Leonardo DiCaprio's Before the Flood covers everything from carbon taxes to melting icecaps, but does its message hit home?

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Actor's climate change documentary jumps around in its effort to cover a huge amount of ground, but ultimately hammers home its intended sense of urgency

The threats presented by air pollution, sea level rise, coral bleaching and palm oil, the promise of renewable energy and carbon taxes, the block on climate action that is the US Senate, a string of conversations...

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