Davos 2020: Greta demands climate action but Trump blasts pessimists - as it happened
by Graeme Wearden in Davos and Julia Kollewe from on (#4Y6P8)
The first day of the World Economic Forum has been dominated by Donald Trump's special address, and climate activist Greta Thunberg
- Afternoon summary
- Thunberg: tackle climate change for your children's sake
- Trump boasts of his success at Davos...
- ....and backs 1 trillion trees push
- Young activists demand action at Davos
- Thunberg: Listen to the science
- The agenda
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All this talk of dinner is making us hungry. So we're off into Davos, where the cars are queued bumper to bumper and the global elite are tucking into canapi(C)s and fizz.
Here's our news story about the big news of the day - the clash between Trump and Thunberg. Goodnight!
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