Leonardo DiCaprio has always been very vocal about the travesties related to climate change. Even in his maiden Oscar winning speech for the Best Actor for the film ‘The Revenant’ he mentioned the dangers of climate change.
He is in China to promote his movie ‘The Revenant’.
“As we all know, the United States and China are the two biggest contributors, and I think that China has made radical movements forward as far as alternative energy and ways to be sustainable,” DiCaprio said at a press conference in Beijing.
“I really think that China can be the hero of the environmental movement, they can be the hero of the climate change movement,” he said.
There are reports that point that China itself causes 10% of the global warming that has occurred since pre-industrialization. China is the biggest user and producer of Coal.
Leonardo DiCaprio said that he is impressed by the China’s shift to renewable energy to cut down on carbon emissions which in turn making them a leading investor in solar and wind power.
“They have an opportunity to change the world and I have all the confidence in the world that that is their intention,” he said.
Originally published in NYDailyNews
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