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Date of Publication: September 23, 2014
Year of Publication: 2014
Publication City: New York, NY
Publisher: The Daily Conversation
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s opening remarks at the 2014 United Nation’s Climate Summit in New York City.
“We only get one planet. Humankind must become accountable on a massive scale for the wanton destruction of our collective home. Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.
This is the most urgent of times, and the most urgent of messages.
Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.
But you do not. The people made their voices heard on Sunday around the world and the momentum will not stop. And now it’s YOUR turn, the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet… is now.
I beg you to face it with courage. And honesty. Thank you.”
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