--- title: Leo DiCaprio Criticizes Trump for Leaving Paris Accord description: DiCaprio, an avid environmental advocate, decried Trump's choice to withdraw from the Paris Agreements on climate. canonical: https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T15:07:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:08.846Z og:title: Leo DiCaprio Called Out Trump for His "Careless Decision" og:description: DiCaprio is not here for Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreements og:url: https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342e846777d04ad4/6988cbe18e0601896b46a3a8/leo-dicaprio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "The Great Gatsby" World Premiere - Outside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leo DiCaprio Called Out Trump for His "Careless Decision" twitter:description: DiCaprio is not here for Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreements twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342e846777d04ad4/6988cbe18e0601896b46a3a8/leo-dicaprio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Leonardo DiCaprio Slams Withdrawal From the Paris Accord. 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(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio attends the "The Great Gatsby" world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on May 1, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Jemal Countess—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 2, 2017 3:07 PM UTC Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscar-winning actor and [environmental crusader](http://time.com/4777107/leonardo-dicaprio-on-porpoise/), is not here for President Trump’s position on climate change. The action will remove the U.S. from the international measure fighting global warming. Trump announced his plans to withdraw from the deal Thursday, arguing it would forward his job creation campaign promise. In an Instagram post shared on Thursday night soon after news broke that Trump would be withdrawing the U.S. from the [Paris Climate Agreement](http://www.thedrive.com/opinion/11066/president-trump-dumps-paris-climate-agreement), DiCaprio put the full force of his star power behind his beliefs. “Today, the future livability of our planet was threatened by President Trump’s careless decision,” he wrote on his strongly worded opinion of the executive choice, featuring an image of the White House. “Our future on this planet is now more at risk than ever before.” He also called Trump’s decision “deeply discouraging,” and urged his followers to support a number of organizations that are committed to fighting climate change and combating the Trump agenda, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Indivisible Guide, a Trump resistance manual. This is not the first time DiCaprio has spoken out in favor of environmental protection; his entire social media feeds, in fact, are dedicated to highlighting environmental issues, and he even held up signs in [April’s People’s Climate Movement March](http://time.com/4761810/leo-dicaprio-climate-march/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/"},"headline":"Leonardo DiCaprio Slams Withdrawal From the Paris Accord. 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