Actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio appeared Saturday at the MSNBC-broadcast Global Citizens Festival, where he inveighed against President Trump, and critics of the youth climate activist movement.
The “Titanic” star said leaders like President Trump are “gambling away” our future.
“Our leaders, those whom we entrust to protect us and set the example, are either failing to stop these dangerous trends or, in some cases, denying the very science of this climate catastrophe," DiCaprio said in an obvious dig at Trump.
DiCaprio said that unless the entire world goes “carbon neutral,” all life on planet Earth will die.
"And make no mistake, our scientific communities has already spoken: The facts are clear. Unless you live in an alternate reality, there’s no more time for denial,” DiCaprio said. “A carbon-neutral future is the only way we will inherit a planet capable of sustaining life on Earth as we know it."
The actor also had words for critics of Greta Thunberg’s “Climate Strike” movement.
"While our leaders continue to deny the science, I can tell you one thing for certain — the youth is not,” DiCaprio said. "Last Friday young people led the world in strike. Millions of brave individuals did more than simply walk out of their schools and places of employment, they took a stand. They set an example of true leadership that we so desperately need right now.”
“Yet surprisingly,” he said, ”some have reacted to this movement with insulting Tweets and negative talking points. Individuals that seem to care more about profit and their own self-interests than about your future.“
But this “Climate Strike” movement, DiCaprio said, “ is more important and crucial than at any time in human history.”