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Leonardo DiCaprio Makes Climate Change Speech UN Gala: No More Excuses
2016-04-25 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inqusitr: During the United Nations gala celebrating the signing of the climate change treaty, Leonardo DiCaprio took it upon himself to speak a few more words addressing the dire need for action against climate threats. "Adding Hollywood stardust to the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on counteracting global warming, the Oscar-winning actor, who has previously spoken at the UN on climate change, gave an impassioned five-minute address first quoting Abraham Lincoln and then giving real examples...
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Leonardo DiCaprio addresses world leaders on climate change: 'The world is watching'
2016-04-23 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Leonardo DiCaprio has told leaders "the world is watching" as they sign an historic agreement to combat climate change. The actor, who used his Oscar acceptance speech in February to highlight the seriousness of climate change, addressed world leaders at the UN headquarters in New York before they signed the Paris Agreement, a treaty which requires them to cut carbon emissions. "Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong," DiCaprio said. "After...
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Fred Krupp: Five ways can deliver on promise of Paris climate talks
2016-04-22 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last December, world leaders convened in Paris in an extraordinary effort to find a global solution for reducing destructive carbon emissions the indisputable driver of climate change and to prevent our planet from a destructive 2C increase in global temperatures. Today, leaders gather again this time at the United Nations in New York to sign the landmark agreement. Two degrees may not sound like a major threat, or even a difficult goal. But limiting average temperature increase could...
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Environmental art is on the rise with little help from Leonardo DiCaprio
2016-03-26 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The image looks like a scene from a science fiction movie about an alien landscape on another planet: a 28-by-24-foot LED wall depicting an impressive, circular array of giant mirrors surrounding a tower lit at the top. But this is very much an earthly construct. Its an artwork reflecting the emergence of renewable energy, : a digital simulation of a solar power plant producing electricity in the Nevada desert. The artwork, called Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada) 2014, was created by Irish artist...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Says China Can Be 'Climate Change Hero'
2016-03-20 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Leonardo DiCaprio praised China's work to combat climate change on a trip to Beijing on Sunday, and said he believes the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases could be "the hero of the environmental movement." The actor and environmentalist, who called for action to combat climate change during his Oscar acceptance speech last month, praised China's shift toward renewable forms of energy to lower carbon emissions. "As we all know, the United States and China are the two biggest contributors,...
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