President Donald Trump tore into environmental 'prophets of doom' at the Davos forum overnight, rejecting fiery warnings from teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg.
Instead, he touted the US economy, which he said was enjoying an"unprecedented" boom thanks to his policies. That was a message he then continued at a dinner meeting with CEOs including Europe's richest person Bernard Arnault of luxury firm LVMH and the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.Dismissing scientifically-backed warnings that global warming is wrecking the planet, Mr Trump said"we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse.
"I'm glad to declare the United States is in the midst of a great economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen before," he said. Speaking calmly and with a wry smile, Ms Thunberg acknowledged that her campaign, which began with school strikes, had attracted huge attention without yet achieving concrete change.READ MOREAnd despite the focus given by the Davos forum, Greenpeace said in a new report that some of the world's biggest banks, insurers and pension funds have collectively invested $1.4 trillion in fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate deal in 2016.
"But let's be clear - a big part of this is because we failed for a very long time and governments continue to fail," he added.
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