He’s a star UN local weather change ambassador who has referred to as the difficulty ‘probably the most pressing risk dealing with our total species’.
However whereas he urges followers to take motion, Leonardo DiCaprio has been spending time on one of many world’s greatest, and most environmentally unfriendly, superyachts.
The 315ft, £110 million Vava II – which even contains a helipad on the uppermost of its six decks – produces as a lot carbon by crusing simply seven miles as a median automobile belches out in a yr.
Whereas he urges followers to take motion, Leonardo DiCaprio has been spending time on one of many world’s greatest, and most environmentally unfriendly, superyachts
DiCaprio, who has simply burnished his eco credentials by starring in Netflix’s hit local weather disaster satire Don’t Look Up – could also be stunned to study it prices £250,000 simply to fill its gas tanks.
The 47-year-old has been holidaying close to the Caribbean island of St Barts – a playground for the world’s billionaires – with actress girlfriend Camila Morrone, 24, since New 12 months’s Eve.
The couple have been staying with buddies on the superyacht, which additionally boasts a fitness center, swimming pool, ‘seaside membership’ and cinema. The Vava II – the largest yacht to be manufactured in Britain – is owned by the Swiss pharmaceutical billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, 46.
The 315ft, £110 million Vava II – which even contains a helipad on the uppermost of its six decks – produces as a lot carbon by crusing simply seven miles as a median automobile belches out in a yr
The Titanic star and his girlfriend of 5 years partied with a number of celeb friends at a Unicef gala on New 12 months’s Eve whose visitor listing boasted Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, boxer Mike Tyson and British singer Dua Lipa.
Because the festivities, DiCaprio and Morrone – stepdaughter of actor Al Pacino – have been seen on the seashores of St Barts in the course of the day and taking a small launch to rejoin Vava II within the evenings.
In line with the producer, the yacht can accommodate 22 friends and 30 crew and has a spread of 5,700 miles when its tanks are absolutely laden with 115,000 gallons of diesel.
Estimates present the Vava II produces 238kg of carbon dioxide per mile – virtually as a lot as the common British automobile emits in two months. However ship monitoring web sites reveal the Vava II has been principally stationary within the Caribbean Sea just lately, travelling not more than a mile a day.
One environmentalist final evening got here to DiCaprio’s defence. Sarah Clayton, who campaigns towards airport expansions in Britain, mentioned: ‘I do know celebrities lead these loopy lives, however Don’t Look Up has completed a lot to make folks conscious of local weather change.’
DiCaprio is alleged to have funnelled £75 million of his £200 million fortune into a world conservation challenge to guard endangered species and land from builders.