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In the documentary film Before the Flood, Leonardo DiCaprio travels the world to
observe consequences of global climate change. One of the key messages in the film is
that without extensive climate change mitigation, everyone will be affected in the times
to come, but poor people today will be affected first. DiCaprio therefore urges immediate action to reduce climate emissions. However, he does not point to structural causes
of climate change, nor does he seem to significantly reduce his own considerable climate footprint. Instead, he apparently continues an opulent lifestyle, alternating
between his many huge mansions, traveling with his own private jet and sometimes
relaxing on his yacht, the eleventh largest in the world.
Greta Thunberg, on the other hand, has become world famous for not only speaking
about climate change, but also acting accordingly. In 2018, as a 15-year-old high-school
student she initiated the school strikes for climate movement. Politicians have talked
about climate change for decades, but the young Swede effectively points out how they
behave as emperors without clothes. Refusing to board any aeroplane or eat meat, Greta
walks the talk when she goes to international meetings and speaks the truth to politicians about lack of sufficient reductions of climate gas emissions. In her speeches about
the urgent need for action she relies on the reports from the UN’s International Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC). (. Photo 6.1)
. Photo 6.1 After meeting with Greta Thunberg in 2019, Leonardo DiCaprio posted this picture
of the two on Instagram noting that he hoped ‘that Greta’s message is a wake- up call to world leaders
everywhere that the time for inaction is over.’ (Source: Instagram)
Climate Mitigation Choices: Reducing Deforestation ...
6
Trailer
In the documentary film Before the Flood, Leonardo DiCaprio travels the world to
observe consequences of global climate change. One of the key messages in the film is
that without extensive climate change mitigation, everyone will be affected in the times
to come, but poor people today will be affected first. DiCaprio therefore urges immediate action to reduce climate emissions. However, he does not point to structural causes
of climate change, nor does he seem to significantly reduce his own considerable climate footprint. Instead, he apparently continues an opulent lifestyle, alternating
between his many huge mansions, traveling with his own private jet and sometimes
relaxing on his yacht, the eleventh largest in the world.
Greta Thunberg, on the other hand, has become world famous for not only speaking
about climate change, but also acting accordingly. In 2018, as a 15-year-old high-school
student she initiated the school strikes for climate movement. Politicians have talked
about climate change for decades, but the young Swede effectively points out how they
behave as emperors without clothes. Refusing to board any aeroplane or eat meat, Greta
walks the talk when she goes to international meetings and speaks the truth to politicians about lack of sufficient reductions of climate gas emissions. In her speeches about
the urgent need for action she relies on the reports from the UN’s International Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC). (. Photo 6.1)
. Photo 6.1 After meeting with Greta Thunberg in 2019, Leonardo DiCaprio posted this picture
of the two on Instagram noting that he hoped ‘that Greta’s message is a wake- up call to world leaders
everywhere that the time for inaction is over.’ (Source: Instagram)
Climate Mitigation Choices: Reducing Deforestation ...