Trump blasts 'prophets of doom' in attack on climate activism
Comment came as Greta Thunberg demanded immediate action in Davos
Donald Trump told the world's business leaders to stop listening to "prophets of doom" as he used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum to attack the teenage activist Greta Thunberg over her climate crisis warnings.
The US president hailed America's growth record and compared campaigners against global heating with those who feared a population explosion in the 1960s and mass starvation in the 1970s.
Davos is a Swiss ski resort now more famous for hosting the annual four-day conference for the World Economic Forum. For participants it is a festival of networking. Getting an invitation is a sign you have made it - and the elaborate system of badges reveals your place in the Davos hierarchy. The meeting is sponsored by a huge number of international banks and corporations.
The halt of all investment in fossil fuel exploration and extraction by companies, banks, institutions and governments.
An immediate end to all fossil fuel subsidies.
An immediate exit from fossil fuel investments.
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