The president, however, felt a bit more optimistic about the future. Even though he gave the world an “incomplete” grade on its response to global warming so far, he added that “the good news is, we can still pass the test.”
VIDEO: Leonardo DiCaprio at The White House
“Sportsmen and hunters might not agree with traditional environmentalists on gun rights, but they could find common ground wanting to preserve the environment because of their love for the outdoors,” the president suggested. “I mean, they might not want to get mauled by a grizzly bear,” he said, referring to an infamous scene in The Revenant. “That looked, ah, a little severe.”
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Watch President Obama and DiCaprio’s SXSL discussion in the video above and catch Before the Flood in theaters in New York and L.A. starting Oct. 21, or on the National Geographic Channel starting Oct. 30.