Emma Thompson has a message for Tony Abbott.

Legend of all legends, actress Emma Thompson has a message for our Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

The 55-year-old British actress is standing on the deck of the Greenpeace Esperanza in the Arctic, where she went to see the effects of climate change for herself. She’s there with her 14-year-old daughter Gaia and another actress.

Because if anything can shame politicians into action on climate change, it’s a celebrity with a personalised sign.

Thompson released the following statement, to elaborate on the message she wrote in blue text, addressing leaders of countries who will not act on climate change. She wrote to Russian president Vladimir Putin as well as our PM, so Tony Abbott is in dubious company here.

“We’re told that it is all our fault, global warming — we want the fuel, we want our cars, and that the oil industry is merely responding to the needs of a greedy public. But that’s simply not fair. Most of us want to live cleaner lives, but our governments don’t make these things easily available.

“The changes we need, that the Arctic needs, must come from the top as well as the bottom. We need electric cars to be cheaper and more accessible. We want safer bike lanes in every big city. We want plastic bags to be banned for good. We need governments to stand up to the dirty industries that have for so long funded and controlled them, and to give us all an affordable chance to live our lives in a more sustainable way.”

EMMA THOMPSON FOR WORLD PRESIDENT.