Morrison responds to Greta Thunberg by warning children against 'needless' climate anxiety

Australian PM says debate replete with disinformation and he wants to give children confidence they will have 'an economy to live in'

Scott Morrison has responded to an impassioned speech by the Swedish teenage climate activistGreta Thunberg at the United Nations by declaring the climate change debate is subjecting Australian children to "needless anxiety".

The Australian prime minister, who will address environmental themes in his address to the UN general assembly on Wednesday, including ocean management, plastics, waste management and illegal fishing, was asked for his response to Thunberg's excoriation of world leaders at this week's climate action summit, when she accused the political class of failing the younger generations.