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Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the opening of Climate Summit 2014_ by [Jodi Gugliemi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jodi Gugliemi / People Contributor Jan 20, 2016 2:39 AM UTC  U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a speech after he was awarded during the 22nd Annual Crystal Awards at the opening of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 19, 2016. U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a speech after he was awarded during the 22nd Annual Crystal Awards at the opening of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 19, 2016. Fabrice Coffrini—AFP/Getty Images by [Jodi Gugliemi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jodi Gugliemi / People Contributor Jan 20, 2016 2:39 AM UTC [Leonardo DiCaprio](http://www.people.com/people/leonardo%5Fdicaprio) wants the world to say goodbye to fossil fuels. While being honored for his philanthropic work at the World Economic Forum in Davos the _Revenant_ actor and [devoted environmentalist](http://www.people.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-foundation-donates-15-million-environmental-groups), 41, praised the recent progress that’s been made in the fight against climate change, but stressed the work that still needs be done. “Last month in Paris, world leaders reached an historic agreement that provides a concrete framework to reduce carbon emissions,” he said. “This was an important first step, but we are a long way off from claiming victory in this fight for our future – for the survival of our planet.” DiCaprio pointed to the elimination of fossil fuels as the next big step to be taken, urging business leaders to leave behind “corporate greed” in the oil industry and instead focus on the betterment of the planet. “We simply cannot afford to allow the corporate greed of the coal, oil and gas industries to determine the future of humanity. Those entities with a financial interest in preserving this destructive system have denied, and even covered-up the evidence of our changing climate,” he said. “Enough is enough. You know better. The world knows better. History will place the blame for this devastation squarely at their feet.” He continued: “Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong. Twenty years ago, we described this problem as an addiction. Today, we possess the means to end this reliance.” Speaking on DiCaprio’s dedication to the cause, a friend of the actor’s tells PEOPLE, “This is something close to his heart. He truly cares about this.” In his latest philanthropic effort, DiCaprio’s [namesake charity](http://leonardodicaprio.com), the Leonardo DiCaprio foundation, announced another $15 million to environmental projects. He also announced new partnerships with different environmental groups that focus on conservation and sustainability around the world. And while the new partnerships move the fight against climate change in the right direction, he said the battle is far from over. “The challenge before us requires each and every one of us to take action. We owe this to ourselves, but more importantly to the future generations who are counting on us.” [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-davos-fossil-fuel-elimination) ## Transcript Please welcome, newly appointed United Nations Messenger of Peace Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio. [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you Mr. Secretary General. Your excellencies ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests, I am honoured to be here today, I stand before you not as an expert but as a concerned citizen, one of the 400, 000 people who marched in the streets of New York on Sunday, and the billions of others around the world who want to solve our climate crisis. As an actor I pretend for a living. I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way. As if it were a fiction. As if pretending that climate change wasn't real would somehow make it go away. But I think we all know better than that now. Every week we're seeing new and undeniable climate events, evidence that accelerated climate change is here right now. Droughts are intensifying, our oceans are acidifying with methane plumes rising up from the ocean floor. We are seeing extreme weather events. And the West Antarctic and the Greenland ice sheets melting at unprecedented rates decades ahead of scientific projections. None of this is rhetoric and none of it is hysteria. It is fact. The scientific community knows it, industry knows it, governments know it, even the United States military knows it. The Chief of the U. S. Navy's Pacific command, Admiral Samuel Locklear recently said that climate change is our single greatest security threat. My friends, this body, perhaps more than any other gathering in human history, now faces this difficult but achievable task. You can make history or you will be vilified by it. To be clear this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car. This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and our governments around the world. Taking decisive large scale action, now must be our moment for action. We need to put a price tag on carbon emissions, and eliminate government subsidies for all oil, coal, and gas companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of the free market economy. They do not deserve our tax dollars. They deserve our scrutiny for the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse. The good news is that renewable energy is not only achievable but good economic policy. This is not a partisan debate. It is a human one. Clean air and a livable climate. Our inalienable human rights and solving this crisis is not a question about politics. It is question of our own survival. 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. But now it is your turn. The time to answer humankind's greatest challenge is now. We beg of you to face it with courage and honesty. Thank you. 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