --> 01:05:21,319
the Earth League, which is a
network of leading earth system

1126
01:05:21,352 --> 01:05:25,022
scientists, try and gather
really all the knowledge we have

1127
01:05:25,055 --> 01:05:29,093
on understanding our
future on, on earth.

1128
01:05:29,126 --> 01:05:31,762
We are on average moving
towards a four degrees warming

1129
01:05:31,796 --> 01:05:33,264
this century.

1130
01:05:33,298 --> 01:05:37,802
And we haven't been in a
four‐degree warmer world, um,

1131
01:05:37,835 --> 01:05:41,239
for the past four million years.

1132
01:05:41,272 --> 01:05:44,675
So it's not as if it's a
place we know very well.

1133
01:05:44,709 --> 01:05:49,314
DICAPRIO: So give me one, sort
of picture of what the world

1134
01:05:49,347 --> 01:05:53,318
may look like if we do
not take action.

1135
01:05:53,351 --> 01:05:56,687
ROCKSTROM: To begin with, for
the past twelve thousand years,

1136
01:05:56,721 --> 01:05:59,190
temperatures are almost
miraculously stable.

1137
01:05:59,224 --> 01:06:02,293
In fact, average temperatures
vary within only plus minus

1138
01:06:02,327 --> 01:06:04,829
one degrees Celsius during
this entire period.

1139
01:06:04,862 --> 01:06:07,131
DICAPRIO: This perfect planet
with this perfect atmosphere.

1140
01:06:07,164 --> 01:06:08,399
ROCKSTROM: Yeah. Exactly.

1141
01:06:08,433 --> 01:06:11,669
And so, let us then move
upwards in temperature.

1142
01:06:11,702 --> 01:06:13,171
DICAPRIO: Where
are we right now?

1143
01:06:13,204 --> 01:06:16,241
ROCKSTROM: Well, today we're
approaching one degree Celsius.

1144
01:06:16,274 --> 01:06:19,944
Already it just, 0.85 degrees,
we're seeing faster

1145
01:06:19,977 --> 01:06:21,246
than predicted impacts.

1146
01:06:21,279 --> 01:06:24,014
NEWS REPORTER: This
storm is so big, so vast,

1147
01:06:24,048 --> 01:06:27,185
60 million Americans
will feel its power.

1148
01:06:27,218 --> 01:06:29,287
NEWS REPORTER 2: We're
in a historic drought.

1149
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:31,889
ROCKSTROM: The world's coral
reefs begin to collapse

1150
01:06:31,922 --> 01:06:33,991
even before two degrees.

1151
01:06:34,024 --> 01:06:36,827
DICAPRIO: And we're predicted
to hit 1.5, to 2 degrees. So.

1152
01:06:36,861 --> 01:06:37,828
ROCKSTROM: Already now. So.

1153
01:06:37,862 --> 01:06:38,863
DICAPRIO: That's already
probably gonna happen.

1154
01:06:38,896 --> 01:06:41,266
ROCKSTROM: That's already
probably gonna happen.

1155
01:06:41,299 --> 01:06:44,335
At 3, 4 degrees, we will have
heat waves which makes

1156
01:06:44,369 --> 01:06:48,005
many regions in the world
not livable any longer.

1157
01:06:48,038 --> 01:06:51,876
Agriculture will be collapsing
around the equator.

1158
01:06:51,909 --> 01:06:54,212
That would take us beyond
being able to responsibly

1159
01:06:54,245 --> 01:06:57,114
feed humanity.

1160
01:06:57,147 --> 01:07:01,085
What makes scientists so nervous
is that we can reach a point

1161
01:07:01,118 --> 01:07:04,789
where earth takes over and
starts reinforcing warming.

1162
01:07:04,822 --> 01:07:06,824
This is what we
call tipping points,

1163
01:07:06,857 --> 01:07:09,927
and the most obvious
one is Greenland.

1164
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:14,131
Greenland, for the first time,
is melting on its entire surface

1165
01:07:14,164 --> 01:07:16,301
to a point where, instead
of being a white surface,

1166
01:07:16,334 --> 01:07:19,069
becomes a dark surface, and
suddenly instead of becoming

1167
01:07:19,103 --> 01:07:21,138
a cooler, becomes a self‐heater.

1168
01:07:21,172 --> 01:07:23,774
DICAPRIO: Because, because of
the fact the ice can no longer

1169
01:07:23,808 --> 01:07:24,909
reflect back.

1170
01:07:24,942 --> 01:07:25,843
ROCKSTROM: Just
the color change.

1171
01:07:25,876 --> 01:07:27,878
DICAPRIO: Just the
color change of the ice.

1172
01:07:27,912 --> 01:07:31,849
ROCKSTROM: Suddenly, all these
feedbacks start kicking in.

1173
01:07:31,882 --> 01:07:35,753
Methane stuck under frozen
permafrost thaws to a point

1174
01:07:35,786 --> 01:07:38,956
where it starts
getting released.

1175
01:07:38,989 --> 01:07:41,459
DICAPRIO: And that in turn
warms the planet even more,

1176
01:07:41,492 --> 01:07:43,160
which releases more methane.

1177
01:07:43,194 --> 01:07:44,495
ROCKSTROM: Correct.

1178
01:07:44,529 --> 01:07:45,896
DICAPRIO: That's if we don't
take immediate action.

1179
01:07:45,930 --> 01:07:47,432
ROCKSTROM: Yes.
That's business as usual.

1180
01:07:47,465 --> 01:07:50,201
But the Paris Climate Summit
that we are soon approaching

1181
01:07:50,235 --> 01:07:53,471
in December, if world leaders
come together properly,

1182
01:07:53,504 --> 01:07:55,906
the window is open,
but barely open,

1183
01:07:55,940 --> 01:07:58,509
to transition back
into a stable planet.

1184
01:07:58,543 --> 01:08:00,778
Last time we had
our climate summit,

1185
01:08:00,811 --> 01:08:03,348
you couldn't say that we could
go to scale on high tech,

1186
01:08:03,381 --> 01:08:04,815
clean energy solutions.

1187
01:08:04,849 --> 01:08:07,084
But now in Paris, we can say so.

1188
01:08:07,117 --> 01:08:09,220
We actually have the proof.

1189
01:08:09,254 --> 01:08:11,222
You know you wake up in
Germany Saturday morning,

1190
01:08:11,256 --> 01:08:13,791
you're likely to get 30
percent of your electricity

1191
01:08:13,824 --> 01:08:18,028
from solar and wind, and not
from a few energy utilities,

1192
01:08:18,062 --> 01:08:22,300
but from over 2 million
citizens delivering to a grid.

1193
01:08:22,333 --> 01:08:26,871
Denmark today produces over
100 percent, some days,

1194
01:08:26,904 --> 01:08:29,039
of its electricity
needs from wind.

1195
01:08:29,073 --> 01:08:29,640
100 percent.

1196
01:08:29,674 --> 01:08:31,976
It's totally renewable.

1197
01:08:32,009 --> 01:08:34,879
And remember that, once you've
invested in wind and solar,

1198
01:08:34,912 --> 01:08:37,515
you actually have
free energy forever.

1199
01:08:37,548 --> 01:08:41,118
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1200
01:08:41,151 --> 01:08:43,254
In countries like
my own, in Sweden,

1201
01:08:43,288 --> 01:08:46,090
there was an enormous
uprising among people.

1202
01:08:46,123 --> 01:08:49,260
You know, from youth groups to
citizen side organizations,

1203
01:08:49,294 --> 01:08:52,062
to the point that the prime
minister announced three weeks

1204
01:08:52,096 --> 01:08:54,164
back that Sweden will now
become the world's first

1205
01:08:54,199 --> 01:08:55,500
fossil fuel‐free nation.

1206
01:08:55,533 --> 01:08:57,101
DICAPRIO: Congratulations.
ROCKSTROM: I was shocked

1207
01:08:57,134 --> 01:09:02,039
at the way that it propelled
itself from below.

1208
01:09:02,072 --> 01:09:06,511
I think we have tipped the world
toward a sustainable future.

1209
01:09:06,544 --> 01:09:08,546
The fear is are we
doing it too slowly?

1210
01:09:16,587 --> 01:09:26,831
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1211
01:09:26,831 --> 01:09:32,237
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1212
01:09:32,270 --> 01:09:34,572
KI‐MOON: Ladies and gentleman,

1213
01:09:34,605 --> 01:09:41,879
you are here today to write
the script for a new future.

1214
01:09:41,912 --> 01:09:46,083
The fate of our planet
is in your hands.

1215
01:09:50,221 --> 01:09:53,358
WOMAN: I am a small island girl
with big dreams from the Island

1216
01:09:53,391 --> 01:09:55,660
of Majuro in the
Marshall Islands.

1217
01:09:55,693 --> 01:09:57,528
Back when I was six or seven,

1218
01:09:57,562 --> 01:10:00,365
my grandpa told me about how
the ice in the North Pole

1219
01:10:00,398 --> 01:10:02,633
and the South Pole
will melt away,

1220
01:10:02,667 --> 01:10:07,972
and as they melt, the water will
rise and soon flood our islands.

1221
01:10:08,005 --> 01:10:11,108
This agreement is for
those of us whose identity,

1222
01:10:11,141 --> 01:10:15,012
whose culture, whose ancestors,
whose whole being is bound

1223
01:10:15,045 --> 01:10:17,081
to their lands.

1224
01:10:17,114 --> 01:10:19,950
KERRY: This agreement will
help the world prepare

1225
01:10:19,984 --> 01:10:23,588
for the impacts of climate
change that are already here,

1226
01:10:23,621 --> 01:10:28,593
and also, for those we know are
now headed our way inevitably.

1227
01:10:33,998 --> 01:10:38,336
DICAPRIO: Nearly a quarter of a
century of global climate talks

1228
01:10:38,369 --> 01:10:43,174
have come to this
pivotal moment in Paris.

1229
01:10:43,208 --> 01:10:46,944
195 countries saying they'll do
everything in their power

1230
01:10:46,977 --> 01:10:48,646
to change.

1231
01:10:48,679 --> 01:10:52,450
[French President].

1232
01:10:56,153 --> 01:11:01,125
[APPLAUSE]

1233
01:11:01,158 --> 01:11:03,528
DICAPRIO: There's no doubt that
this agreement is a massive step

1234
01:11:03,561 --> 01:11:05,530
forward.

1235
01:11:05,563 --> 01:11:07,398
But does it go far enough?

1236
01:11:07,432 --> 01:11:09,600
REPORTER: The Paris Agreement
calls for keeping climate

1237
01:11:09,634 --> 01:11:12,703
warming to well below
two degrees Celsius,

1238
01:11:12,737 --> 01:11:15,173
while striving for 1.5.

1239
01:11:15,206 --> 01:11:17,242
REPORTER: There's no
mention of a carbon tax,

1240
01:11:17,275 --> 01:11:19,644
there's no mention
of any penalties.

1241
01:11:19,677 --> 01:11:22,347
REPORTER: There are no
enforcement provisions.

1242
01:11:22,380 --> 01:11:24,048
DICAPRIO: We just have to take
it on faith that all these

1243
01:11:24,081 --> 01:11:28,152
countries are gonna follow
through with what they say.

1244
01:11:28,186 --> 01:11:29,053
How likely is that?

1245
01:11:33,391 --> 01:11:35,426
FOX NEWS: This is an
unattainable deal that Congress

1246
01:11:35,460 --> 01:11:37,595
has already voted to reject.

1247
01:11:37,628 --> 01:11:40,698
INHOFF: The fact that we're
going to have a 26‐28 percent

1248
01:11:40,731 --> 01:11:44,235
reduction in CO2 emissions,
that isn't gonna happen.

1249
01:11:44,269 --> 01:11:46,171
I chair the committee
that has jurisdiction

1250
01:11:46,204 --> 01:11:49,106
over the Environmental
Protection Agency.

1251
01:11:53,678 --> 01:11:55,780
PRES. OBAMA: Hey man.

1252
01:11:55,813 --> 01:11:57,548
Good to see ya.

1253
01:11:57,582 --> 01:11:58,115
DICAPRIO: Thank you so much.
PRES. OBAMA: You doing alright?

1254
01:11:58,148 --> 01:11:58,783
DICAPRIO: Absolutely.

1255
01:11:58,816 --> 01:11:59,984
PRES. OBAMA: Alright. C'mon.

1256
01:12:00,017 --> 01:12:03,654
The Paris Agreement ended up
being a historic agreement,

1257
01:12:03,688 --> 01:12:07,292
not because it gets us to where
we need to be eventually,

1258
01:12:07,325 --> 01:12:12,430
but for the first time, locking
in all countries into verifiable

1259
01:12:12,463 --> 01:12:14,665
steps and targets that
they're gonna take.

1260
01:12:14,699 --> 01:12:17,702
It creates the architecture
that allows us to finally start

1261
01:12:17,735 --> 01:12:19,370
dealing with this
problem in a serious way.

1262
01:12:19,404 --> 01:12:20,605
DICAPRIO: So you were
happy with what came of it?

1263
01:12:20,638 --> 01:12:23,341
PRES. OBAMA: I, I, I was happy
that we put the architecture

1264
01:12:23,374 --> 01:12:25,210
in place.

1265
01:12:25,243 --> 01:12:27,645
The, the targets that have been
set in Paris are nowhere near

1266
01:12:27,678 --> 01:12:31,649
enough for what the scientists
tell us we have to do eventually

1267
01:12:31,682 --> 01:12:33,451
to solve this problem.

1268
01:12:33,484 --> 01:12:37,054
But if we can use the next
20 years to apply existing

1269
01:12:37,087 --> 01:12:40,225
technologies to reduce
carbon emissions,

1270
01:12:40,258 --> 01:12:44,395
and then start slowly turning up
the dials as new technologies

1271
01:12:44,429 --> 01:12:47,131
come on line, so that we have
more and more ambitious targets

1272
01:12:47,164 --> 01:12:51,769
each year, then, we're not gonna
completely reverse the warming

1273
01:12:51,802 --> 01:12:55,139
that now is inevitable, but we
can stop it before it becomes

1274
01:12:55,173 --> 01:12:56,574
catastrophic.

1275
01:12:56,607 --> 01:12:58,543
DICAPRIO: And it's no secret
that you've been under great

1276
01:12:58,576 --> 01:13:02,146
opposition to try to implement
some of your climate change

1277
01:13:02,180 --> 01:13:03,381
initiatives. And.

1278
01:13:03,414 --> 01:13:05,850
PRES. OBAMA: We've got some
folks on the other side. Yeah.

1279
01:13:05,883 --> 01:13:08,519
DICAPRIO: So someone that comes
into office that does not

1280
01:13:08,553 --> 01:13:11,356
believe in the science
of climate change,

1281
01:13:11,389 --> 01:13:14,392
do they have the capacity
and the power to dismantle

1282
01:13:14,425 --> 01:13:16,126
everything that you've
already worked for?

1283
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:19,364
PRES. OBAMA: Even if somebody
came in, campaigning on denying

1284
01:13:19,397 --> 01:13:24,869
climate science, reality has
a way of, you know,

1285
01:13:24,902 --> 01:13:27,805
hitting you in the nose if
you're not paying attention.

1286
01:13:27,838 --> 01:13:32,610
And I think that the public is
starting to realize the science,

1287
01:13:32,643 --> 01:13:34,917
in part because
it's indisputable.

1288
01:13:35,780 --> 01:13:38,549
DICAPRIO: I, I
admire your optimism.

1289
01:13:38,583 --> 01:13:39,350
PRES. OBAMA: Yeah.
DICAPRIO: But

1290
01:13:39,384 --> 01:13:41,286
you start to look at
the science,

1291
01:13:41,319 --> 01:13:43,188
look at what's going on
in the Antarctic and,

1292
01:13:43,221 --> 01:13:46,123
and scientists saying that
there are sections of ice that

1293
01:13:46,156 --> 01:13:49,594
guarantee four to six
meters of ocean level rise,

1294
01:13:49,627 --> 01:13:52,897
which will be catastrophic
for the future.

1295
01:13:52,930 --> 01:13:56,133
You are the leader
of the Free World.

1296
01:13:56,166 --> 01:13:59,437
You have access to information
that most people do not.

1297
01:13:59,470 --> 01:14:03,841
What makes you terrified
for the future?

1298
01:14:03,874 --> 01:14:07,512
PRES. OBAMA: Uh, a huge portion
of the world's population

1299
01:14:07,545 --> 01:14:09,714
lives near oceans.
DICAPRIO: Mhm.

1300
01:14:09,747 --> 01:14:16,387
PRES. OBAMA: If they start
moving, then you start seeing,

1301
01:14:16,421 --> 01:14:18,889
um, scarce resources.

1302
01:14:18,923 --> 01:14:21,826
The subject of competition
between populations.

1303
01:14:21,859 --> 01:14:24,395
This is the reason why
the Pentagon has said,

1304
01:14:24,429 --> 01:14:26,197
this is a national
security issue.

1305
01:14:26,231 --> 01:14:28,165
This isn't just an
environmental issue.

1306
01:14:28,199 --> 01:14:30,468
This is a national
security issue.

1307
01:14:30,501 --> 01:14:36,374
You know, in addition to just
the sadness that I would feel if

1308
01:14:36,407 --> 01:14:40,545
my kids can never see a glacier,
the way I saw when I went up

1309
01:14:40,578 --> 01:14:43,648
to Alaska, uh, you know,
that's the romantic side of it.

1310
01:14:43,681 --> 01:14:46,517
That's the side that takes
a walk with my daughters

1311
01:14:46,551 --> 01:14:49,320
and I wanna be able to, them
to see, or my grandkids,

1312
01:14:49,354 --> 01:14:50,788
I want them to see the
same things as I saw

1313
01:14:50,821 --> 01:14:51,956
as I was growing up.

1314
01:14:51,989 --> 01:14:55,760
Even if you were
unsentimental about that,

1315
01:14:55,793 --> 01:14:58,863
in very hard‐headed terms,
you've gotta worry about

1316
01:14:58,896 --> 01:15:00,731
the national security
implications of this,

1317
01:15:00,765 --> 01:15:04,935
and the capacity for the
existing world order

1318
01:15:04,969 --> 01:15:07,938
as we understand it to
survive the kinds of strains

1319
01:15:07,972 --> 01:15:10,375
that the scientists are
predicting without action.

1320
01:15:10,408 --> 01:15:14,345
This is why we have
to take action now.

1321
01:15:14,379 --> 01:15:17,515
If we keep pushing keep prodding
and most importantly keep

1322
01:15:17,548 --> 01:15:21,352
educating the public
there's no reason why, uh,

1323
01:15:21,386 --> 01:15:24,255
we can't solve this
problem in time.

1324
01:15:24,289 --> 01:15:25,390
DICAPRIO: Thank you for
your time, Mr. President.

1325
01:15:25,423 --> 01:15:26,291
PRES. OBAMA: You bet.

1326
01:15:26,324 --> 01:15:27,492
Thanks for the good
work you're doing.

1327
01:15:27,525 --> 01:15:28,693
DICAPRIO: Thank you so much.
PRES. OBAMA: Alright. Good?

1328
01:15:37,368 --> 01:15:40,838
SELLERS: I have realized that as
a science community we have not

1329
01:15:40,871 --> 01:15:46,311
done the best job, frankly,
of communicating this threat

1330
01:15:46,344 --> 01:15:49,680
to the public.

1331
01:15:49,714 --> 01:15:52,717
But when you go up there and
see it with your own eye,

1332
01:15:52,750 --> 01:15:57,688
how thin the world's
atmosphere is,

1333
01:15:57,722 --> 01:16:01,859
tiny little onion
skin around the earth.

1334
01:16:01,892 --> 01:16:04,795
That's all the oxygen that
we breathe, that's the CO2,

1335
01:16:04,829 --> 01:16:07,565
everything we burn goes into it.

1336
01:16:07,598 --> 01:16:10,868
It's an astonishingly
fragile film.

1337
01:16:14,572 --> 01:16:17,007
You know, I knew intellectually
how the earth's system works,

1338
01:16:17,041 --> 01:16:18,943
'cause that's what I've
been doing for 20 years.

1339
01:16:18,976 --> 01:16:21,279
To see how the
atmosphere and the ocean,

1340
01:16:21,312 --> 01:16:23,614
all the elements in the
system work together.

1341
01:16:23,648 --> 01:16:24,949
So I understood it
intellectually.

1342
01:16:24,982 --> 01:16:26,851
DICAPRIO: Mhm.

1343
01:16:26,884 --> 01:16:29,520
SELLERS: But it's like being
an ant trying to understand

1344
01:16:29,554 --> 01:16:32,022
what an elephant looks like by
crawling all over the elephant.

1345
01:16:35,826 --> 01:16:36,894
But when you're
up there in orbit,

1346
01:16:36,927 --> 01:16:41,366
and you can see 1200 miles
in any direction, I mean,

1347
01:16:41,399 --> 01:16:42,367
let me tell you.

1348
01:16:42,400 --> 01:16:45,035
It's kind of a revelation.

1349
01:16:45,069 --> 01:16:48,373
Seeing all the cities at night,
millions of people all working

1350
01:16:48,406 --> 01:16:50,708
away, doing something.

1351
01:16:50,741 --> 01:16:51,942
Come around the day
side of the world,

1352
01:16:51,976 --> 01:16:53,644
seeing the natural systems.

1353
01:16:53,678 --> 01:16:57,315
The hurricanes, huge,
great big wheels, you know,

1354
01:16:57,348 --> 01:16:59,550
over the oceans.

1355
01:16:59,584 --> 01:17:02,620
Saw the Amazon River
go between my feet.

1356
01:17:02,653 --> 01:17:04,989
For like five minutes, you know,
I have a whole green carpet

1357
01:17:05,022 --> 01:17:05,990
either side.

1358
01:17:06,023 --> 01:17:08,893
Just beautiful, all
the way out to the sea.

1359
01:17:08,926 --> 01:17:10,828
And you know there was the sun
coming up over the Amazon,

1360
01:17:10,861 --> 01:17:14,332
the whole forest waking up, and
doing what it does every day,

1361
01:17:14,365 --> 01:17:16,567
you know. Breathing
in and breathing out.

1362
01:17:16,601 --> 01:17:20,338
So I, I, you know, at the end
of all that I became immensely

1363
01:17:20,371 --> 01:17:23,341
fond, more fond of
the planet. You know?

1364
01:17:23,374 --> 01:17:24,642
Which I never thought about
when I actually just live

1365
01:17:24,675 --> 01:17:25,676
on the surface.

1366
01:17:25,710 --> 01:17:28,413
I'm also kind of fond of
the people on there, too.

1367
01:17:28,446 --> 01:17:31,482
It's like being taken away from
your family and coming back.

1368
01:17:31,516 --> 01:17:36,687
And um, you know,
I wish it all well.

1369
01:17:36,721 --> 01:17:40,024
I, uh, just before Christmas
I got told I got pancreatic

1370
01:17:40,057 --> 01:17:41,892
cancer.

1371
01:17:41,926 --> 01:17:45,930
Stage 4, so it's also elsewhere
in me, not just in one place.

1372
01:17:45,963 --> 01:17:48,433
So um, you know, the, the odds
are I won't be around

1373
01:17:48,466 --> 01:17:50,067
for very long.

1374
01:17:50,100 --> 01:17:53,671
You know, it's a very
small chance of survival.

1375
01:17:53,704 --> 01:17:57,608
So, uh, that's really
motivated me to think about

1376
01:17:57,642 --> 01:18:01,045
what's important to do, and what
can I contribute in the time

1377
01:18:01,078 --> 01:18:03,681
I have left.

1378
01:18:03,714 --> 01:18:08,819
So this is a model
simulation of the earth, now,

1379
01:18:08,853 --> 01:18:11,422
we have about 20 satellites
that are dedicated to looking

1380
01:18:11,456 --> 01:18:13,891
at the earth, every day.

1381
01:18:13,924 --> 01:18:16,561
One looks at clouds, one looks
at the sea surface temperature,

1382
01:18:16,594 --> 01:18:19,029
Oko looks at carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere.

1383
01:18:19,063 --> 01:18:22,567
All this information comes in,
and this is the tool we use

1384
01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:24,435
to do climate simulation.

1385
01:18:24,469 --> 01:18:27,405
Here's an example of one thing
we could see: this is

1386
01:18:27,438 --> 01:18:30,608
ocean surface temperature,
as measured from space.

1387
01:18:30,641 --> 01:18:33,110
This is the whole world's
surface temperature.

1388
01:18:33,143 --> 01:18:36,881
You can see the
poles melting, there.

1389
01:18:36,914 --> 01:18:37,782
DICAPRIO: Wow.

1390
01:18:37,815 --> 01:18:38,649
SELLERS: Yeah.
DICAPRIO: It's amazing.

1391
01:18:38,683 --> 01:18:39,650
SELLERS: This is the
way to do it man.

1392
01:18:39,684 --> 01:18:42,086
This is the way to really
see what's going on.

1393
01:18:42,119 --> 01:18:43,488
Here's the Gulf
Stream, look at this.

1394
01:18:43,521 --> 01:18:46,023
It's like a motion of the ocean.

1395
01:18:46,056 --> 01:18:47,992
DICAPRIO: This is like
a great piece of art.

1396
01:18:48,025 --> 01:18:49,894
SELLERS: It is, isn't it?

1397
01:18:49,927 --> 01:18:51,462
Biggest impact would be here.

1398
01:18:51,496 --> 01:18:53,030
DICAPRIO: In the Gulf Stream.
SELLERS: Yeah.

1399
01:18:53,063 --> 01:18:54,999
This current here, see it?

1400
01:18:55,032 --> 01:18:57,602
The dumping of ice
off melting Greenland,

1401
01:18:57,635 --> 01:19:01,005
would stop this conveyor belt,
and the Gulf Stream would slow

1402
01:19:01,038 --> 01:19:04,809
down, stopping the transport
of heat from here, to there.

1403
01:19:04,842 --> 01:19:07,478
And then Europe
would get cold toes.

1404
01:19:07,512 --> 01:19:10,515
Because there's a lot of heat
transport from the Tropics,

1405
01:19:10,548 --> 01:19:13,083
across the North Atlantic,
that keeps Europe warm. I mean.

1406
01:19:13,117 --> 01:19:14,519
DICAPRIO: So Europe
would get colder?

1407
01:19:14,552 --> 01:19:15,920
SELLERS: Yeah.

1408
01:19:15,953 --> 01:19:16,987
DICAPRIO: Cause that's the
big misconception about

1409
01:19:17,021 --> 01:19:18,989
climate change, is that
everything gets warmer.

1410
01:19:19,023 --> 01:19:20,925
SELLERS: Yeah.
DICAPRIO: Wow.

1411
01:19:20,958 --> 01:19:23,494
SELLERS: And here's the most
advanced precipitation satellite

1412
01:19:23,528 --> 01:19:25,062
in the world.

1413
01:19:25,095 --> 01:19:27,565
This is very important, cause we
think the biggest impact from

1414
01:19:27,598 --> 01:19:30,868
climate change is the moving of
the precipitation belts.

1415
01:19:30,901 --> 01:19:33,471
From the equator
they'll go further out,

1416
01:19:33,504 --> 01:19:36,774
so we're already seeing
signs of a system drought.

1417
01:19:36,807 --> 01:19:37,975
DICAPRIO: So that causes more
drought in places

1418
01:19:38,008 --> 01:19:40,578
that are already too hot.
SELLERS: Yes.

1419
01:19:40,611 --> 01:19:42,913
And there's a lot of papers
written in the State Department

1420
01:19:42,947 --> 01:19:45,516
and elsewhere, how that
sustained drought has helped

1421
01:19:45,550 --> 01:19:49,520
fuel the conflict of the Syrian
civil war, Darfur, Sudan,

1422
01:19:49,554 --> 01:19:52,257
all these places that are
short of water, short of food.

1423
01:19:52,290 --> 01:19:55,526
DICAPRIO: Is this throughout the
entire planet or is it just this

1424
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:56,827
particular region right here?
SELLERS: Nope.

1425
01:19:56,861 --> 01:19:58,696
We expect the whole world.

1426
01:19:58,729 --> 01:20:03,167
We expect bits of India we
expect in the U. S., Oklahoma.

1427
01:20:03,201 --> 01:20:05,803
You know the dust bowl region,
we expect that to get

1428
01:20:05,836 --> 01:20:09,039
much, much drier over the
next few decades.

1429
01:20:09,073 --> 01:20:12,810
DICAPRIO: Oh my God, and
what about my home state

1430
01:20:12,843 --> 01:20:14,078
of California here?

1431
01:20:14,111 --> 01:20:16,747
SELLERS: Um, not looking
great, I'm afraid.

1432
01:20:16,781 --> 01:20:20,951
Now predicted persistent drought
in the dust bowl, and here,

1433
01:20:20,985 --> 01:20:23,120
for fifty years from now.

1434
01:20:23,153 --> 01:20:26,624
But we're just seeing the
worst drought in 900 years

1435
01:20:26,657 --> 01:20:27,825
here right now.

1436
01:20:27,858 --> 01:20:28,859
So it's coming a bit
earlier than we thought.

1437
01:20:28,893 --> 01:20:31,128
We're talking about this
happening over a period

1438
01:20:31,161 --> 01:20:32,797
of a few decades.

1439
01:20:32,830 --> 01:20:34,865
DICAPRIO: It's just
consistent not great news.

1440
01:20:34,899 --> 01:20:36,567
SELLERS: No.

1441
01:20:36,601 --> 01:20:39,237
But a lot of people now kinda
confused about the issue.

1442
01:20:39,270 --> 01:20:41,138
You know, the facts
are crystal clear.

1443
01:20:41,172 --> 01:20:44,141
The ice is melting,
the earth is warming,

1444
01:20:44,175 --> 01:20:45,710
the sea level is rising.

1445
01:20:45,743 --> 01:20:47,212
Those are facts.

1446
01:20:47,245 --> 01:20:49,914
Rather than feeling, oh my
God it's hopeless, say, okay,

1447
01:20:49,947 --> 01:20:51,182
this is the problem.

1448
01:20:51,216 --> 01:20:52,683
Let's be realistic.

1449
01:20:52,717 --> 01:20:54,752
Let's find a way out of it.

1450
01:20:54,785 --> 01:20:56,621
And there are ways out of it.

1451
01:20:56,654 --> 01:21:00,258
You know, if we stopped
burning fossil fuel right now,

1452
01:21:00,291 --> 01:21:02,193
the planet would still keep
warming for a little while

1453
01:21:02,227 --> 01:21:04,729
before cooling off again.

1454
01:21:04,762 --> 01:21:08,266
DICAPRIO: So you're saying
that if we do the right thing,

1455
01:21:08,299 --> 01:21:10,568
we're gonna heat
up, or we're gonna.

1456
01:21:10,601 --> 01:21:13,604
SELLERS: it'll turn off,
then it'll start cooling again.

1457
01:21:13,638 --> 01:21:16,140
DICAPRIO: Would that Arctic ice
sheet start to then increase

1458
01:21:16,174 --> 01:21:17,308
again?

1459
01:21:17,342 --> 01:21:19,844
SELLERS: Once the
cooling started, yeah.

1460
01:21:19,877 --> 01:21:22,913
DICAPRIO: So there really is
a possibility to repair

1461
01:21:22,947 --> 01:21:24,782
this trajectory that we're on?
SELLERS: Absolutely.

1462
01:21:24,815 --> 01:21:27,785
DICAPRIO: Interesting.
SELLERS: Yeah. So there's hope.

1463
01:21:27,818 --> 01:21:30,588
DICAPRIO: You seem to have an
incredibly positive attitude,

1464
01:21:30,621 --> 01:21:32,790
just about everything though.
It's amazing.

1465
01:21:32,823 --> 01:21:35,960
SELLERS: Yeah, I, I do, I'm
actually basically an optimistic

1466
01:21:35,993 --> 01:21:37,061
kind of person.

1467
01:21:37,094 --> 01:21:38,896
I have faith in people.

1468
01:21:38,929 --> 01:21:40,931
I, I really do have
faith in people.

1469
01:21:40,965 --> 01:21:44,602
And I think that once people
come out of the fog of confusion

1470
01:21:44,635 --> 01:21:46,804
or an issue, or initial
uncertainty on an issue,

1471
01:21:46,837 --> 01:21:51,276
and realistically appreciate
it at some level, the threat,

1472
01:21:51,309 --> 01:21:55,680
and they're informed of what the
best action is to deal with it,

1473
01:21:55,713 --> 01:21:57,315
they got on and did it.

1474
01:21:57,348 --> 01:22:00,084
And what seemed like almost
impossible to deal with,

1475
01:22:00,117 --> 01:22:01,619
you know, became possible.

1476
01:22:13,998 --> 01:22:16,100
DICAPRIO: I still think a lot
about that picture that used

1477
01:22:16,133 --> 01:22:19,204
to hang over above my crib.

1478
01:22:19,237 --> 01:22:22,373
The story of The Garden of
Earthly Delights actually begins

1479
01:22:22,407 --> 01:22:24,709
on the outside of
the painting,

1480
01:22:24,742 --> 01:22:28,213
where. Bosch painted a view
of our Earth on the third day

1481
01:22:28,246 --> 01:22:30,315
of creation.

1482
01:22:30,348 --> 01:22:33,017
It's almost as if he wanted to
show the fragility of our

1483
01:22:33,050 --> 01:22:37,722
planet by depicting the earth
and its atmosphere enclosed

1484
01:22:37,755 --> 01:22:38,823
in glass.

1485
01:22:38,856 --> 01:22:41,892
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1486
01:22:55,306 --> 01:22:56,874
NEWS REPORTER: Pope Francis
has officially released

1487
01:22:56,907 --> 01:22:59,377
his encyclical on the
environment.

1488
01:22:59,410 --> 01:23:02,447
The document is both a call
for immediate action to stop

1489
01:23:02,480 --> 01:23:05,416
global warming, and a
cry for justice for the poor.

1490
01:23:08,786 --> 01:23:13,791
DICAPRIO: Our common home has
fallen into serious disrepair.

1491
01:23:13,824 --> 01:23:17,962
Hope would have us recognize
that there is always a way out.

1492
01:23:17,995 --> 01:23:21,799
That we can always
redirect our steps,

1493
01:23:21,832 --> 01:23:27,372
that we can always do something
to solve our problems.

1494
01:23:27,405 --> 01:23:31,476
Still, we can see signs that
things are now reaching

1495
01:23:31,509 --> 01:23:33,311
a breaking point.

1496
01:23:36,947 --> 01:23:41,352
This is a direct message from
the pope, it's a huge deal.

1497
01:23:41,386 --> 01:23:46,324
[Leo practicing Italian].

1498
01:23:46,357 --> 01:23:48,259
One of the most important
spiritual leader's

1499
01:23:48,293 --> 01:23:50,027
on the planet.

1500
01:23:50,060 --> 01:23:51,296
DRIVER: DiCaprio.

1501
01:23:51,329 --> 01:23:54,499
DICAPRIO: He has now called upon
the world community to accept

1502
01:23:54,532 --> 01:23:58,803
the modern science
of climate change.

1503
01:23:58,836 --> 01:24:01,206
A pope has never done anything
like this in history.

1504
01:24:08,179 --> 01:24:16,187
[Leo speaking Italian
to Pope Francis].

1505
01:24:16,221 --> 01:24:19,457
DICAPRIO: Being able to spend
time and sit with the pope

1506
01:24:19,490 --> 01:24:22,360
was a pretty
profound experience.

1507
01:24:23,894 --> 01:24:29,334
This is a book,
Hieronymus Bosch's.

1508
01:24:32,970 --> 01:24:35,340
Uh, it was hanging above
my crib, as a young boy.

1509
01:24:38,509 --> 01:24:39,744
Thank you.

1510
01:24:43,080 --> 01:24:46,417
There was definitely an
urgency in his voice.

1511
01:24:46,451 --> 01:24:51,989
He said that as far as the Paris
conference is concerned, he,

1512
01:24:52,022 --> 01:24:54,024
he felt was a step in
the right direction,

1513
01:24:54,058 --> 01:24:56,827
but certainly not enough.

1514
01:24:56,861 --> 01:24:59,530
He feels we all need to keep
speaking out about this issue

1515
01:24:59,564 --> 01:25:04,001
as loud as we can, and that we
must immediately take action.

1516
01:25:06,304 --> 01:25:10,275
But more than anything, he said
to pray for the human race.

1517
01:25:10,308 --> 01:25:21,286
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1518
01:25:21,319 --> 01:25:24,189
After everything I've seen,
it's become pretty obvious

1519
01:25:24,222 --> 01:25:26,090
that we're no longer
living in that first,

1520
01:25:26,123 --> 01:25:29,227
unspoiled depiction of Eden.

1521
01:25:29,260 --> 01:25:32,029
We're in that second panel.

1522
01:25:32,062 --> 01:25:35,900
What Bosch called, Human
Kind Before the Flood.

1523
01:25:46,110 --> 01:25:50,881
And what haunts me the
most is that last panel.

1524
01:25:50,915 --> 01:25:54,151
The one with the charred,
blackened skies.

1525
01:25:54,185 --> 01:25:59,524
A planet that we collectively
have left to ruin.

1526
01:25:59,557 --> 01:26:04,595
The question is, can we
change our course in time?

1527
01:26:09,534 --> 01:26:13,137
Now if this was a movie we could
write the ending of this script,

1528
01:26:13,171 --> 01:26:18,008
and we could figure a
way out of this mess.

1529
01:26:18,042 --> 01:26:21,312
But real life doesn't
work like that,

1530
01:26:21,346 --> 01:26:25,983
and we can't pretend that we
know how this is gonna end.

1531
01:26:26,016 --> 01:26:31,356
The only thing that we can do
is control what we do next,

1532
01:26:31,389 --> 01:26:39,464
how we live our lives, what we
consume, how we get involved,

1533
01:26:39,497 --> 01:26:44,469
and how we use our vote to
tell our leaders that we know

1534
01:26:44,502 --> 01:26:48,606
the truth about
climate change.

1535
01:26:50,175 --> 01:26:53,378
KI‐MOON: The last speaker for
this signing ceremony is

1536
01:26:53,411 --> 01:26:55,646
the Academy Award Best Actor,

1537
01:26:55,680 --> 01:27:00,585
and the United Nations Messenger
of Peace, Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio.

1538
01:27:00,618 --> 01:27:07,091
[APPLAUSE]

1539
01:27:07,124 --> 01:27:09,026
DICAPRIO: Thank you Mr.
Secretary General for

1540
01:27:09,059 --> 01:27:12,363
the honor to address this body,
and thanks to the distinguished

1541
01:27:12,397 --> 01:27:15,333
climate leaders assembled
here today who are ready

1542
01:27:15,366 --> 01:27:18,035
to take action.

1543
01:27:18,068 --> 01:27:21,606
As a U. N. Messenger of Peace I
have traveled all over the world

1544
01:27:21,639 --> 01:27:25,710
for the last two years, I have
seen cities like Beijing choked

1545
01:27:25,743 --> 01:27:30,047
by industrial pollution, ancient
boreal forests in Canada

1546
01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:32,950
that have been clear cut, and
rainforests in Indonesia

1547
01:27:32,983 --> 01:27:34,585
that have been incinerated.

1548
01:27:34,619 --> 01:27:37,087
In India I met farmers whose
crops have been literally

1549
01:27:37,121 --> 01:27:38,723
washed away.

1550
01:27:38,756 --> 01:27:41,091
In America I've witnessed sea
level rise flooding the streets

1551
01:27:41,125 --> 01:27:42,593
of Miami.

1552
01:27:42,627 --> 01:27:45,630
In Greenland and in the Arctic
I was astonished to see

1553
01:27:45,663 --> 01:27:48,966
that ancient glaciers are
rapidly disappearing,

1554
01:27:48,999 --> 01:27:51,469
well ahead of
scientific predictions.

1555
01:27:51,502 --> 01:27:55,506
All that I have seen and learned
on my journey has absolutely

1556
01:27:55,540 --> 01:27:57,275
terrified me.

1557
01:27:57,308 --> 01:27:59,677
Now think about the shame that
each of us will carry when our

1558
01:27:59,710 --> 01:28:03,013
children and grandchildren look
back and realize that we had

1559
01:28:03,047 --> 01:28:06,351
the means of stopping this
devastation but simply lacked

1560
01:28:06,384 --> 01:28:09,119
the political will to do so.

1561
01:28:09,153 --> 01:28:12,490
Yes, we have achieved
the Paris Agreement.

1562
01:28:12,523 --> 01:28:14,625
More countries have come
together here to sign

1563
01:28:14,659 --> 01:28:18,263
this agreement today than for
any other cause in the history

1564
01:28:18,296 --> 01:28:22,166
of humankind, and that
is reason for hope.

1565
01:28:22,200 --> 01:28:25,002
But unfortunately the evidence
shows us that it will not

1566
01:28:25,035 --> 01:28:26,304
be enough.

1567
01:28:26,337 --> 01:28:29,407
A massive change is
required right now.

1568
01:28:29,440 --> 01:28:32,577
One that leads to a new
collective consciousness.

1569
01:28:32,610 --> 01:28:35,646
A new collective evolution
of the human race,

1570
01:28:35,680 --> 01:28:40,117
inspired and enabled by a sense
of urgency from all of you.

1571
01:28:40,150 --> 01:28:42,753
We can congratulate
each other today,

1572
01:28:42,787 --> 01:28:45,190
but it will mean absolutely
nothing if you return

1573
01:28:45,223 --> 01:28:48,759
to your countries and fail
to push beyond the promises

1574
01:28:48,793 --> 01:28:51,128
of this historic agreement.

1575
01:28:51,161 --> 01:28:54,164
After 21 years of
debates and conferences,

1576
01:28:54,199 --> 01:28:58,135
it is time to declare no
more talk, no more excuses,

1577
01:28:58,168 --> 01:29:01,606
no more ten‐year studies, no
more allowing the fossil fuel

1578
01:29:01,639 --> 01:29:05,410
companies to manipulate and
dictate the science and policies

1579
01:29:05,443 --> 01:29:07,412
that affect our future.

1580
01:29:07,445 --> 01:29:09,780
The world is now watching.

1581
01:29:09,814 --> 01:29:13,150
You'll either be lauded
by future generations,

1582
01:29:13,184 --> 01:29:14,752
or vilified by them.

1583
01:29:14,785 --> 01:29:18,789
You are the last
best hope of Earth.

1584
01:29:18,823 --> 01:29:21,091
We ask you to protect it,

1585
01:29:21,125 --> 01:29:25,630
or we, and all living things
we cherish, are history.

1586
01:29:31,302 --> 01:29:34,639
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1587
01:29:34,672 --> 01:29:38,443
♪ We wait ♪

1588
01:29:38,476 --> 01:29:46,551
♪ We pray for the rain ♪

1589
01:29:46,584 --> 01:29:50,621
♪ For the rain ♪

1590
01:29:50,655 --> 01:29:54,659
♪ For a rain ♪

1591
01:29:54,692 --> 01:29:57,428
♪ To wash away ♪

1592
01:29:57,462 --> 01:30:07,372
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1593
01:30:07,405 --> 01:30:11,409
♪ We try ♪

1594
01:30:11,442 --> 01:30:15,680
♪ Deny ♪

1595
01:30:15,713 --> 01:30:19,784
♪ To believe to believe ♪

1596
01:30:19,817 --> 01:30:24,289
♪ to believe ♪

1597
01:30:24,322 --> 01:30:27,892
♪ We can't believe ♪

1598
01:30:27,925 --> 01:30:29,159
♪ In anything ♪

1599
01:30:29,194 --> 01:30:37,468
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1600
01:30:37,502 --> 01:30:47,545
♪ I don't want to say goodbye ♪

1601
01:30:47,545 --> 01:30:53,751
♪ I don't want to say goodbye ♪

1602
01:30:53,784 --> 01:31:03,828
♪ Stars falling from the sky ♪

1603
01:31:03,828 --> 01:31:09,367
♪ Stars falling from the sky ♪

1604
01:31:09,400 --> 01:31:14,505
♪ We will all be judged ♪

1605
01:31:14,539 --> 01:31:27,185
♪ By what we leave behind ♪

1606
01:31:27,218 --> 01:31:37,228
♪ I don't want to say goodbye ♪

1607
01:31:37,262 --> 01:31:43,534
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1608
01:31:43,568 --> 01:31:46,537
♪ Hey ♪

1609
01:31:46,571 --> 01:31:50,775
♪ Too late ♪

1610
01:31:50,808 --> 01:31:58,983
♪ To look you in the eye ♪

1611
01:31:59,016 --> 01:32:02,987
♪ In your eyes ♪

1612
01:32:03,020 --> 01:32:07,492
♪ In your eyes ♪

1613
01:32:07,525 --> 01:32:09,960
♪ And realize ♪

1614
01:32:09,994 --> 01:32:19,770
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1615
01:32:19,804 --> 01:32:23,874
We find.

1616
01:32:23,908 --> 01:32:31,949
♪ In time we're the same ♪

1617
01:32:31,982 --> 01:32:36,354
♪ We're the same ♪

1618
01:32:36,387 --> 01:32:40,391
♪ All to blame ♪

1619
01:32:40,425 --> 01:32:49,800
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1620
01:32:49,834 --> 01:32:59,877
♪ I don't want to say goodbye ♪

1621
01:32:59,877 --> 01:33:06,050
♪ I don't want to say goodbye ♪

1622
01:33:06,083 --> 01:33:16,327
♪ Stars falling from the sky ♪

1623
01:33:16,327 --> 01:33:21,832
♪ Stars falling from the sky ♪

1624
01:33:21,866 --> 01:33:26,504
♪ We will all be judged ♪

1625
01:33:26,537 --> 01:33:39,517
♪ By what we leave behind ♪

1626
01:33:39,550 --> 01:33:52,497
♪ I don't want to say goodbye
no, no, no, no... ♪

1627
01:33:52,530 --> 01:34:02,573
♪ no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no ♪

1628
01:34:02,573 --> 01:34:25,996
♪ no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no ♪

1629
01:34:26,030 --> 01:34:38,042
♪ I just need a
minute to breathe ♪

1630
01:34:38,075 --> 01:34:50,555
♪ I just need a
minute to breathe ♪

1631
01:34:50,588 --> 01:35:02,833
♪ I just need a
minute to breathe ♪

1632
01:35:02,867 --> 01:35:07,672
♪ I just need... ♪

1633
01:35:07,705 --> 01:35:20,585
♪ [MUSIC] ♪

1634
01:35:20,618 --> 01:35:29,794
♪ ... a minute to breathe ♪