Leonardo DiCaprio, UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change, at the opening of the Climate Summit 2014.

On September 23, 2014 Leonardo DiCaprio addressed one of the largest gatherings of government, business and civil society leaders in history, at the United Nations Climate Summit. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Leonardo to serve as a United Nations Messenger of Peace for Climate, calling the actor a “new voice for climate advocacy.”

The Sunday, both both Ban Ki-moon and Leonardo participated in the 400,000-strong People’s Climate March through the streets of New York City, drawing renewed public attention to the escalating climate crisis.

The speech garnered a record-breaking 1.6 million views on the United Nations channel and was echoed in over 45,000 news articles across the globe. Below is the full text of the speech

Speech by Leonardo DiCaprio
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