Leonardo DiCaprio is a co-headliner of South by South Lawn: A White House Festivals of Ideas, Art and Action, where he will address climate change and screen his documentary, Before the Flood. DiCaprio has been a longtime climate change activist and has spoken openly about his views. Find out who the other headliners for the event are here.
Sunday The White House announced via Twitter that Leonardo DiCaprio will meet with President Obama to discuss global climate change on October 3.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist, will join the conversation.
This discussion about “the importance of protecting the one planet we have for future generations,” will be part of the inaugural South by South Lawn: The White House Festival of Ideas, Art and Action.
After the talks there will be a showing of DiCaprio’s climate documentary, Before the Flood.
DiCaprio has long been a global climate change activist.
This film, directed by Fisher Stevens, chronicles DiCaprio’s international campaign to raise awareness of the risks of climate change as a UN Peace Ambassador.
In his Academy Award acceptance speech, he focused on this issue.
“Climate change is real. It’s happening right now. This is the most pressing threat facing our entire species, and we need to work together as a collective and stop procrastinating,” said DiCaprio. “We need to support leaders around the world who don’t speak for the big polluters or big corporations, but who speak for all of humanity, for the world’s indigenous people, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who will be most affected by this, for the children us, and for the people out there whose voices have been drowned out by politics. greed.”
In addition to the DiCaprio documentary, the cast Stranger ThingsThe Lumineers, Dap Kings and more will appear.
