Leonardo DiCaprio made a secretive visit to Trump Tower to meet with the President-elect and his daughter Ivanka to discuss how green jobs can boost the economy

Leonardo DiCaprio made a secretive visit to Trump Tower to meet with the President-elect and his daughter Ivanka to discuss how green jobs can boost the economy.

The Oscar-winning actor went to New York for the meeting along with Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo Di Caprio Foundation.

However, he was not pictured entering the lobby of Trump Tower and the meeting was only confirmed after it had taken place.

The 42-year-old has been a strong advocate of fighting climate change and preserving wildlife while his recent documentary 'Before the Flood' addresses the peril that he claims the world faces due to global warming.

In a statement today, Tamminen confirmed the meeting yesterday and said he and DiCaprio gave a presentation on how to focusing on renewable, clean energy could create millions of jobs.

He said: 'We presented the President-elect and his advisers with a framework - which LDF developed in consultation with leading voices in the fields of economics and environmentalism - that details how to unleash a major economic revival across the United States that is centered on investments in sustainable infrastructure.

'Our conversation focused on how to create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation.'

The meeting is believed to have lasted for about 90 minutes and DiCaprio gave Trump a copy of his documentary.

A source says the President-elect then promised the actor he would watch the program.

And Tamminen, who was secretary of California's Environmental Protection Agency under former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, said Trump was receptive and suggested they meet again next month.

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DiCaprio gave a presentation to Trump, pictured, and his daughter Ivanka on how to focusing on renewable, clean energy could create millions of jobs

He added: 'We look forward to continuing the conversation with the incoming administration as we work to stop the dangerous march of climate change, while putting millions of people to work at the same time.'

The meeting came as a surprise as Trump has previously dismissed climate change as an 'expensive hoax' and has threatened to scrap the Paris accord on reducing greenhouse gases.

However, he has recently promised that he would keep a more 'open mind' on the issue.

The meeting has also raised eyebrows because DiCaprio did not endorse Trump during the election campaign and was instead a supporter of his rival Hillary Clinton.

At the Hollywood Film Awards the night before the election, he urged people to vote for Clinton and not Trump.

He told the audience that night: 'Let's all use our power as citizens and do the right thing. Please vote... vote for people who believe in the science of climate change.'

DiCaprio's meeting at Trump Tower also comes just a day after fellow climate change campaigner Al Gore met with the President-elect.

DiCaprio's meeting at Trump Tower comes just a day after fellow climate change campaigner Al Gore also met with the President-elect

Gore, among the most outspoken and wealthiest climate warriors, was scheduled to meet with Ivanka, pictured, but ended up spending more time with her father

Gore, among the most outspoken and wealthiest climate warriors, was scheduled to meet with Ivanka but ended up spending more time with her father.

He told a pool reporter in the Trump Tower lobby that he 'had a lengthy and very productive session with the President-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground.'

He did not say what the subject was - and he is also a board member of Apple.

Gore last surfaced during a mid-October campaign rally for Hillary Clinton, calling her 'one of the world's foremost leaders on climate change.'

He warned that America was headed for an environmental 'catastrophe' if Trump were elected.