Award-winning scientific expert warns against global warming

World-renowned climatologist Leonardo DiCaprio has kindly decided to illuminate us all on the dangers of not signing the Kyoto accord.

(Did I mention that his award was not a Nobel Prize, but instead a Golden Globe?)

An excerpt:

From film stars to senators, from Seattle to the East Coast, campaigners say American public opinion on climate change is turning sharply against the Bush administration and its refusal to impose binding targets to reduce greenhouse gases.

And, as delegates at the United Nations conference in Montreal negotiate the future of the Kyoto protocol this week, campaigners have received a timely boost from the actor Leonardo DiCaprio who has announced he is to make a documentary about environmental issues.

Mr DiCaprio, a keen environmentalist who drives a hybrid car, has started production of the documentary, called 11th Hour, about efforts to stop global warming. The actor is not present in Montreal, but in a statement he said: "Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity."