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Donald Trump has decried climate
prophets of doom in a speech at the
World Economic Forum in Davos where
sustainability is the main theme he
called for a rejection of predictions of
the apocalypse and said America would
defend its economy mr. Trump did not
directly name the teenage climate
activists Greta Thunderbird who was in
the audience
later she excoriated political leaders
saying the world in case you hadn't
noticed is currently on fire
environmental destruction is at the top
of the agenda at the annual summit of
the world's decision-makers which takes
place at a Swiss ski resort in his
keynote speech mr. Trump said that it
was a time for optimism not pessimism in
a speech that touted his
administration's economic achievements
in America's energy boom speaking of
climate activists he said these
alarmists always demand the same thing
absolute power to dominate transform and
control every aspect of our lives they
were he said the heirs of yesterday's
foolish fortune tellers he was speaking
hours before his impeachment trial gets
underway in the US Senate
soon after he spoke miss ton Berg the
17-year old Swedish climate activist who
has led a global movement of school
strikes calling for urgent environmental
action opened a session on averting a
climate apocalypse I've been warned that
telling people to panic about the
climate crisis is a very dangerous thing
to do she said without naming mr. Trump
or any other leader but trust me it's
fine she excoriated politicians and
business leaders for what she said were
continuous empty words and promises you
say we won't let you down don't be so
pessimistic and then silence
although the world's nations through the
Paris climate deal have committed to
keeping temperatures well below 2.0 C
3.6 F above pre-industrial times and
endeavored to keep the rise to 1.5 seat
scientists say we are well off that
target last year the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change said the earth
was heading
instead for three see and that rapid
far-reaching and unprecedented changes
in all aspects of society would be
needed to keep to the preferred target
of 1.5 C the renowned naturalist and
broadcaster David Attenborough recently
told the BBC that the moment of crisis
has come in efforts to tackle climate
change referencing the bush fires that
have ravaged parts of southeastern
Australia economist Joseph Stiglitz a
Nobel laureate criticized mr. Trump's
speech according to Reuters news agency
he said it was astounding and made as if
what we are seeing with our eyes are not
there the u.s. is withdrawing from the
Paris climate agreement which mr. Trump
has called a bad deal the pullout will
take effect the day after the 2020 US
presidential election assuming that mr.
Trump is reelected
