Before the Flood Page #10

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speaking out about this issue

as loud as we can, and that we

must immediately take action.

But more than anything, he said

to pray for the human race.

After everything I've seen,

it's become pretty obvious

that we're no longer

living in that first,

unspoiled depiction of Eden.

We're in that second panel.

What Bosch called, Human

Kind Before the Flood.

And what haunts me the

most is that last panel.

The one with the charred,

blackened skies.

A planet that we collectively

have left to ruin.

The question is, can we

change our course in time?

Now if this was a movie we could

write the ending of this script,

and we could figure a

way out of this mess.

But real life doesn't

work like that,

and we can't pretend that we

know how this is gonna end.

The only thing that we can do

is control what we do next,

how we live our lives, what we

consume, how we get involved,

and how we use our vote to

tell our leaders that we know

the truth about climate change.

The last speaker for

this signing ceremony is

the Academy Award Best Actor,

and the United Nations Messenger

of Peace, Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio.

Thank you Mr.

Secretary General for

the honor to address this body,

and thanks to the distinguished

climate leaders assembled

here today who are ready

to take action.

As a U.N. Messenger of Peace I

have traveled all over the world

for the last two years, I have

seen cities like Beijing choked

by industrial pollution, ancient

boreal forests in Canada

that have been clear cut, and

rainforests in Indonesia

that have been incinerated.

In India I met farmers whose

crops have been literally

washed away.

In America I've witnessed sea

level rise flooding the streets

of Miami.

In Greenland and in the Arctic

I was astonished to see

that ancient glaciers are

rapidly disappearing,

well ahead of

scientific predictions.

All that I have seen and learned

on my journey has absolutely

terrified me.

Now think about the shame that

each of us will carry when our

children and grandchildren look

back and realize that we had

the means of stopping this

devastation but simply lacked

the political will to do so.

Yes, we have achieved

the Paris Agreement.

More countries have come

together here to sign

this agreement today than for

any other cause in the history

of humankind, and that

is reason for hope.

But unfortunately the evidence

shows us that it will not

be enough.

A massive change is

required right now.

One that leads to a new

collective consciousness.

A new collective evolution

of the human race,

inspired and enabled by a sense

of urgency from all of you.

We can congratulate

each other today,

but it will mean absolutely

nothing if you return

to your countries and fail

to push beyond the promises

of this historic agreement.

After 21 years of

debates and conferences,

it is time to declare no

more talk, no more excuses,

no more ten-year studies, no

more allowing the fossil fuel

companies to manipulate and

dictate the science and policies

that affect our future.

The world is now watching.

You'll either be lauded

by future generations,

or vilified by them.

You are the last

best hope of Earth.

We ask you to protect it,

or we, and all living things

we cherish, are history.

We wait

We pray for the rain

For the rain

For a rain

To wash away

We try

Deny

To believe to believe

to believe

We can't believe

In anything

I don't want to say goodbye

I don't want to say goodbye

Stars falling from the sky

Stars falling from the sky

We will all be judged

By what we leave behind

I don't want to say goodbye

Hey

Too late

To look you in the eye

In your eyes

In your eyes

And realize

We find.

In time we're the same

We're the same

All to blame

I don't want to say goodbye

I don't want to say goodbye

Stars falling from the sky

Stars falling from the sky

We will all be judged

By what we leave behind

I don't want to say goodbye

no, no, no, no...

no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no

no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no

no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no

I just need a

minute to breathe

I just need a

minute to breathe

I just need a

minute to breathe

I just need...

...a minute to breathe

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