Here’s how climate activist Greta Thunberg responded to Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin, after he suggested she study economics in college before lecturing the U.S. on fossil fuel investments.
before lecturing the U.S. on fossil fuel investments.
"So either you tell us how to achieve this mitigation or explain to future generations and those already affected by the climate emergency why we should abandon our climate commitments," she added.earlier in the day. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020.That's because Thunberg, alongside 20 other young climate activists, had called on the world's decision-makers and business leaders to stop all investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction.
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