President Obama Urges Swift Action on Climate Change
The leader hosted Leonardo DiCaprio and top scientists at a special event at the White House, which included a screening of the Nat Geo documentary Before the Flood.
WASHINGTON, D.C.President Barack Obama warned Monday that climate change has accelerated so quickly during his administration that “we’re in a race against time” if the worst of the effects of climate change are to be contained before they become irreversible.
“Climate change is happening even faster than predictions would have told us five years ago or 10 years ago,” Obama told the crowd at the White House attending a daylong arts and innovation festival. “This is not something we can just mosey along about and put up with climate denial or obstructionist politics for very long if we want to leave for the next generation beautiful days like today.”
The president spoke at an hour-long panel discussion with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and atmospheric
