Editing Leonardo DiCaprio (section)

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| source = {{mdash}}DiCaprio during his acceptance speech at the [[88th Academy Awards]], 2016<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bier |first1=Molly |title=Watch Leonardo DiCaprio's 2016 Oscar Acceptance Speech for Best Actor |url=https://oscar.go.com/news/winners/watch-leonardo-dicaprios-acceptance-speech-for-best-actor-2016 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=October 11, 2019 |date=February 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011104308/https://oscar.go.com/news/winners/watch-leonardo-dicaprios-acceptance-speech-for-best-actor-2016 |archive-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref>
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An active celebrity in the [[Climate movement|climate change movement]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldenberg |first=Suzanne |date=February 29, 2016 |title=How Leonardo DiCaprio Became One of the World's Top Climate Change Champions |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/29/how-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-climate-change-campaigner |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425122607/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/29/how-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-climate-change-campaigner |archive-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref> DiCaprio believes [[global warming]] is the world's "number-one environmental challenge".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prince |first1=Rosa |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Named as United Nations Climate Change Envoy |work=The Daily Telegraph|url-access=subscription |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11100237/Leonardo-DiCaprio-named-as-United-Nations-climate-change-envoy.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213152306/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11100237/Leonardo-DiCaprio-named-as-United-Nations-climate-change-envoy.html |archive-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref> Eager to learn about ecology from an early age, he would watch documentaries on [[Deforestation|rainforest depletion]] and the [[Extinction|loss of species]] and habitats.<ref name="parade">{{cite magazine |last1=Wolf |first1=Jeanne |url-status=live|title=Leonardo DiCaprio: Fame Can Make You 'a Little Bit Nuts' |url=https://parade.com/40227/jeannewolf/0216-leonardo-dicaprio-shutter-island/ |access-date=October 12, 2019 |magazine=Parade |date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104201304/https://parade.com/40227/jeannewolf/0216-leonardo-dicaprio-shutter-island/ |archive-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> In 1998, he established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness.<ref name="foundation">{{cite web |url=http://leonardodicaprio.org/ |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation|publisher=Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411115413/http://leonardodicaprio.org/ |archive-date=April 11, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2019}}</ref> It supports organizations and campaigns committed to ensuring a viable future for planet Earth, and produced the short web documentaries ''Water Planet'' and ''Global Warning.''<ref name="wwf" /> The foundation has also funded [[debt-for-nature swap]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undp.org/content/sdfinance/en/home/solutions/debt-for-nature-swaps.html|title=Debt for Nature Swaps|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102123551/http://www.undp.org/content/sdfinance/en/home/solutions/debt-for-nature-swaps.html|archive-date=January 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2018, the foundation had funded more than 200 projects, providing $100 million in support.{{sfn|Erdős|2019|p=217}} He has been an active supporter of numerous environmental organizations and sat on the board of the [[World Wildlife Fund]] and [[International Fund for Animal Welfare]].<ref name="wwf">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/leonardo-dicaprio |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Founder, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128185416/http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/leonardo-dicaprio |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |publisher=[[World Wide Fund for Nature]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last1=Snead |first1=Elizabeth |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Named Global Ambassador for International Fund for Animal Welfare |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-animal-welfare-elephants-243691 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410051636/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-animal-welfare-elephants-243691 |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

DiCaprio has owned environment-friendly [[Hybrid electric vehicle|electric-hybrid vehicles]].<ref>{{cite news |last=D'Zurilla |first=Christie|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/leonardo-dicaprio-100000-dicaprio-car-fisker-karma-hybrid.html |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Gets the Keys to a $100,000 Car – a Hybrid |date=August 18, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 8, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131090030/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/leonardo-dicaprio-100000-dicaprio-car-fisker-karma-hybrid.html |archive-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> His use of [[private jet]]s and large [[yachts]] have been criticized as hypocritical due to their large [[carbon footprint]]s.<ref>{{cite news|first=Rachael|last=Revesz
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-flies-8-000-miles-in-private-jet-to-accept-green-award-a7042326.html|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Flies 8,000 Miles in Private Jet to Accept 'Green Award'|work=The Independent|date=May 22, 2016|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305154942/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-flies-8-000-miles-in-private-jet-to-accept-green-award-a7042326.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cody-battershill/leonardo-dicaprio-activism_b_9025188.html |title=DiCaprio's Hypocritical 'Activism' is His Best Performance Yet |date=January 20, 2016|first1=Cody |last1=Battershill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604213246/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cody-battershill/leonardo-dicaprio-activism_b_9025188.html |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |work=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> DiCaprio chaired the national [[Earth Day]] celebration in 2000 where he interviewed [[Bill Clinton]] and they discussed plans to deal with global warming and the environment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eilperin |first1=Juliet |title=It's Been 16 Years Since Leo Interviewed a President on Climate, and Situation is Now Much Worse |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/its-been-16-years-since-leo-interviewed-a-president-on-climate-and-situation-is-now-much-worse/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202213134/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/its-been-16-years-since-leo-interviewed-a-president-on-climate-and-situation-is-now-much-worse/ |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> He presented at the 2007 [[Live Earth concert, New York City|American leg]] of [[Live Earth]].<ref>{{cite news |title=London Live Earth Line-up Revealed |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/live-earth-40-1345164 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |work=NME |date=July 5, 2007 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918185328/https://www.nme.com/news/music/live-earth-40-1345164 |url-status=live}}</ref> DiCaprio donated $1&nbsp;million to the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] at Russia's Tiger Summit. DiCaprio's persistence in reaching the event after encountering two plane delays caused then Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]] to describe him as a "''muzhik''" or "real man".<ref>{{cite news |title=Summit Agrees Tiger Recovery Plan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11828922 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |work=BBC News |date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909185729/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11828922 |archive-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Hannamayj |title=Vladimir Putin: Leonardo DiCaprio is 'A Real Man' |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/25/vladimir-putin-leonardo-di-caprio-is-a-real-man/ |access-date=August 11, 2015 |magazine=Time |date=November 25, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104171112/http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/25/vladimir-putin-leonardo-di-caprio-is-a-real-man/ |archive-date=January 4, 2016}}</ref> In 2013, he organized a benefit fine art auction, "11th&nbsp;Hour", which raised nearly $38.8&nbsp;million for his foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title='The 11th Hour' Auction |url=https://www.christies.com/presscenter/pdf/2013/11th_hour.pdf |publisher=[[Christie's]] |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308082252/https://www.christies.com/presscenter/pdf/2013/11th_hour.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2014, United Nations Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] designated DiCaprio as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a focus on climate change.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://press.un.org/en/2014/note6421.doc.htm| title=Secretary-General Designates Leonardo DiCaprio as United Nations Messenger of Peace| work=United Nations| date=September 16, 2014| access-date=July 31, 2022
| archive-date=August 10, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810032119/https://press.un.org/en/2014/note6421.doc.htm| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/leonardo-dicaprio| title=United Nations Messengers of Peace: Leonardo DiCaprio| work=United Nations
| date=September 16, 2014| access-date=July 31, 2022| archive-date=July 31, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731215020/https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/leonardo-dicaprio|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, he made an opening statement to members of the [[2014 UN Climate Summit|UN Climate Summit]]; his speech reached an estimated one billion people worldwide.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyLSr_VCcg|title=Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the opening of Climate Summit 2014|work=United Nations|via=YouTube|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=July 31, 2022|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423152547/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyLSr_VCcg|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Erdős|2019|p=219}} In 2015, he announced his intention to [[Fossil fuel divestment|divest from fossil fuels]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-energy-divestment-idUSKCN0RM2PZ20150922 |title=Actor DiCaprio Joins Growing Movement to Divest from Fossil Fuels|last=Rowling|first=Megan |date=September 22, 2015|work=Reuters|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017170210/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-energy-divestment-idUSKCN0RM2PZ20150922|url-status=live}}</ref> He again spoke at the UN in April&nbsp;2016 prior to the signing of the [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Paris Climate Change Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Peltier|first=Elian |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Warns Mayors That Time to Act Is Limited |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/leonardo-dicaprio-michael-bloomberg-climate-mayors |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=December 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611181758/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/leonardo-dicaprio-michael-bloomberg-climate-mayors |archive-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Actor and Environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio Walks With Secretary Kerry Before he Addresses the Third Our Ocean Conference in Washington (29627440831).jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] and DiCaprio at the Our Ocean Conference in 2016|alt=A photograph of John Kerry (left) and Leonardo DiCaprio both dressed in suits and looking away from the camera]]
At a 2016 meeting with [[Pope Francis]], DiCaprio donated to charity and discussed environmental issues with him. A few days later, possibly influenced by this meeting, the Pope said he would act in a charity film.{{efn|The Pope appeared in the faith-based charity film ''Beyond the Sun'', whose profits were donated to charities in Argentina.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Julia|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/pope-francis-acting |title=Days After Meeting Leonardo DiCaprio, Pope Francis Signs on to First Acting Role |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412222224/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/pope-francis-acting |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 1, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}} DiCaprio traveled to Indonesia in early 2016 where he criticized the government's palm oil industry's [[slash-and-burn]] forest clearing methods.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leonardo DiCaprio May Be Blacklisted from Visiting Indonesia Over His Criticism of Palm Oil Plantations |date=April 2, 2016 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dicaprio-banned-indonesia-palm-oil-comments-article-1.2586265 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416041125/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dicaprio-banned-indonesia-palm-oil-comments-article-1.2586265 |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2016, his foundation donated $15.6&nbsp;million to help protect wildlife and the [[rights of Native Americans]], along with [[climate change mitigation|mitigating climate change]].<ref name=":4">{{cite news|last=Ungerman|first=Alex |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/193139_leonardo_dicaprio_foundation_commits_millions_to_the_environment/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Foundation Commits $15.6 Million to Fight Climate Change and Protect Wildlife |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714224011/http://www.etonline.com/news/193139_leonardo_dicaprio_foundation_commits_millions_to_the_environment/ |archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> That October, DiCaprio joined [[Mark Ruffalo]] in support of the Standing Rock tribe's opposition to the [[Dakota Access Pipeline]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chavez |first1=Danette |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Chance the Rapper, and More Celebrate Standing Rock Victory |url=https://www.avclub.com/leonardo-dicaprio-chance-the-rapper-and-more-celebrat-1798255165 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112160255/https://news.avclub.com/leonardo-dicaprio-chance-the-rapper-and-more-celebrat-1798255165 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April&nbsp;2017, DiCaprio protested against President [[Donald Trump]]'s inaction on climate change by attending the [[People's Climate March (2017)|People's Climate March]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Revesz |first=Rachael |date=April 30, 2017 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leonardo-dicaprio-al-gore-donald-trump-climate-change-rally-washington-dc-scott-pruitt-epa-paris-un-a7710151.html |title=People's Climate March: Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Stars Join Thousands in Rally Against Donald Trump |work=The Independent|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430134254/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leonardo-dicaprio-al-gore-donald-trump-climate-change-rally-washington-dc-scott-pruitt-epa-paris-un-a7710151.html |archive-date=April 30, 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref> In July, a charity auction and celebrity concert arranged by DiCaprio's foundation had raised over $30&nbsp;million in one night.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Mike |url=http://people.com/movies/madonna-delivers-surprise-performance-at-leonardo-dicaprios-charity-auction-30-million-raised-so-far/|title=Madonna Delivers Surprise Performance at Leonardo DiCaprio's Charity Auction: $30&nbsp;million Raised So Far|date=July 27, 2017|work=People|access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504055416/https://people.com/movies/madonna-delivers-surprise-performance-at-leonardo-dicaprios-charity-auction-30-million-raised-so-far/|archive-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> The DiCaprio foundation donated $100&nbsp;million in December&nbsp;2018 to fight climate change.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=DiCaprio's Foundation Donates $100M to Fight Climate Change |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/hollywood/hollywood-stars-foundation-donates-dh367m-to-fight-climate-change |access-date=November 13, 2019 |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113173836/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/hollywood/hollywood-stars-foundation-donates-dh367m-to-fight-climate-change|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]}}</ref> In May&nbsp;2021, DiCaprio pledged $43{{nbsp}}million to enact conservation operations across the [[Galápagos Islands]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Storer, Rhi|date=May 18, 2021|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $43m to Restore the Galápagos Islands|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/leonardo-dicaprio-pledges-43m-to-restore-the-galapagos-islands|access-date=May 18, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518070751/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/leonardo-dicaprio-pledges-43m-to-restore-the-galapagos-islands|url-status=live}}</ref>