Leonardo DiCaprio, speaks on behalf of the earth to the UN to encourage countries to sign the Paris Agreement, because climate change is a world issue.
Leonardo DiCaprio asks the UN to ask themselves which side of history they will be on, the side that saved the planet or the side that did nothing to save it.
Last night, Leonardo DiCaprio, an ambassador of peace, spoke to the UN at the climate summit. In his speech he told the UN that he has been traveling the world looking at various places that have been affected by climate change. He said he has been to Beijing where the city is choked by industrial pollution, and India where floods are taking farmers’ crops, to name a few. DiCaprio said, “Climate change is happening faster than even the most pessimistic of scientists warned us decades ago.”
As a citizen of this planet he is thankful that there is now a foundation of a solution to stop climate change, such as the Paris Agreement. He insisted that the excuses need to go away, to start acting now, he said, “no more ten year studies. No more fossil fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies that affect our future.” He mentioned that he does not want to see shame in the children of the future, because people in this generation did noting to prevent this catastrophic event that is damaging the earth.
He said, ” It is upon you to do what great leaders have always done; to lead, inspire, and empower as president Lincoln did in his time.”
The second graf/lead is the better of the two, Diego. It can be print and BC:
Leonardo DiCaprio asked the UN which side of history they will be on: the side that saves the planet, or the side that does nothing to save it.
You probably wouldn’t want to use the last quote because without mention of Lincoln in the article, a mention of Lincoln in the conclusion is going to be confusing.
Oranization is OK, but paragraphs.