President Obama will meet with actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an upcoming White House-sponsored arts festival to discuss the dangers posed by climate change.
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— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 25, 2016
The two will meet at South by South Lawn (a play on the media and music festival South by Southwest) on Oct. 3 to talk about “the importance of protecting the one planet we’ve got for future generations,” according to the White House website.
Joining them will be climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. The festival also will include the U.S. premiere screening of “Before the Flood,” DiCaprio’s National Geographic documentary about his time raising climate change awareness around the globe as a U.N. ambassador of peace. Many scientists blame greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels for driving manmade climate change.
DiCaprio has made combating climate change his pet project, which he made abundantly clear last year when he dedicated his Oscar acceptance speech to the issue.
South by South Lawn also will feature appearances from the young cast of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and folk group the Lumineers, among others.
