All language subtitles for Before.the.Flood.2016.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-BLUTONiUM

[OWL HOOTING].

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MY
FIRST VISUAL MEMORIES ARE OF

THIS FRAMED
POSTER ABOVE MY CRIB.

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

MY FATHER WAS AN
UNDERGROUND COMIC DISTRIBUTOR.

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

AS I LIKE TO CALL HIM.

HAVING PAINTED
IN WARHOL'S STUDIO,

BEING ROOMIES WITH
LOU REED, HE KNEW R. CRUMB

AND ALL THESE GREAT
ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION.

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

AS A KID.

SO I WOULD STARE AT
THIS PAINTING OVER AND OVER:

"THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS"

BY HIERONYMUS BOSCH.

IT WAS PAINTED AROUND 1500.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE
PANELS LONG ENOUGH,

THEY START TO TELL A STORY.

IN THE FIRST PANEL YOU
HAVE ADAM AND EVE IN THE

GARDEN OF EDEN.

BIRDS FLYING OFF
INTO THE DISTANCE,

ELEPHANTS AND GIRAFFE AND
A LOT OF RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY.

THE SECOND PANEL IS
WHERE IT STARTS TO BECOME

MORE INTERESTING.

THE DEADLY SINS START
TO INFUSE THEIR WAY

INTO THE PAINTING.

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

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

ESPECIALLY FROM A YOUNG
CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE,

IS THIS TWISTED,
DECAYED, BURNT LANDSCAPE.

A PARADISE THAT HAS BEEN
DEGRADED AND DESTROYED.

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

THROUGH THE WASTE PRODUCTS
OF ITS CIVILIZATION...

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

CARBON DIOXIDE
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

MAN 3: THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT HAS BEEN DETECTED AND

IT IS CHANGING
OUR CLIMATE NOW.

MAN 4: GUESS WHERE
THE TEMPERATURE GOES?

IT GOES UP.

REPORTERS: CLIMATE CHANGE
IS ALREADY IN OUR BACKYARDS.

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

2013, 2014, 2015...

WARMEST YEAR AROUND THE
GLOBE, WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD.

WOMAN: IT IS THESE ACTIVITIES
THAT DROVE MANKIND OUT

OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
HI, HOW ARE YOU?

BAN KI-MOON:
AH, MR. DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
PLEASURE, PLEASURE.

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

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

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

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: FOR SHORTER
LEADERS AND TALLER LEADERS.

WHAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE DO YOU
THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT?

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

WE HAVE SEEN SUCH, UH,

EXTRAORDINARY EXTREME
WEATHER PATTERNS.

IF YOU CONSIDER THIS
VASTNESS OF THIS UNIVERSE,

THIS PLANET EARTH IS
JUST A SMALL BOAT.

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

TO ALL SINK TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN A
VERY COMMITTED AND EFFECTIVE

ENVIRONMENTALIST AND THAT
IS WHY I REALLY COUNT ON

YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION.

ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME
NEWLY APPOINTED UNITED NATIONS

MESSENGER OF PEACE,
MR. LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK
YOU MR. SECRETARY GENERAL,

YOUR EXCELLENCIES...

I FEEL INCREDIBLY HONORED
THAT THEY CHOSE ME TO BE THE

UNITED NATIONS MESSENGER
OF PEACE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU,
NOT AS AN EXPERT,

BUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
I CAN TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

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

BUT IT ALL KINDA SEEMS
BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

AS AN ACTOR,
I PRETEND FOR A LIVING.

I PLAY FICTITIOUS
CHARACTERS OFTEN SOLVING

FICTITIOUS PROBLEMS.

I BELIEVE THAT MANKIND
HAS LOOKED AT CLIMATE CHANGE

IN THAT SAME WAY.

WE KEEP GETTING INUNDATED
WITH CATASTROPHIC NEWS ABOUT THE

ENVIRONMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY,
AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE

GETTING WORSE AND
WORSE AND WORSE.

TRY TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,
PEOPLE JUST TUNE OUT.

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

HOW PESSIMISTIC
I AM ABOUT OUR FUTURE,

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

[PROTESTORS
CHANTING INAUDIBLY].

NEWSCASTER: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS

OF NEW YORK TODAY
DEMONSTRATING FOR ACTION

ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

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

"A CREDIBLE VOICE IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT,"

WHICH IS LIKE CALLING
JEFFREY DAHMER A CREDIBLE

VOICE FOR STEW.

RADIO HOST: LEONARDO DICAPRIO
HAS JUST NAIVELY BOUGHT INTO

THE ENTIRE
GLOBAL WARMING HOAX.

SEAN HANNITY: WHO BETTER
TO EDUCATE WORLD LEADERS ON

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

THAN AN ACTOR FROM
HOLLYWOOD WITH ZERO YEARS

OF SCIENTIFIC TRAINING?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
HI, HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU DOING,
IT'S A PLEASURE.

WOMAN: NICE TO MEET YOU.

ALEJANDRO: HEY!

HOW ARE YOU?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
NICE TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.

ALFONSO CUARON:
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO I
JUST STARTED THIS NEW FILM,

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

IN THE EARLY 1800'S.

IT'S BASICALLY THE DAWN OF
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
MEN WHO ARE PILLAGING

THE NATURAL WORLD,
WIPING SPECIES OUT,

AND BASICALLY DESTROYING
CULTURES IN THE PROCESS.

OH WOW, LOOK AT THIS.

THOSE ARE LIKE BUFFALO SKULLS.

ALEJANDRO!

CRAZY, ARE THESE FUR-TRAPPERS?

ARE THESE PEOPLE
SELLING THE SKULLS?

ALEJANDRO: NO,
THESE ARE PEOPLE SELLING

THE SKULLS, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHAT THE ... IS THIS?

ALEJANDRO: ISN'T
THAT EMBARRASSING?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
MAN, THAT'S CRAZY.

ALEJANDRO: AND THE FACT THAT
THEY NEVER EVEN REFLECTED

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

AND WE CANNOT
JUST, IT'S INSANE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IF YOU
CAN PUT THAT IN THE MOVIE

THAT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE.

HOW ABOUT THIS, I DARE YOU!

ALEJANDRO: AH, OKAY.

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO:
GET TO THE BOAT!

COME ON, SON!

I DIDN'T GROW UP
AROUND NATURE AT ALL,

I GREW UP NEAR
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

AND MY ESCAPE EVERY WEEKEND
WAS THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

AND FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE,

I BECAME FASCINATED WITH
SPECIES THAT HAD BECOME EXTINCT.

ALL THESE DIFFERENT ANIMALS,

FROM THE DODO TO
THE PASSENGER PIGEON,

WHICH WAS THE MOST
PLENTIFUL BIRD ON EARTH,

TO THE TASMANIAN TIGER,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE THILACENE

TO THE GREAT AUK,
THE QUAGGA, THE MOA.

I REMEMBER THE
ANGER THAT I FELT,

READING ALL THESE STORIES
ABOUT HOW EXPLORERS AND

SETTLERS WOULD JUST WIPE
OUT AN ENTIRE SPECIES,

AND IN THE PROCESS, DECIMATE
THE ECOSYSTEM FOREVER.

THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS
WE'RE KNOWINGLY DOING THIS;

IT'S JUST ON A
MUCH LARGER SCALE.

MICHAEL BRUNE: IF WE'RE
GONNA FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

EFFECTIVELY, WE HAVE TO
START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT

MOST OF OUR ECONOMY
IS BASED ON FOSSIL FUELS.

FOSSIL FUELS ARE COAL,
OIL, AND NATURAL GAS.

OIL POWERS MOST OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR,

COAL AND NATURAL GAS POWER
MOST OF THE ELECTRICITY.

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

IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN OUR
DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS,

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

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

FRACKING FOR NATURAL GAS,
OFFSHORE DRILLING FOR OIL,

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

PRODUCING FOSSIL FUELS.

THEY TAKE AWAY
MASSIVE FORESTS,

THE WATER IN THE STREAMS
AND RIVERS IS POISONED.

IT HAS SEVERE IMPACTS
ON THE WILDLIFE,

ON NATIVE COMMUNITIES, AND
IT REQUIRES A HUGE AMOUNT OF

ENERGY SIMPLY TO GET
IT TO OUR FUEL TANKS.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL.

HELICOPTER PILOT: HEADSETS
ARE HUNG UP AT THE BACK,

BUT THE VOLUME CONTROL'S
RIGHT ABOVE THE MICROPHONE

SO YOU CAN JUST...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHO
CLEAR CUT ALL OF THIS?

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

SO TYPICALLY WHERE PEOPLE
NEED THE TREES CUT TO DO ANY

DEVELOPMENT OF ANY SORT.

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

THIS WOULD BE
ALL BOREAL FOREST,

ALL BOREAL FOREST HERE.

THIS STARTED AS A PRETTY
SMALL OPERATION BACK IN THE

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

TODAY WE PRODUCE ABOUT
350,000 BARRELS A DAY OF

SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL
FROM THIS FACILITY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF
OTHER ONES, LEONARDO.

THERE'S EXXON.

THEY HAVE STARTED UP
A NEW MINE JUST RECENTLY.

AND THEN THERE'S SHELL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
SO THOSE ARE...

ALL THE BLACK
IS THE OIL SANDS?

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

IT HAS OIL IN IT.

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

WE WASH THE
OIL OUT OF THE SAND.

WE JUST PUMP STEAM INTO
THE GROUND AND THEN AS THE

GROUND WARMS LITERALLY
THE OIL DROPS.

IT JUST FALLS OUT OF THE SAND.

AND THEN WE'RE DONE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IT
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE MORDOR.

MARC MAGEAU: LIKE WHAT?

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

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

MARC MAGEAU:
NOW THIS, OF COURSE,

IS JUST OUR MINING OPERATION.

WE'LL GET TO THE
EXTRACTION OPERATION AND

THE UPGRADING OPERATION AND...

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

BUT THE PLANTS ARE CONNECTED
BY PIPELINES AND SO ON.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THE TRUTH IS,

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

CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROBLEM,
THE MORE I REALIZE HOW MUCH

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

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

WHICH WAS WHAT IT
WAS CALLED BACK THEN,

I WAS IN MY EARLY TWENTIES.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SIT DOWN ONE ON ONE WITH

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

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

AND THEN HE DREW THE
ATMOSPHERE AROUND IT,

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

I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA
WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

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

PLANES, CARS, THE WAY
WE PRODUCE OUR FOOD,

THE WAY WE BUILD OUR CITIES,
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO

RELEASES CARBON DIOXIDE, CO2,

AND THAT LEADS
TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

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

THERE WILL BE MORE
DANGEROUS WEATHER PATTERNS,

FLOODS, DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES.

IT SOUNDED
LIKE SOME NIGHTMARISH

SCIENCE FICTION FILM.

EXCEPT EVERYTHING
HE SAID IS REAL AND IT'S

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WOW, WOW, BEAUTIFUL.

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

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

WE CAN DO TO STOP IT.

MAN: YOU ALL SET, MATE?

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

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

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

WE ARE BASICALLY
WALKING ON WATER.

THIS IS THE NORTHERN
TIP OF BAFFIN ISLAND,

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

WE ARE WAY ABOVE
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,

AND IF YOU PUT YOUR
HAND IN THE WATER,

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

EXCEPT YOU WHO ARE A BADASS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: YOU
HUNT AND FISH HERE, RIGHT?

JAKE AWA: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHAT DO YOU,

WHAT DO YOU FISH
AND WHAT DO YOU HUNT?

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

AND POLAR BEAR.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
IS THIS POLAR BEAR?

JAKE AWA: YUP.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
OH, WELL THERE YOU GO!

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

IT BEEN DECREASING?

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

NOT LIGHT BLUE
LIKE THIS, BLUE.

HARD, ICE.

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

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

IT MELTS PRETTY FAST.

MUCH FASTER THAN BEFORE.

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

THE NORTH POLE.

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

ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE SUMMER.

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

THE ARCTIC IS LIKE
THE AIR CONDITIONING FOR

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

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

THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE WEATHER PATTERNS,

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

IT'S THE MOST DRAMATIC
TRANSFORMATION OF A LARGE

ENVIRONMENT EVER.

LOOK AT THIS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THEY'RE RIGHT HERE!

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

NARWHALS IN THIS REGION.

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.

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

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I CAN'T
BELIEVE WHAT THEY SOUND

LIKE, IT'S AMAZING.

THEY'RE LIKE PURRING.

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

PLANET WITHOUT THESE ANIMALS.

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHEN I WAS 25 YEARS OLD,

I REMEMBER BEING ASKED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS HUGE EVENT

IN WASHINGTON FOR EARTH DAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE RISING,
CORAL REEFS ARE DYING,

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

HAVE SO MANY SPECIES
OF PLANT AND ANIMALS BECOME

EXTINCT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

I EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO
INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS ISSUE
IS SO CONSTANTLY OVERLOOKED?

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

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

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
AT THE TIME,

IT WAS THIS HUGE PUSH
TO GET THE WORD OUT

ON GLOBAL WARMING.

NOW A COUPLE DEGREES'
DIFFERENCE IN TODAY'S

TEMPERATURES MAY NOT
SEEM LIKE AN EMERGENCY.

BACK THEN EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED
ON SMALL, INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS.

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

AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS.

AND IT BOILED DOWN
TO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS LIKE

CHANGING YOUR LIGHT BULB.

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

CHANGING YOUR LIGHTBULB.

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

THINGS HAVE TAKEN A
MASSIVE TURN FOR THE WORST.

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

CLIMATE MODELS THAT ARE
USED TO PROJECT THE FUTURE.

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

ARE, ARE REALLY CONSERVATIVE.

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

THE LAST DECADE,
GREENLAND IS, IS GOING AWAY.

DON'T WALK INTO THE CREVASSE.

[RAPIDS FLOWING].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH MY GOD!

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: LOOK
AT HOW VIOLENT THAT IS.

THESE RAPIDS ARE GOING
SO INCREDIBLY FAST.

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

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

GETS SMALLER AND
SEA LEVEL RISES.

THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR
PROPER CLIMATE STATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THIS
IS A CLIMATE STATION?

I WAS IMAGINING A MASSIVE
IGLOO WITH ALL KINDS OF

SCIENTISTS DOING EXPERIMENTS.

IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE
BROKEN DOWN POOL EQUIPMENT.

HOW, WHAT DOES
THIS CONNECT TO?

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

THIS WAS A HOSE THAT
WENT DOWN 30 FEET,

AND NOW IT'S MELTED OUT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WAIT A MINUTE, SO THIS,

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

JASON BOX: YEAH, SO WE MADE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF ICE

THAT HAS MELTED.

JASON BOX: YEAH.

THIS IS 5 YEARS OF MELT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THIS
ENTIRE LENGTH IS THE THICKNESS

OF ICE THAT HAS MELTED
THROUGHOUT ALL OF LOWER

GREENLAND IN THE PAST 5 YEARS.

JASON BOX: RIGHT.

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

NO LONGER STORED ON LAND.

IT'S GONE INTO
THE SEA OVER HERE.

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

CALIFORNIA MAY BE
DOOMED TO FALL VICTIM TO

EVER-RISING SEA LEVELS.

REPORTER 2: SOUTH FLORIDA
AS WE KNOW IT COULD BE

WASHED AWAY BY RISINGS SEAS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES THAT

ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE
TO SEA LEVEL RISE,

ESPECIALLY IN THE
UNITED STATES,

FLORIDA IS THE KEY ONE.

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

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

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

DEBATE CLIMATE CHANGE.

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

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

IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED
SUNNY DAY FLOODING.

PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY,

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

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

BACKFLOWING INTO OUR
STREETS THROUGH OUR DRAINS.

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW
DO YOU COMBAT THAT?

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

MAYOR LEVINE: WE
STARTED PUTTING IN PUMPS,

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
OH, THIS IS THE PUMP!

MAYOR LEVINE: YUP!

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

THIS STREET RIGHT HERE
USED TO BE FULLY UNDERWATER.

DURING HIGH TIDE
YOU MAY NEED A CANOE.

AND NOW WHAT WE DID WAS
WE RAISED THIS ROAD AND

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE,

SEE HOW THAT
AREA THERE KIND OF GOES,

SLOPES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THE
MAIN INVESTMENT IS IN THESE

SYSTEMS RIGHT HERE,
RAISING THE ROADS AND

THE ELECTRIC PUMPS.

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

CITY WIDE.

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

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

A VERY POPULAR THING
TO DO AS A POLITICIAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND
THIS CONSTRUCTION IS IT GOING

TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE.

MAYOR LEVINE:
MAJOR DIFFERENCE.

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

MAYOR LEVINE: ABSOLUTELY,
I WOULD THINK ABOUT

40, 50 YEARS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S IT?

MAYOR LEVINE: YES.

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

"MAYOR WHAT ABOUT
AFTER 50 YEARS,

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?"

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

AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A
GOVERNOR AND WE HAVE A CABINET

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

NEWS REPORTER: OFFICIALS IN
FLORIDA WERE BANNED FROM USING

THE WORDS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THIS POLICY BEGAN
IN 2011 AFTER RICK SCOTT

CAME INTO OFFICE.

MAYOR LEVINE: NO ONE UP
THERE REALLY WANTS TO TALK

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,

ESPECIALLY OUR SENATOR
FROM FLORIDA, MARCO RUBIO,

WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT
WE HAVE CLIMATE CHANGE AND

IS NOT INTERESTED IN
ASSISTING OUR STATE.

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

FEDERAL FUNDS THE LAST
THREE YEARS TO HELP MAKE

OUR CITIES VIABLE.

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

THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES TO
OUR CLIMATE THE WAY THESE

SCIENTISTS ARE PORTRAYING IT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHY
DO YOU THINK THERE IS SUCH

OPPOSITION ABOUT THE SCIENCE?

MAYOR LEVINE:
I THINK IT'S POLITICS,

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

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

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

ALL IT KNOWS HOW
TO DO IS RISE.

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

THERE HAS BEEN NO
SIGNIFICANT RECORDED WARMING.

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

IT'S FREEZING HERE!

SPEAKING OF GLOBAL
WARMING WHERE IS,

WE NEED SOME GLOBAL WARMING!

IT'S FREEZING.

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

ABOUT HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE
CHANGE AS THERE IS FOR ANY

MATTER IN SCIENCE.

BE IT THE THEORY OF GRAVITY.

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

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

OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES.

UNFORTUNATELY WE
ARE FIGHTING THIS MASSIVE

DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC.

REPORTER: YOU LOOK AT THE
SATELLITE DATA WE ACTUALLY

HAVE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT
WARMING SINCE 1998

ACTUALLY NO WARMING.

WE HAVE BEEN COOLING
IN RECENT YEARS.

GLENN BECK: IF YOU ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE FACE,
YOU'RE THE DUMBEST

SON OF A BITCH ON THE PLANET.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO YEAH,
MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TALK

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR BACKGROUND,

THE STUDIES THAT YOU'VE DONE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN:
I WAS THE CLASSIC SCIENCE AND

MATH GEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

STUDIED PHYSICS IN GRADUATE
SCHOOL AND A DECADE AND HALF

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

CHANGE IN THE
MORE DISTANT PAST.

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

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

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

THE HOCKEY STICK BECAUSE
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BLADE

OF A HOCKEY STICK.

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

FOR A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT LIFE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
AND WHY IS THAT?

WHAT DID THEY DO
SPECIFICALLY TO?

DR. MICHAEL MANN: I WAS
VILIFIED ON THE EDITORIAL

PAGES OF THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL, ON FOX NEWS.

THAT I WAS A FRAUD.

REPORTER: OTHER GERMAN
SCIENTISTS HAVE CALLED IT

STATISTICAL RUBBISH.

HE'S BEEN CALLED A
STATISTICAL CHARLATAN.

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

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

WHEREVER IT STUCK IS WHAT
THEY PUT IN THE CHART.

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

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

TO INVESTIGATE AN ENVELOPE
THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO ME

THAT HAD A WHITE POWDER.

I'VE HAD THREATS
MADE AGAINST MY FAMILY.

THESE FOLKS KNOW THEY
DON'T HAVE TO WIN THE

LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC DEBATE.

THEY JUST NEED TO
DIVIDE THE PUBLIC,

AND ALL OF THAT HATRED AND
FEAR IS IN FACT ORGANIZED

AND FUNDED BY A FEW PLAYERS.

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS, FOLKS
LIKE THE KOCH BROTHERS FINANCE

A VERY LARGE ECHO CHAMBER
OF CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM.

NICK LORIS: THE REALITY
IS A LOT OF CLIMATOLOGISTS

BELIEVE THAT THE
SCIENCE IS NOT SETTLED.

MAN: GLOBAL WARMING IS
ILLUSORY WERE ACTUALLY GOING

THROUGH A PERIOD
OF GLOBAL COOLING.

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

THE BABY JESUS THAN IT
IS IN SOME KIND OF THEORY

ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

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

THEY FIND PEOPLE WITH
FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS

WHO ARE WILLING TO SELL
THOSE CREDENTIALS TO

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT.

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

NO WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE
IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.

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

LOFTY SOUNDING NAMES LIKE
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY OR

THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE.

THESE ARE FRONT
GROUPS THAT ARE FUNDED

BY CORPORATE INTERESTS.

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
IS REALLY JUST A FRONT GROUP

FOR THE KOCH BROTHERS.

BELL HEMMER: THAT'S AN
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY

DAVID AND CHARLES KOCH
AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU TIM.

TIM PHILLIPS:
GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL.

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

FOR YOUR MONEY?

TIM PHILLIPS: WE HOPE
TO SEE POLICIES CHANGE.

DR. MICHAEL MANN: KOCH
INDUSTRIES IS ONE OF THE

LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD FOSSIL
FUEL INTERESTS IN THE WORLD.

AND THEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO

PROTECT THAT WEALTH.

REPORTER: WOULD YOU GIVE UP
ALL THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION,

WOULD YOU GIVE UP ALL
THE PRODUCTIVITY THAT

IT'S BROUGHT US,

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

SO THAT THE TEMPERATURE
WOULDN'T RISE HALF A PERCENT

OR A MILLI PERCENT?

DR. MICHAEL MANN:
THEY'VE LOBBIED CONGRESS.

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

WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD.

OH, HERE,
MR. PRESIDENT CATCH THIS.

MH-MM.

DR. MICHAEL MANN:
JAMES INHOFE IS PROBABLY THE

MOST PROMINENT CONGRESSIONAL
CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER.

SEN. JAMES INHOFE:
GLOBAL WARMING IS THE

GREATEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED
ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

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

ARROGANT TO THINK THAT
THEY ARE SO POWERFUL

THAT THEY CAN
CHANGE A CLIMATE.

MAN CAN'T CHANGE CLIMATE.

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

JAMES INHOFE IS ONE OF
THE LARGEST RECIPIENTS OF

FOSSIL FUEL MONEY
IN THE U.S. SENATE.

[CASH REGISTER DINGS]

FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS
HAVE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

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

BECAUSE IT'S CONTROLLED
BY FOSSIL FUEL FUNDED

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS WHO
ARE BLOCKING ANY BILLS THAT

WOULD ATTEMPT TO DEAL
WITH THIS PROBLEM.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW THEY'RE
ABLE TO DISCREDIT SCIENTISTS

WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR
LIFE TO THIS ISSUE IS KIND OF

MIND BOGGLING TO ME.

DR. MICHAEL MANN:
IT SOMETIMES MAKES ME WANT

TO TAKE A DRINK, RIGHT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I'M SURE.

IF I WAS A SCIENTIST I
WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PISSED

EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE.

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

ENGAGED IN AN EFFORT TO
LEAD US ASTRAY IN THE NAME

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

END UP LEAVING BEHIND
A DEGRADED PLANET.

WHAT COULD BE MORE
IMMORAL THAN THAT?

[THUNDER]

SCIENTIST: EVEN NOW,
MAN MAY BE UNWITTINGLY

CHANGING THE WORLD'S CLIMATE
THROUGH THE WASTE PRODUCTS

OF THIS CIVILIZATION.

DUE TO OUR RELEASE THROUGH
FACTORIES AND AUTOMOBILES

EVERY YEAR OF MORE
THAN 6 BILLION TONS

OF CARBON DIOXIDE.

OUR ATMOSPHERE SEEMS
TO BE GETTING WARMER.

THIS IS BAD?

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

EARTH'S TEMPERATURE WOULD
MELT THE POLAR ICE CAPS.

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

FOR DECADES AND DECADES,
FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY.

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

THAN YOU USE IN A YEAR.

CARTOON MAN: ANYBODY
WORKING ON GETTING POWER DIRECT

FROM OLD GLOW HARD HERE?

MAN: OH YES BUT
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH!

ROLL 6-B, THE SOLAR BATTERY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
IMAGINE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW,

IF WE HAD TAKEN THE
SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

SERIOUSLY BACK THEN.

SCIENTIST: BUT OUR ENGINEERS
WILL HAVE TO BUILD EFFICIENT

GENERATORS THAT SPREAD OUT
OVER ACRES, EVEN SQUARE MILES.

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SINCE THEN,
OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED

BY ALMOST 5 BILLION
PEOPLE AND COUNTING.

AND CHINA HAS RECENTLY
SURPASSED THE UNITED STATES

AS THE WORLD'S
NUMBER ONE POLLUTER.

THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME
EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO SOLVE.

[PRACTICING MANDARIN].

[HORNS HONKING]

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

OK, NOW WE'RE IN A BIKE LANE.

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

MASSIVE INDUSTRIALIZATION
AND URBANIZATION,

AND IT'S GROWING.

CHINA IS THE FACTORY
OF THE WORLD,

MANUFACTURING FOR ALL THE
WESTERN COUNTRIES AND MUCH OF

THE POLLUTION OF THAT
INDUSTRY IS GETTING DUMPED

IN OUR BACKYARDS.

AND IN THIS AREA
SURROUNDING BEIJING,

PLUS THE SHANDONG PENINSULA,
COAL CONSUMPTION IS EQUAL TO

THE TOTAL COAL CONSUMPTION
OF THE UNITED STATES...

IN A NOT VERY BIG AREA.

PEOPLE ARE SO
WORRIED ABOUT THIS,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING
TO HURT THEIR HEALTH.

THE HEALTH OF THEIR
CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILY.

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

THE TOXICITY HAS REACHED
THAT WORST LEVEL.

WOMAN: I HAVE TO GO
OUT TO WORK EVERYDAY.

BUT I'M WORRIED THAT
I MAY HAVE CANCER IF

I BREATHE THIS AIR.

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

WE USE FACEMASKS
WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE.

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

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST
BECAUSE THEIR EVERYDAY

LIFE IS AFFECTED.

[DEMONSTRATORS
YELLING INAUDIBLY].

PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

[DEMONSTRATORS
YELLING INAUDIBLY].

NOW ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
HAVE BECOME THE BIGGEST REASON

FOR MASS DEMONSTRATIONS.

[DEMONSTRATORS
YELLING INAUDIBLY].

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

TO HAVE ALL THE POWER
PLANTS AND THEIR EMISSIONS

GO TOTALLY TRANSPARENT
WITH THE PUBLIC AND BRING THEM

UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

WITH THAT IN MIND,
I STARTED A NATIONAL

POLLUTION MAP DATABASE.

SO THIS IS ALL THE
MAJOR FACTORIES IN CHINA,

NEARLY 9,000 OF THEM.

THOSE WHO ARE IN
RED ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THE STANDARDS.

EVERY HOUR THEY NEED TO GIVE
PEOPLE THEIR MONITORING DATA.

PEOPLE CAN CHECK THIS
ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND

PUSH FOR POLLUTING FACTORIES
TO ADDRESS THEIR VIOLATIONS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT,

YOU DON'T ALLOW
THESE COMPANIES TO OPERATE

IN THE DARK.

MA JUN: AND THE
MEDIA IS VERY HELPFUL.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CHINESE
MEDIA TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

ON A REGULAR BASIS.

MA JUN: ON A CONSTANT BASIS.

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

AND THIS POPULAR SUPPORT
HELPED MOTIVATE CHINA'S POLICY

OF GREEN GROWTH.

THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED
ITS PLAN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS
THERE A GIANT PUSH TOWARDS

SOLAR AND WIND HERE,
IS THAT THE NEXT STEP?

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

SOLAR COMPANIES
IN THE WORLD NOW.

EVEN THOUGH CHINA HAS SOME
OF THE LARGEST CHALLENGES,

LIKE HUGE POPULATION,
CHINA'S GONNA PRIORITIZE WIND

AND SOLAR RATHER THAN COAL.

IF CHINA CAN DO IT,

THEN I THINK THE
REST OF THE WORLD CAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CHINA
IS STILL HEAVILY RELYING ON

FOSSIL FUELS, BUT THEY
SEEM TO BE TRANSITIONING TO

RENEWABLES MUCH FASTER
THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED.

THE QUESTION IS, CAN LESS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITH

RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATIONS
MAKE THE SAME TRANSITION?

*

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

THE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING
WITH MASSIVE POWER SHORTAGES

AND ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

INDIA HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID
THAT ITS BIGGEST PRIORITY IS

DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING
PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

SUNITA NARAIN: WE CARE
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

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

AS MUCH A CHALLENGE
AS CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERY INDIAN HAS

ACCESS TO ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE

300 MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER,

WITHOUT LIGHT HERE IN INDIA.

SUNITA NARAIN: YES, YES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S
EQUIVALENT TO THE ENTIRE

POPULATION HERE OF
THE UNITED STATES.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

SUNITA NARAIN:
TODAY IN VILLAGES,

INDIAN VILLAGES YOU WILL
FIND PEOPLE TAKE COW DUNG AND

THEY MAKE WHAT IS KNOWN,
CALLED COW DUNG CAKES OR

UPLES IN HINDI,
AND THEY BURN THOSE.

AND THAT'S THEIR ONLY
SOURCE OF COOKING ENERGY.

SO THEY WILL MAKE
FOOD NOW OVER THIS.

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

TO HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE
ELECTRICITY TO EVERYBODY WE

HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR
ELECTRICITY IS AFFORDABLE.

INDIA HAS A VAST
RESERVOIR OF COAL.

WE ARE PROBABLY THE THIRD
OR FOURTH LARGEST RESERVOIR

OF COAL IN THE WORLD.

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

COAL IS CHEAP.

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

IF YOU CREATED THE
PROBLEM IN THE PAST,

WE WILL CREATE
IT IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE 700 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
WHO COOK USING BIOMASS TODAY,

700 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS.

IF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS MOVE TO
COAL YOU HAVE THAT MUCH MORE

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

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

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

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

I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME
FROM AMERICAN ENGINEERS.

AND I'M LIKE, "WOW!"

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

HAVE REALLY LIKED THE U.S.

TO MOVE TOWARDS SOLAR,
BUT YOU HAVEN'T.

LET'S PUT OUR MONEY
WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WE HAVE TO PRACTICE WHAT

WE PREACH, ABSOLUTELY.

SUNITA NARAIN:
I AM SORRY TO SAY THIS,

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

BUT YOUR CONSUMPTION IS
GOING TO REALLY PUT A HOLE

IN THE PLANET.

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

I'LL SHOW YOU CHARTS
FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE,

ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY ONE
AMERICAN AT HOME IS EQUIVALENT

TO 1.5 CITIZENS OF FRANCE,
2.2 CITIZENS OF JAPAN,

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

WHY?

BECAUSE YOU'RE
BUILDING BIGGER,

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

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

CONSUMPTION AT THE CENTER
OF CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS.

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

WITH YOU,
HOW CAN YOU ARGUE THAT?

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
CORRECT AND I THINK YES,

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

WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR
LIFESTYLE AND I WOULD ALSO

ARGUE THAT IT'S PROBABLY
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE ARE DEPENDENT,

IF WE WANT TO
SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS,

ON THE FACT THAT
HOPEFULLY RENEWABLES LIKE

SOLAR AND WIND WILL BECOME
CHEAPER AND CHEAPER AND

CHEAPER THE MORE MONEY
WE FUNNEL INTO THEM,

THE MORE WE INVEST INTO
THEM AND ULTIMATELY IT

WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

BUT I, YOU'RE SHAKING
YOUR HEAD OBVIOUSLY.

SUNITA NARAIN: I'M SHAKING
MY HEAD INDIAN STYLE

WHICH MEANS NO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: RIGHT.

SUNITA NARAIN:
WHO WILL INVEST, LEO?

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

YOU INVEST IN IT?

WE ARE DOING MORE
INVESTMENT IN SOLAR TODAY,

CHINA IS DOING MUCH
MORE INVESTMENT IN SOLAR

TODAY THAN THE U.S. IS.

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

CAN LEARN FROM?

YOU'RE A
FOSSIL-ADDICTED COUNTRY,

BUT IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY
DISENGAGING IT'S SOMETHING

FOR US TO LEARN FROM.

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

OUR GOVERNMENT AND
SAY LISTEN IF THE U.S.

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

IN SPITE OF
ALL THEIR PRESSURES,

WE CAN DO IT AS WELL.

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

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

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

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

WHO ARE IMPACTED TODAY
BY WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE

FIRST SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHAT DID YOU
PLANT HERE HAJI JI?

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

SUNITA NARAIN:
SO FEBRUARY AND MARCH,

WHICH IS WHEN THE
CROPS ARE STANDING,

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

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

SO THESE CROPS
ARE ALL DESTROYED?

SUNITA NARAIN: YEAH DESTROYED.

YOUR BACK IS BREAKING
DOING THIS AND THEN YOU GET

ONE UNSEASONAL RAINFALL,
IT'S ABSOLUTELY LIKE THE

LAST STRAW ON
THE CAMEL'S BACK.

AND WE NEED COUNTRIES TO
BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE

IS REAL AND URGENT.

IT'S NOT A FIGMENT
OF THEIR IMAGINATION.

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

EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE
GASES IN HISTORY,

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

FROM FOSSIL FUELS.

I KNOW I HAVE.

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

AND THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN I QUESTION,

WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO?

WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD
WE BE TAKING?

THERE ARE OVER A BILLION
PEOPLE OUT THERE WITHOUT

ELECTRICITY, AND THEY
WANT LIGHTS, THEY WANT HEAT,

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

FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS.

IF WE'RE GONNA
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM,

WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO SET AN EXAMPLE,

AND MORE THAN THAT,
HELP THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO

TRANSITION BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

ANOTE TONG: WE ARE
SEEING EVENTS THAT WE DID NOT

SEE IN THE PAST.

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

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

AND IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.

WHAT WE ARE FACING AT THE
MOMENT IS SEVERE FLOODING.

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

PEOPLE GET THEIR
DRINKING WATER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HAVE
YOU SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE IN THE

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
THAT HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME SORT

OF A TIME FRAME?

ANOTE TONG: GIVEN THE
SCENARIOS AND THE PROJECTIONS

PUT FORWARD BY THE SCIENCE,

OUR ISLANDS
WILL BE UNDERWATER,

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

AT THE MOMENT,

INTERNALLY, WE ARE
RELOCATING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM

CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
ISLAND TO WHERE THE WATER

HAS NOT COME UP.

BUT OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
IS SOMETHING THAT

I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING
INTERNATIONALLY, BECAUSE WE,

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

BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE HAVE ADOPTED A POLICY
OF MIGRATION WITH DIGNITY.

WE BOUGHT A PIECE
OF LAND IN FIJI,

SO THAT IF OUR PEOPLE
CHOOSE TO MIGRATE TODAY,

THEY CAN DO IT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HMM...

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

I'VE GOT GRANDCHILDREN.

I'VE GOT 12 GRANDCHILDREN.

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

THEY WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE A HOME.

TOMMY REMENGESAU JR.:
ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC,

WE'RE A PARADISE IN PERIL.

THROUGHOUT PALAU WE HAVE
SEA LEVEL RISE COMING

INTO THE FARMLANDS,
COMING INTO THE HOMES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

WHEN WAS THIS AN INTACT
ISLAND WITH HOMES ON IT?

HOW LONG AGO?

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

THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING HERE.

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

IT'S JUST A SMALL
PICTURE OF ONE PLACE.

THE SMALL ISLAND NATIONS
WHO CONTRIBUTE THE LEAST TO

THE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE,

ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
FEEL THE WORST UH, IMPACTS.

THE WORST SCENARIOS
BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

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

IS JUST, IT'S CRIMINAL.

IT'S NOT JUST SEA LEVEL RISE.

WE'VE TAKEN THESE COASTAL
ECOSYSTEMS THAT USED TO BE

DOMINATED BY
INCREDIBLY ABUNDANT FISH,

AND WE'VE KNOCKED THE
WHOLE SYSTEM DOWN REVERSING

HALF A BILLION
YEARS OF EVOLUTION.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE DEPEND
ON FISHERIES FROM CORAL REEFS

FOR VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THEIR PROTEIN.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE.

*

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

WHAT'S MISSING?

YOU SEE ALMOST NOTHING
SWIMMING AROUND.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS
THIS A DYING CORAL REEF?

JEREMY JACKSON: I THINK
THIS REEF HAS HAD IT.

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

SERIOUS ENEMY TO THE
HEALTH OF CORALS AND THEIR

ABILITY TO GROW.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

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

IT'S CAUSING STARVATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER.

JEREMY JACKSON:
OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

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

JEREMY JACKSON: THE OCEANS ARE
LIKE THIS BIG BUFFER BECAUSE

THEY ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE.

THEY TAKE UP ABOUT A
THIRD OF THE CO2 THAT WE

DUMP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT,

THEY ARE A STABILIZING
FORCE IN CLIMATE.

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

WITH THIS ABSURD RATE OF
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.

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

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE
LIFE IN THE OCEAN,

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA
BE NECESSARILY THE KIND OF

LIFE WE WANT.

WE COULD GO BACK TO
3 BILLION YEARS AGO AND HAVE

JUST A WHOLE LOT OF SLIME.

LINDSEY ALLEN: WE'RE TAKING
AWAY THE ECOSYSTEMS THAT

NORMALLY HELP US TO
RESTABILIZE THE CLIMATE.

LIKE OCEANS,
RAINFORESTS ABSORB CARBON

FROM OUR ATMOSPHERE.

DECADES AND DECADES OF THE
FORESTS BREATHING IN THE CARBON,

STORING IT IN THE
TRUNKS AND THE LEAVES AND

THE ORGANIC MATTER.

THOSE CARBON EMISSIONS
ARE BEING HELD SAFE FOR US.

UNTIL WE CLEAR THEM,
AND LIGHT THEM ON FIRE.

IT ACTS LIKE A CARBON
BOMB AND RELEASES MASSIVE

CARBON EMISSIONS
BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

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

HELICOPTER PILOT:
THE VISIBILITY IS NOT VERY GOOD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING HERE!

THIS IS SCARY.

THIS ISN'T NATURAL,
THIS IS ALL FIRE?

FARWIZA FARHAN: THIS
IS NOT NATURAL AT ALL.

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

FARWIZA FARHAN:
WELCOME TO SUMATRA.

LINDSEY ALLEN: THERE ARE
THREE BIG TROPICAL RAINFOREST

AREAS LEFT IN THE WORLD.

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

AND THE SOUTH
EAST ASIAN RAINFOREST

WHICH SPANS INDONESIA.

IN INDONESIA, WE'RE SEEING
FIRES BEING INTENTIONALLY

SET IN ORDER TO CREATE
PALM OIL PLANTATIONS,

WHICH GROW THE CHEAPEST
VEGETABLE OIL IN THE WORLD.

IT'S IN COOKING OILS,
IN PROCESSED FOODS,

IN YOUR COSMETICS,
IN YOUR DETERGENTS.

THIS REALLY CHEAP
COMMODITY IS MAKING COMPANIES

TREMENDOUS PROFITS.

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

HOW PALM OIL PLANTATIONS
LOOK LIKE FROM ABOVE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
JUST AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.

ROWS OF PALM OIL.

THEY HAVE DESTROYED
SO MUCH OF THIS FOREST,

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

FARWIZA FARHAN: WE'RE
STANDING IN THE LAST PLACE

ON EARTH THAT STILL
HAS ELEPHANT, RHINO,

ORANGUTAN AND TIGER
TOGETHER IN THE WILD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHAT A BEAUTY!

FARWIZA FARHAN: THE EXPANSION
OF PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN

INDONESIA HAS TAKEN OVER
ABOUT 80% OF OUR FORESTS.

INDONESIA IS ONE OF
THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES

IN THE WORLD.

COMPANIES BRIBE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A PERMIT

FOR THEM TO START
BURNING THE LAND.

THE FOREST FIRES RELEASE
A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF CARBON.

LAST YEAR IN 2015 WHEN
THE FOREST FIRE HAPPENS IN

INDONESIA IT EMITS MORE
CARBON DAILY THAN THE

ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY.

AND FOREST FIRES
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

WHAT'S AT STAKE IS NOT
ONLY THE LIVELIHOOD

OF THE PEOPLE...

BUT ALSO THE LIFE OF
THESE FOREST SPECIES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I CAN'T
EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT THESE

FORESTS MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE.

FORESTS WHERE RHINO AND
ELEPHANT AND ORANGUTAN WOULD

BE POPULATED INTO
THE THOUSANDS.

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

FOREST LOST BECAUSE
OF THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY
REFUGEES FROM FORESTS

THAT NO LONGER EXIST.

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

YEAH, STRONG!

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

THE CARROT OR THE FRUIT?

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

THERE YOU GO.

DO YOU LIKE CARROTS
OR, NOT SO MUCH?

OH, MY GOD, THESE
ARE AMAZING, AW.

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

"AW, THE POOR
THING," YOU KNOW,

THESE ARE THE LUCKY SURVIVORS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE

OTHER ORANGUTAN?

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

AND THE REASON PEOPLE ARE
CHOPPING DOWN THE FOREST TO

PLANT PALM OIL PLANTATIONS
IS BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP

BUYING THE STUFF.

PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE
THAT WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR

SUPERMARKET, THE DECISIONS
THEY MAKE IN THEIR DAILY

LIVES, ARE AFFECTING PLACES
LIKE THE LEUSER ECOSYSTEM.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IF PALM
OIL IS IN ALMOST EVERYTHING

WE BUY, HOW ARE CONSUMERS
SUPPOSED TO AVOID THIS?

IF THESE PRODUCTS HAVE
SUCH A DEVASTATING IMPACT,

WHY AREN'T GOVERNMENTS SETTING
RESTRICTIONS TO PREVENT THESE

BIG CORPORATIONS FROM
DESTROYING THE PLANET JUST

SO THEY CAN SAVE MONEY?

GIDON ESHEL: IF YOU WANT
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO

WITHOUT APPEALING TO
ANY HIGHER AUTHORITIES,

SUCH AS GOVERNMENT
OR WHATEVER,

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

THAN CHANGING YOUR DIET.

YOU CAN START TONIGHT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO
YOU'RE A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES

THE EFFECTS OF
AGRICULTURE ON CLIMATE,

BUT YOU GREW UP RAISING
CATTLE AND TAKING THEM

TO SLAUGHTER, RIGHT?

GIDON ESHEL:
I'M A SCIENTIST,

THAT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING.

SO, OF ALL THE REASONS
FOR TROPICAL DEFORESTATION,

THE FOREMOST IS BEEF.

AND BEEF IS ONE OF THE
MOST INEFFICIENT USES OF

RESOURCES ON THE PLANET.

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

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

GROW FEED FOR CATTLE.

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

NUTS, IT'S A PERCENT.

MOST IMPORTANTLY,
COWS PRODUCE METHANE,

AND METHANE IS A
POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS.

THE WAY COWS PRODUCE
METHANE IS THEY EAT AS MUCH

AS THEY CAN, AND
WHEN THEY ARE CHEWING,

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

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS
MUCH MORE CO2 IN IT.

BUT METHANE IS FAR
MORE IMPACTFUL.

EVERY MOLECULE OF
METHANE IS EQUIVALENT TO

23 MOLECULES OF CO2.

AND OF THE METHANE
IN THE ATMOSPHERE,

NEARLY ALL OF IT
IS DUE TO LIVESTOCK.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IN
COMPARISON TO EMISSIONS FROM

OTHER SOURCES, WHAT KIND
OF PERCENTAGE ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT COME FROM THE
CONSUMPTION OF BEEF?

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

IS DUE TO BEEF.

IT'S STAGGERING.

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

EVEN AS MINOR AS
SWITCHING, LET'S SAY,

FROM BEEF TO AN ALTERNATIVE.

LET'S SAY EVEN CHICKEN.

THE CHICKEN WILL
REQUIRE 20% OF THE LAND,

AND 10% OF THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

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

BEEF REQUIRES 50
TIMES AS MUCH LAND.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO
EVEN CUTTING THE AMOUNT OF

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

COULD MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

GIDON ESHEL:
IT, VERY SIGNIFICANT.

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

EVEN A POSSIBILITY
CONSIDERING THAT BEEF IS SO

A PART OF OUR CULTURE?

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

YOU KNOW, 24/7, I GET THAT.

BUT EVEN IF YOU
JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOME

FLESH BETWEEN YOUR TEETH,

IF YOU SWITCH TO CHICKEN,

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

DEPENDING ON WHERE
YOU ARE COMING FROM.

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

FROM ONE CHOICE TO ANOTHER.

[COW MOOS].

[INAUDIBLE CHATTER].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WHILE
WORKING ON "THE REVENANT,"

WHICH IS ABOUT MAN'S
STRUGGLE WITH THE ELEMENTS,

WE SHOT ON LOCATION IN
THE CANADIAN SNOW BELT.

THE IRONY WAS, WE WERE HIT
RECORD TEMPERATURES THAT

COMPLETELY MELTED OUR SET.

[REVENANT SET CHATTER]

IN ORDER TO FINISH
MAKING THE MOVIE,

WE HAD TO RELOCATE
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD

JUST TO FIND SNOW.

[INAUDIBLE CHATTER]

ALEJANDRO: THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE TO COME,

200 PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER,

TO THE WINTER IN
SOUTHERN USHUAIA,

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

THIS THREE MONTHS AGO,

CHASING ICE,
IS BECAUSE IT'S MELTING.

IT WAS A VERY,
VERY WARM WINTER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WE CAME
DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF

OUR CONTINENT BESIDES THE
SOUTH POLE, TO FILM THIS,

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

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

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

IT'S VERY SAD BUT
PROBABLY FOR YOUR KIDS,

TO SEE SNOW WILL BE A
SUPER ECCENTRIC ADVENTURE.

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

*

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

SURREAL MOVIE.

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

EVERYTHING THAT WE
NOW TAKE FOR GRANTED,

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

EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE
IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: EVERY
SINGLE LIGHT THAT YOU SEE HAS

TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

IT HAS TO COME FROM A
DIFFERENT POWER SOURCE.

WE NEED TO BUILD ALL
THOSE THINGS DIFFERENTLY,

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

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

LARGE MAP OF
PLANET EARTH AT NIGHT,

YOU SEE ELECTRIFICATION
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND WE'RE FIGHTING POWERFUL
FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS THAT

BASICALLY WANT TO KEEP
DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL.

HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY
TURN THIS ALL AROUND?

ELON MUSK: THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST

ELON MUSK: THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST

INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD.

THEY HAVE MORE MONEY
AND MORE INFLUENCE THAN

ANY OTHER SECTOR,

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

POPULAR UPRISING AGAINST
THAT, THE BETTER.

BUT I THINK THE SCIENTIFIC
FACT OF THE MATTER IS,

WE ARE UNAVOIDABLY
HEADED TOWARDS SOME

LEVEL OF, OF HARM.

SO, THE SOONER
WE CAN TAKE ACTION,

THE LESS HARM WILL RESULT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WOW, HOLY CRAP.

THAT'S A GOOD ROBOT.

WHOA!

WHAT IS YOUR GRAND
VISION FOR ALL OF THIS?

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

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: RIGHT.

ELON MUSK: BATTERIES
ARE CRITICAL TO THE

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE.

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

YOU'VE GOT TO STORE
IT IN A BATTERY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HOW IS THIS
GONNA HELP DEVELOPING NATIONS

THAT HAVE MASSIVE POPULATIONS
THAT NEED TO HAVE POWER?

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

YOU CAN AVOID BUILDING
ELECTRICITY PLANTS AT ALL.

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

THAT CHARGE A BATTERY PACK,
THAT THEN SUPPLIES POWER TO

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

THOUSANDS OF MILES OF HIGH
VOLTAGE CABLE OVER THE PLACE.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED
WITH LANDLINE PHONES VERSUS

CELLULAR PHONES, IN A LOT
OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THEY

JUST DIDN'T DO
THE LANDLINE PHONES,

THEY JUST WENT
STRAIGHT TO CELLULAR.

AND WE ACTUALLY DID THE
CALCULATIONS TODAY, LIKE,

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO
TRANSITION THE WHOLE WORLD TO,

UH, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

WHAT KIND OF THROUGHPUT
WOULD YOU ACTUALLY NEED?

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
100 OF THESE?

ELON MUSK: 100 OF THESE, YES.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT
WOULD MAKE THE UNITED STATES.

ELON MUSK:
NO, THE WHOLE WORLD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THE WHOLE WORLD?

ELON MUSK: THE WHOLE
WORLD, ALL ENERGY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S IT?

ELON MUSK: YEAH.

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

ELON MUSK: IT'S MANAGEABLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THAT SOUNDS MANAGEABLE.

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

WILL HAVE THE LARGEST
FOOTPRINT OF ANY BUILDING

IN THE WORLD.

COUNTING MULTIPLE LEVELS,
IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS

15 MILLION SQUARE FEET.

SO, TESLA CAN'T BUILD
100 GIGAFACTORIES.

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

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

IF THE BIG INDUSTRIAL
COMPANIES IN CHINA,

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

IF THEY ALSO DO THIS, THEN
COLLECTIVELY WE CAN ACCELERATE

THE TRANSITION TO
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

AND IF GOVERNMENT
SETS THE RULES TO FAVOR

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, WE
CAN GET THERE REALLY QUICKLY.

BUT IT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL.

UNLESS THERE'S A
PRICE PUT ON CARBON.

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

THE TRANSITION THAT
WE NEED TO IN TIME.

CORRECT?

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

BASICALLY WITH A CARBON TAX.

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

WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,

IS THE SILVER BULLET
FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.

GREG MANKIW: WELL THE
CARBON TAX WOULD BE BASICALLY

A TAX ON ANY KIND
OF ACTIVITY THAT PUT CARBON

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO WHEN YOU TAX SOMETHING,
YOU RAISE THE PRICE,

PEOPLE ARE GONNA TEND
TO CONSUME LESS OF IT.

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

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

AND YOU LITERALLY WROTE
THE BOOK ON CONTEMPORARY

ECONOMICS, RIGHT?

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

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR,

YOU'VE WORKED WITH A LOT
OF REPUBLICAN HEAVYWEIGHTS,

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

WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT.

GREG MANKIW: I WAS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL

OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS.

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

CARBON TAX ALREADY?

GREG MANKIW: POLITICIANS
DON'T ALWAYS DO WHAT PROFESSORS

WANT THEM TO DO.

[INAUDIBLE SINGING]

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

HAVE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS
ON OTHER PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.

SO WE'D RAISE THE PRICE OF
CIGARETTES BY PUTTING

A TAX ON CIGARETTES,

PEOPLE ARE GONNA
CONSUME FEWER CIGARETTES.

CLIMATE CHANGE INVOLVES
A VARIETY OF NEGATIVE

SIDE EFFECTS AND COSTS.

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

I THINK TRYING TO APPEAL TO
PEOPLE'S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IS REALLY VERY,
VERY HARD, BECAUSE PEOPLE

HAVE COMPLICATED LIVES
AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF THINGS

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

CLIMATE CHANGE EVERY TIME
THEY DO EVERY DECISION.

THEY CAN'T.

AND EVERY TIME
YOU TURN ON YOUR CAR,

ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO THINK,

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

WHAT THE CARBON TAX DOES
IS IT NUDGES THEM IN THE

DIRECTION OF DOING
THE RIGHT THING.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
SO LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT...

YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN,
WHO WANTS MORE TAXES?

GREG MANKIW: WELL, ONE
OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO

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

YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND CUT
OTHER TAXES IN RESPONSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, PAYROLL TAXES.

THIS IS A TAX SHIFT RATHER
THAN A TAX INCREASE.

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

TAX NOW, GIVEN THE CURRENT
POLITICAL SITUATION?

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

IN CLIMATE CHANGE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YES WE CAN!

GREG MANKIW:
DURING THE CAMPAIGN,

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

BECAUSE IT
WOULD POLL TERRIBLY.

IF WE WANNA CHANGE
THE PRESIDENT'S VIEW OF

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

OF CARBON TAXES.

THINK OF GAY MARRIAGE.

REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA
RAN AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE.

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

GREG MANKIW:
WHEN DID HE SWITCH?

WHEN THE POLLS
STARTED SWITCHING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I THINK
SAME-SEX COUPLES SHOULD BE

ABLE TO GET MARRIED.

GREG MANKIW: POLITICIANS,
WHETHER WE CALL THEM OUR

ELECTED LEADERS, ARE REALLY
OUR ELECTED FOLLOWERS.

THEY DO WHAT THE
PEOPLE WANT THEM TO DO.

WE NEED TO PREACH TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

ONCE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED,

THE POLITICIANS WILL
FALL IN LINE VERY QUICKLY.

REPORTER: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEARLY

200 OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
TRYING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT

TO KEEP GLOBAL WARMING IN CHECK.

JOHN KERRY: IN DECEMBER,

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

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

THE COLLECTIVE POLITICAL
WILL TO REACH AN AMBITIOUS,

COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT.

THIS IS A CRITICAL YEAR.

LEO, HOW YOU DOING, MAN?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

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

DID YOU SEE, IT WAS
ALL OVER THE THING?

IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: OH, REALLY?

OH, YES I REMEMBER THAT.

[LAUGHS].

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SECRETARY.

SO, AFTER DECADES OF
FAILED NEGOTIATIONS,

WHAT MAKES THIS NEGOTIATION
DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE REST?

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

JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS
THING CALLED GLOBAL WARMING.

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

ACCOMPLISHED AND COMMITTED
TO EXTENDING THE RECORD ON

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I MEAN,
WE HAD CLIMATE SUMMIT AFTER

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

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

AND IT REALLY IS DIFFERENT.

LAST YEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS
ABLE TO STAND UP IN BEIJING

WITH THE CHINESE
PRESIDENT SHI AND ANNOUNCE

INTENDED REDUCTIONS IN
EMISSIONS FOR PARIS.

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

AND THE TWO LARGEST
EMITTERS IN THE WORLD STAND UP

AND MAKE A
STATEMENT LIKE THAT,

THAT'S CREATED A MOMENTUM
THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

A LOT OF THINGS
ARE COMING TOGETHER.

TRAGICALLY, THE FULL
MEASURE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT

OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IS COMING TOGETHER TOO.

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THAT
YOU HAVE MASS POPULATIONS

THAT ARE MOVING
AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE.

REPORTER: CLIMATE REFUGEES
POURING INTO THE CAPITOL.

REPORTER 2:
TEMPERS ARE FRAYING.

JOHN KERRY: OR YOU HAVE
HUGE FIGHTS OVER WATER,

WHICH COULD ERUPT INTO WARS.

AND ANY EXTREMIST PHILOSOPHY
COULD APPEAL TO PEOPLE

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

AND THAT'S WHEN
PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

IF ANYBODY THINKS
I'M KIDDING ABOUT THAT,

IT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

AND THE GREATEST FEAR ABOUT
ALL OF THIS IS LEAVING THIS

PLANET IN BETTER SHAPE
THAN WE WERE GIVEN IT AND

THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE'RE DOING TODAY.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: TODAY
I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME

UNDERSTANDING HOW CAN WE
SECURE A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR

HUMANITY IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO HIT

THE CEILING OF WHAT
THE PLANET CAN COPE WITH.

AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
CHAIRING SOMETHING CALLED

THE EARTH LEAGUE, WHICH
IS A NETWORK OF LEADING EARTH

SYSTEM SCIENTISTS,
TRY AND GATHER REALLY ALL

THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE ON
UNDERSTANDING OUR FUTURE

ON, ON EARTH.

WE ARE ON AVERAGE MOVING
TOWARDS A FOUR DEGREES

WARMING THIS CENTURY.

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

UM, FOR THE PAST
FOUR MILLION YEARS.

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
SO GIVE ME ONE,

SORT OF PICTURE OF WHAT
THE WORLD MAY LOOK LIKE IF

WE DO NOT TAKE ACTION.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM:
TO BEGIN WITH,

FOR THE PAST 12,000 YEARS,

TEMPERATURES ARE ALMOST
MIRACULOUSLY STABLE.

IN FACT, AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
VARY WITHIN ONLY PLUS MINUS

ONE DEGREES CELSIUS
DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THIS PERFECT PLANET WITH

THIS PERFECT ATMOSPHERE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM:
YEAH, EXACTLY, AND SO,

LET US THEN MOVE
UPWARDS IN TEMPERATURE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW?

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: WELL,
TODAY WE'RE APPROACHING

ONE DEGREE CELSIUS.

ALREADY IT JUST, 0.85 DEGREES,

WE'RE SEEING FASTER
THAN PREDICTED IMPACTS.

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

60 MILLION AMERICANS
WILL FEEL ITS POWER.

MAN: WE'RE IN
A HISTORIC DROUGHT.

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

EVEN BEFORE TWO DEGREES.

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

TO 2 DEGREES, SO...

JOHAN ROCKSTROM:
ALREADY NOW, SO...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THAT'S
ALREADY PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: THAT'S
ALREADY PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN.

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

MANY REGIONS IN THE WORLD
NOT LIVABLE ANY LONGER.

AGRICULTURE WILL BE
COLLAPSING AROUND THE EQUATOR.

THAT WOULD TAKE
US BEYOND BEING ABLE TO

RESPONSIBLY FEED HUMANITY.

WHAT MAKES SCIENTISTS
SO NERVOUS IS THAT WE CAN

REACH A POINT WHERE
EARTH TAKES OVER AND

STARTS REINFORCING WARMING.

THIS IS WHAT WE
CALL TIPPING POINTS,

AND THE MOST OBVIOUS
ONE IS GREENLAND.

GREENLAND,
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

IS MELTING ON ITS ENTIRE
SURFACE TO A POINT WHERE,

INSTEAD OF
BEING A WHITE SURFACE,

BECOMES A DARK SURFACE,

AND SUDDENLY INSTEAD
OF BECOMING A COOLER,

BECOMES A SELF-HEATER.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: BECAUSE,
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE ICE

CAN NO LONGER REFLECT BACK.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: JUST
THE COLOR CHANGE...

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: JUST
THE COLOR CHANGE OF THE ICE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: YEAH, YEAH.

SUDDENLY, ALL THESE
FEEDBACKS START KICKING IN.

METHANE STUCK UNDER FROZEN
PERMAFROST THAWS TO A POINT

WHERE IT STARTS
GETTING RELEASED.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: AND
THAT IN TURN WARMS THE PLANET

EVEN MORE, WHICH
RELEASES MORE METHANE.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: CORRECT.

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

IMMEDIATE ACTION.

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

BUT THE PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT
THAT WE ARE SOON APPROACHING

IN DECEMBER, IF WORLD LEADERS
COME TOGETHER PROPERLY,

THE WINDOW IS OPEN,
BUT BARELY OPEN,

TO TRANSITION BACK
INTO A STABLE PLANET.

LAST TIME WE HAD
OUR CLIMATE SUMMIT,

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

CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS.

BUT NOW IN PARIS,
WE CAN SAY SO.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROOF.

YOU KNOW YOU WAKE UP IN
GERMANY SATURDAY MORNING,

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

AND WIND, AND NOT FROM
A FEW ENERGY UTILITIES,

BUT FROM OVER 2 MILLION
CITIZENS DELIVERING TO A GRID.

DENMARK TODAY PRODUCES
OVER 100%, SOME DAYS,

OF ITS ELECTRICITY
NEEDS FROM WIND.

100%, IT'S TOTALLY RENEWABLE.

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

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
FREE ENERGY FOREVER.

IN COUNTRIES LIKE
MY OWN, IN SWEDEN,

THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS
UPRISING AMONG PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, FROM YOUTH GROUPS
TO CITIZEN SIDE ORGANIZATIONS,

TO THE POINT THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER ANNOUNCED THREE WEEKS

BACK THAT SWEDEN WILL NOW
BECOME THE WORLD'S FIRST

FOSSIL FUEL-FREE NATION.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
CONGRATULATIONS.

JOHAN ROCKSTROM: I WAS
SHOCKED AT THE WAY THAT IT

PROPELLED ITSELF FROM BELOW.

I THINK WE HAVE
TIPPED THE WORLD TOWARD

A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

THE FEAR IS ARE WE
DOING IT TOO SLOWLY?

*

BAN KI-MOON:
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,

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

THE FATE OF OUR
PLANET IS IN YOUR HANDS.

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

FROM THE ISLAND OF MAJURO
IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

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

THE ICE IN THE NORTH
POLE AND THE SOUTH POLE WILL

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

SOON FLOOD OUR ISLANDS.

THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR
THOSE OF US WHOSE IDENTITY,

WHOSE CULTURE,
WHOSE ANCESTORS,

WHOSE WHOLE BEING IS
BOUND TO THEIR LANDS.

JOHN KERRY: THIS AGREEMENT
WILL HELP THE WORLD PREPARE

FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE,

AND ALSO, FOR THOSE
WE KNOW ARE NOW HEADED

OUR WAY INEVITABLY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: NEARLY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF

GLOBAL CLIMATE TALKS
HAVE COME TO THIS PIVOTAL

MOMENT IN PARIS.

195 COUNTRIES SAYING
THEY'LL DO EVERYTHING IN

THEIR POWER TO CHANGE.

[SPEAKING FRENCH].

MAN: THE PARIS CLIMATE
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.

[APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THERE'S
NO DOUBT THAT THIS AGREEMENT

IS A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD.

BUT DOES IT GO FAR ENOUGH?

REPORTER: THE PARIS AGREEMENT
CALLS FOR KEEPING CLIMATE

WARMING TO WELL BELOW
TWO DEGREES CELSIUS,

WHILE STRIVING FOR 1.5.

THERE'S NO MENTION
OF A CARBON TAX,

THERE'S NO MENTION
OF ANY PENALTIES.

THERE ARE NO
ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.

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

ALL THESE COUNTRIES ARE
GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH

WHAT THEY SAY.

HOW LIKELY IS THAT?

REPORTER: THIS IS AN
UNATTAINABLE DEAL THAT

CONGRESS HAS ALREADY
VOTED TO REJECT.

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

A 26-28% REDUCTION
IN CO2 EMISSIONS,

THAT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE
THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER

THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
HEY MAN, GOOD TO SEE YA.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
YOU DOING ALRIGHT?

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: ABSOLUTELY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
ALRIGHT, C'MON.

THE PARIS AGREEMENT ENDED UP
BEING A HISTORIC AGREEMENT,

NOT BECAUSE IT GETS US
TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE

EVENTUALLY, BUT
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

LOCKING IN ALL COUNTRIES
INTO VERIFIABLE STEPS AND

TARGETS THAT
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE.

IT CREATES THE ARCHITECTURE
THAT ALLOWS US TO FINALLY

START DEALING WITH THIS
PROBLEM IN A SERIOUS WAY.

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

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

ARCHITECTURE IN PLACE.

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

NEAR ENOUGH FOR WHAT THE
SCIENTISTS TELL US WE HAVE

TO DO EVENTUALLY TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

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

TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE
CARBON EMISSIONS,

AND THEN START SLOWLY
TURNING UP THE DIALS AS NEW

TECHNOLOGIES COME ON LINE,
SO THAT WE HAVE MORE AND

MORE AMBITIOUS TARGETS
EACH YEAR, THEN,

WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPLETELY
REVERSE THE WARMING THAT NOW

IS INEVITABLE, BUT
WE CAN STOP IT BEFORE

IT BECOMES CATASTROPHIC.

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

BEEN UNDER GREAT OPPOSITION

TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT
SOME OF YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE

INITIATIVES AND...

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS ON THE

OTHER SIDE, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO SOMEONE
THAT COMES INTO OFFICE

THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE,

DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY
AND THE POWER TO DISMANTLE

EVERYTHING THAT
YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
EVEN IF SOMEBODY CAME IN,

CAMPAIGNING ON
DENYING CLIMATE SCIENCE,

REALITY HAS A
WAY OF, YOU KNOW,

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

AND I THINK THAT THE
PUBLIC IS STARTING TO REALIZE

THE SCIENCE, IN PART
BECAUSE IT'S INDISPUTABLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
I, I ADMIRE YOUR OPTIMISM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YEAH.

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

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

AND SCIENTISTS SAYING THAT
THERE ARE SECTIONS OF ICE THAT

GUARANTEE FOUR TO SIX
METERS OF OCEAN LEVEL RISE,

WHICH WILL BE
CATASTROPHIC FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU ARE THE LEADER
OF THE FREE WORLD.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT.

WHAT MAKES YOU TERRIFIED
FOR THE FUTURE?

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

POPULATION LIVES NEAR OCEANS.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: IF THEY
START MOVING, THEN YOU START

SEEING, UM,
SCARCE RESOURCES.

THE SUBJECT OF COMPETITION
BETWEEN POPULATIONS.

THIS IS THE REASON WHY
THE PENTAGON HAS SAID,

THIS IS A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE.

THIS ISN'T JUST AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.

THIS IS A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION
TO JUST THE SADNESS THAT

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

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

THAT'S THE
ROMANTIC SIDE OF ME.

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

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

I WANT THEM TO SEE
THE SAME THINGS AS I SAW

AS I WAS GROWING UP.

EVEN IF YOU WERE
UNSENTIMENTAL ABOUT THAT,

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

NATIONAL SECURITY
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS,

AND THE CAPACITY FOR THE
EXISTING WORLD ORDER AS WE

UNDERSTAND IT TO SURVIVE
THE KINDS OF STRAINS THAT

THE SCIENTISTS ARE
PREDICTING WITHOUT ACTION.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE
TO TAKE ACTION NOW.

IF WE KEEP PUSHING KEEP
PRODDING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

KEEP EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
THERE'S NO REASON WHY,

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

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

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YOU BET.

THANKS FOR THE GOOD
WORK YOU'RE DOING.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT OBAMA:
ALRIGHT, GOOD?

PIERS SELLERS: I HAVE REALIZED
THAT AS A SCIENCE COMMUNITY

WE HAVE NOT DONE THE
BEST JOB, FRANKLY, OF

COMMUNICATING THIS
THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

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

HOW THIN THE
WORLD'S ATMOSPHERE IS,

TINY LITTLE ONION
SKIN AROUND THE EARTH.

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

EVERYTHING WE
BURN GOES INTO IT.

IT'S AN ASTONISHINGLY
FRAGILE FILM.

YOU KNOW, I KNEW
INTELLECTUALLY HOW THE EARTH'S

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

FOR 20 YEARS.

TO SEE HOW THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN,

ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THE
SYSTEM WORK TOGETHER.

SO I UNDERSTOOD
IT INTELLECTUALLY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: MM-HM.

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

UNDERSTAND WHAT AN ELEPHANT
LOOKS LIKE BY CRAWLING

ALL OVER THE ELEPHANT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE
UP THERE IN ORBIT,

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

I MEAN, LET ME TELL YOU.

IT'S KIND OF A REVELATION.

SEEING ALL THE
CITIES AT NIGHT,

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL
WORKING AWAY, DOING SOMETHING.

COME AROUND THE DAY
SIDE OF THE WORLD,

SEEING THE NATURAL SYSTEMS.

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

OVER THE OCEANS.

SAW THE AMAZON RIVER
GO BETWEEN MY FEET.

FOR LIKE FIVE
MINUTES, YOU KNOW,

I HAVE A WHOLE GREEN
CARPET EITHER SIDE.

JUST BEAUTIFUL, ALL
THE WAY OUT TO THE SEA.

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

THE WHOLE FOREST WAKING UP,

AND DOING WHAT IT
DOES EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW.

BREATHING IN
AND BREATHING OUT.

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

IMMENSELY FOND,
MORE FOND OF THE PLANET.

YOU KNOW?

WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT WHEN I ACTUALLY JUST

LIVE ON THE SURFACE.

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

IT'S LIKE BEING TAKEN
AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY

AND COMING BACK.

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

I, UH, JUST BEFORE
CHRISTMAS I GOT TOLD

I GOT PANCREATIC CANCER.

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

NOT JUST IN ONE PLACE.

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

AROUND FOR VERY LONG.

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

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

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

IN THE TIME I HAVE LEFT.

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

WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SATELLITES
THAT ARE DEDICATED TO LOOKING

AT THE EARTH, EVERY DAY.

ONE LOOKS AT CLOUDS,

ONE LOOKS AT THE SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURE,

"OCO" LOOKS AT CARBON
DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

ALL THIS INFORMATION COMES IN,

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

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

THIS IS OCEAN
SURFACE TEMPERATURE,

AS MEASURED FROM SPACE.

THIS IS THE WHOLE WORLD'S
SURFACE TEMPERATURE.

YOU CAN SEE THE
POLES MELTING, THERE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
IT'S AMAZING.

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

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

HERE'S THE GULF
STREAM, LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S LIKE A
MOTION OF THE OCEAN.

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

PIERS SELLERS:
IT IS, ISN'T IT?

BIGGEST IMPACT WOULD BE HERE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
IN THE GULF STREAM.

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

THE DUMPING OF ICE
OFF MELTING GREENLAND,

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

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

AND THEN EUROPE
WOULD GET COLD TOES.

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

ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC,

THAT KEEPS
EUROPE WARM, I MEAN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO
EUROPE WOULD GET COLDER?

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CAUSE
THAT'S THE BIG MISCONCEPTION

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,
IS THAT EVERYTHING GETS WARMER.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOW.

PIERS SELLERS: AND
HERE'S THE MOST ADVANCED

PRECIPITATION
SATELLITE IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT,
CAUSE WE THINK THE BIGGEST

IMPACT FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE IS THE MOVING OF

THE PRECIPITATION BELTS.

FROM THE EQUATOR
THEY'LL GO FURTHER OUT,

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO THAT
CAUSES MORE DROUGHT IN PLACES

THAT ARE ALREADY TOO HOT.

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

IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT
AND ELSEWHERE,

HOW THAT SUSTAINED DROUGHT
HAS HELPED FUEL THE CONFLICT

OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL
WAR, DARFUR, SUDAN,

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: IS THIS
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANET

OR IS IT JUST THIS
PARTICULAR REGION RIGHT HERE?

PIERS SELLERS: NOPE, WE
EXPECT THE WHOLE WORLD.

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

YOU KNOW, THE
DUST BOWL REGION,

WE EXPECT THAT TO GET MUCH,

MUCH DRIER OVER
THE NEXT FEW DECADES.

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

STATE OF CALIFORNIA HERE?

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

NOW [INAUDIBLE]
PREDICTED PERSISTENT DROUGHT

IN THE DUST BOWL,

AND HERE, FOR
FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW.

BUT WE'RE JUST SEEING
THE WORST DROUGHT IN

900 YEARS HERE RIGHT NOW.

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

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS HAPPENING OVER A PERIOD

OF A FEW DECADES.

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

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

CONFUSED ABOUT THE ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, THE FACTS
ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

THE ICE IS MELTING,
THE EARTH IS WARMING,

THE SEA LEVEL IS RISING.

THOSE ARE FACTS.

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

OKAY, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

LET'S BE REALISTIC.

LET'S FIND A WAY OUT OF IT.

AND THERE ARE WAYS OUT OF IT.

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

THE PLANET WOULD STILL KEEP
WARMING FOR A LITTLE WHILE

BEFORE COOLING OFF AGAIN.

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

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

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

THEN IT'LL START
COOLING AGAIN.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: WOULD
THAT ARCTIC ICE SHEET START

TO THEN INCREASE AGAIN?

PIERS SELLERS: ONCE THE
COOLING STARTED, YEAH.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: SO
THERE REALLY IS A POSSIBILITY

TO REPAIR THIS
TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE ON?

PIERS SELLERS: ABSOLUTELY.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
INTERESTING.

PIERS SELLERS: YEAH,
SO THERE'S HOPE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: YOU
SEEM TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLY

POSITIVE ATTITUDE, JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING THOUGH.

IT'S AMAZING.

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

AN OPTIMISTIC KIND OF PERSON.

I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE.

I, I REALLY DO HAVE
FAITH IN PEOPLE.

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

CONFUSION OR AN ISSUE,
OR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT AN ISSUE,

AND REALISTICALLY
APPRECIATE IT AT SOME LEVEL,

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

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

AND WHAT SEEMED LIKE ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH,

YOU KNOW, BECAME POSSIBLE.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I
STILL THINK A LOT ABOUT THAT

PICTURE THAT USED
TO HANG ABOVE MY CRIB.

THE STORY OF "THE GARDEN
OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS"

ACTUALLY BEGINS ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE PAINTING,

WHERE BOSCH PAINTED A
VIEW OF OUR EARTH ON THE

THIRD DAY OF CREATION.

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

PLANET BY DEPICTING THE
EARTH AND ITS ATMOSPHERE

ENCLOSED IN GLASS.

POPE FRANCIS:
THIS IS OUR HOME.

IT IS GOING TO RUIN AND
THAT HARMS EVERYONE.

REPORTER: POPE FRANCIS
HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED HIS

ENCYCLICAL ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE DOCUMENT IS BOTH A CALL
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STOP

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

LEONARDO DICAPRIO:
OUR COMMON HOME HAS FALLEN

INTO SERIOUS DISREPAIR.

HOPE WOULD HAVE US
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS

ALWAYS A WAY OUT.

THAT WE CAN ALWAYS
REDIRECT OUR STEPS,

THAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO
SOMETHING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.

STILL, WE CAN SEE SIGNS
THAT THINGS ARE NOW REACHING

A BREAKING POINT.

THIS IS A DIRECT
MESSAGE FROM THE POPE,

IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

[PRACTICING ITALIAN].

ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL LEADER'S

ON THE PLANET.

DRIVER: DICAPRIO.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: HE HAS NOW
CALLED UPON THE WORLD COMMUNITY

TO ACCEPT THE MODERN
SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

A POPE HAS NEVER DONE
ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN HISTORY.

[SPEAKING ITIALIAN].

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

PRETTY PROFOUND EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS A BOOK,
HIERONYMUS BOSCH'S.

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

THANK YOU.

THERE WAS DEFINITELY
AN URGENCY IN HIS VOICE.

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

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

BUT CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH.

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

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

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING,

HE SAID TO
PRAY FOR THE HUMAN RACE.

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

THAT WE'RE NO LONGER
LIVING IN THAT FIRST,

UNSPOILED DEPICTION OF EDEN.

WE'RE IN THAT SECOND PANEL.

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

AND WHAT HAUNTS ME THE
MOST IS THAT LAST PANEL.

THE ONE WITH THE
CHARRED, BLACKENED SKIES.

A PLANET THAT WE
COLLECTIVELY HAVE LEFT TO RUIN.

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

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

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

BUT REAL LIFE DOESN'T
WORK LIKE THAT,

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

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

HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES,
WHAT WE CONSUME,

HOW WE GET INVOLVED,

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

WE KNOW THE TRUTH
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

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

IS THE ACADEMY
AWARD BEST ACTOR,

AND THE UNITED NATIONS

MESSENGER OF PEACE,
MR. LEONARDO DICAPRIO.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE].

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: THANK
YOU MR. SECRETARY GENERAL FOR

THE HONOR TO ADDRESS
THIS BODY, AND THANKS TO THE

DISTINGUISHED CLIMATE
LEADERS ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY

WHO ARE READY TO TAKE ACTION.

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

ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR
THE LAST TWO YEARS,

I HAVE SEEN CITIES
LIKE BEIJING CHOKED

BY INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION,

ANCIENT BOREAL FORESTS IN
CANADA THAT HAVE BEEN CLEAR CUT,

AND RAINFORESTS IN INDONESIA
THAT HAVE BEEN INCINERATED.

IN INDIA I MET FARMERS
WHOSE CROPS HAVE BEEN

LITERALLY WASHED AWAY.

IN AMERICA I'VE WITNESSED
SEA LEVEL RISE FLOODING

THE STREETS OF MIAMI.

IN GREENLAND AND IN THE
ARCTIC I WAS ASTONISHED TO

SEE THAT ANCIENT GLACIERS
ARE RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING,

WELL AHEAD OF
SCIENTIFIC PREDICTIONS.

ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN AND
LEARNED ON MY JOURNEY HAS

ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED ME.

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

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THAT WE

HAD THE MEANS OF STOPPING
THIS DEVASTATION BUT SIMPLY

LACKED THE POLITICAL
WILL TO DO SO.

YES, WE HAVE ACHIEVED
THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

MORE COUNTRIES HAVE COME
TOGETHER HERE TO SIGN THIS

AGREEMENT TODAY THAN
FOR ANY OTHER CAUSE IN THE

HISTORY OF HUMANKIND,
AND THAT IS REASON FOR HOPE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THE EVIDENCE SHOWS US THAT IT

WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.

A MASSIVE CHANGE
IS REQUIRED RIGHT NOW.

ONE THAT LEADS TO A NEW
COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS.

A NEW COLLECTIVE EVOLUTION
OF THE HUMAN RACE,

INSPIRED AND ENABLED
BY A SENSE OF URGENCY

FROM ALL OF YOU.

WE CAN CONGRATULATE
EACH OTHER TODAY,

BUT IT WILL MEAN ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING IF YOU RETURN TO YOUR

COUNTRIES AND FAIL TO
PUSH BEYOND THE PROMISES OF

THIS HISTORIC AGREEMENT.

AFTER 21 YEARS OF
DEBATES AND CONFERENCES,

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

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

COMPANIES TO MANIPULATE
AND DICTATE THE SCIENCE AND

POLICIES THAT
AFFECT OUR FUTURE.

THE WORLD IS NOW WATCHING.

YOU'LL EITHER BE LAUDED
BY FUTURE GENERATIONS,

OR VILIFIED BY THEM.

YOU ARE THE LAST
BEST HOPE OF EARTH.

WE ASK YOU TO
PROTECT IT, OR WE,

AND ALL LIVING
THINGS WE CHERISH...

ARE HISTORY.

* MAN: WE WAIT,

* WE PRAY FOR THE RAIN.

* FOR THE RAIN.

* FOR THE RAIN.

* TO WASH AWAY.

* WE DRIVE,

* DENY TO BELIEVE.

* TO BELIEVE,

* WE CANT BELIVE
IN ANYTHING. *

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* DROPS

* FALLING FROM THE SKY.

* WE'LL ALL BE JUDGED

* BY WHAT WE
LEAVE BEHIND. *

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* HEY, TOO LATE,

* TO LOOK YOU
IN THE EYE. *

* IN YOUR EYES.

* IN YOUR EYES.

* REALIZE.

* WE FIND IN TIME,

* WE'RE THE SAME.

* WE'RE THE SAME,

* ALL TO BLAME.

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* STOP

* FALLING FROM THE SKY.

* WE'LL ALL BE
JUDGED BY WHAT WE *

* LEAVE BEHIND.

* I DON'T WANNA SAY

* GOODBYE.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.

* JUST NEED A
MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED A
MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED A
MINUTE TO BREATHE. *

* I JUST NEED...

* A MINUTE TO BREATHE. *