'The world is now watching': DiCaprio tells leaders

April 22, 2016 23:38

Hollywood actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio urged world leaders signing the Paris climate deal today to deliver on their

commitments to cut greenhouse gases, telling them: "The world is now watching."

"You will either be lauded by future generations or vilified by them," said DiCaprio at the UN ceremony where 171 nations lined up to sign the landmark accord.

"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."

"Now is the time for bold, unprecedented action."

The actor, who this year won his first Oscar for his portrayal of a frontiersman in "The Revenant," spoke in his role as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's "messenger of peace with a special focus on climate change."

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