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Leonardo DiCaprio makes appearance at Cop26

Leonardo DiCaprio during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)
Leonardo DiCaprio during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)

Leonardo DiCaprio has made an appearance at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

The Hollywood star, 46, was pictured at the conference surrounded by an entourage and wearing a blue suit featuring a colourful lapel pin.

He has worked on a number of documentaries about animal poaching and the environment, and was appointed a United Nations representative on climate change in 2014.

Kew Science, the research arm of Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, said he had passed through its Carbon Garden space, where scientists will be highlighting the role plants can play in providing solutions to climate change across Cop26.

A spokeswoman said the actor would have seen “the wonderful display of plants and messages about nature-based solutions to climate change that the Kew’s display has on show”.

Leonardo DiCaprio attends the Kew stand (Heather McLeod, RBG Kew/PA)
Leonardo DiCaprio attends the Kew stand (Heather McLeod, RBG Kew/PA)

DiCaprio, who describes himself as an actor and environmentalist on Instagram updated his biography ahead of the event to include the hashtag #COP26

He also added a link to the United Nations website page on climate change.

Leonardo DiCaprio has worked on a number of documentaries about the environment (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)
Leonardo DiCaprio has worked on a number of documentaries about the environment (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)

In 2016, he was an executive producer on The Ivory Game, which examined the ivory trade.

Oscar-winning director Fisher Stevens also filmed DiCaprio as he travelled around the world to see the effects of global warming for the 2016 feature Before The Flood.

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