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Leonardo DiCaprio tells summit climate change 'is fact'

Leonardo DiCaprio has said climate change "is fact" as he addressed the UN Climate Summit in New York.

Over 2,000 protests have taken place around the world, including in London.

"As an actor I pretend for a living - I play fictitious characters with fictitious problems. I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way, as if it were a fiction," DiCaprio told the audience.

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Leaders under pressure over climate change promises

Protesters took to the streets of New York again this evening, as world leaders prepare to fly in for a summit on climate change.

Organisers say this meeting - and next year's in Paris - will be different and insist promises made will be kept. ITV News' Science Correspondent Alok Jha reports:

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