Mnuchin had earlier advised Thunberg, who has been bitterly critical of US policy during her stay at Davos, to study economics before giving out lessons. "It is essential to recognise that climate change is an existential threat to us all. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday also said in a keynote address that governments were obliged to act on the younger generation's concerns over climate change. Notably she had called for an immediate halt to investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction and an end to fossil fuel subsidies"We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now," she said. Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International, told AFP during the forum that governments were still failing to act on climate change.

Source: Punch January 23, 2020 18:33 UTC