ECO-WARRIOR OR HYPOCRITE?

As he jets around the world partying and preaching on global warming, is DiCaprio . . .

Being an A-list actor is an exhausting business — and Leonardo DiCaprio has a diary so full it would make a lesser playboy weep. There are parties and premieres around the world and engagements with everyone from Un Secretary general Ban Ki-moon to the Pope.

As the Mail reported yesterday, only last week he took a day trip from France, where he was at the Cannes Film Festival, to new York, where he received a ‘green’ award. And back again the following day. The round trip of 7,942 miles was reportedly completed by private jet — a notoriously environmentally unfriendly way to travel.

it is rather embarrassing for DiCaprio, 41, as he used his Oscar acceptance speech in February to demand action on climate change.

His charitable foundation recently pledged £10 million for various green projects. He sits on the boards of two eco pressure groups and has made his own environmental documentary — The 11th Hour, which sank like a stone at the box office. However, DiCaprio doesn’t always practise the carbon footprint aware lifestyle that he preaches. in the past five months alone, he has travelled at least 90,606 miles by plane in 18 separate trips. Where private jets are used, the carbon dioxide emitted goes up hugely — between seven and 20 times, depending on the plane.

it can be estimated that DiCaprio has potentially emitted up to 418.4 tons of C02 this year because of his globe- trotting. The average American emits 19 tons a year.

Leo has a bit of a private jet habit. in 2014, emails hacked from film studio Sony revealed the Titanic star took six private flights in just six weeks, which cost £138,000, though a friend insists most of his flights were commercial.

The actor’s publicist Ken Sunshine told me: ‘if you understood the time and effort Leonardo DiCaprio has devoted to his philanthropic and enviro efforts, you would be ashamed to print these half-truths and lies.’

So what is the truth about Leo and his travels?

WE USED the myclimate.org calculator. It presumes commercial flights are fully-loaded and we multiplied by an average factor of 12 to estimate the carbon footprint of all private jet flights. It’s unclear who shared any of the private flights, so our figures are calculated as if he was flying alone.