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Youth activists have staged a coordinated ‘global climate strike’ to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.

Greta Thunberg and Al Gore, two of the world's leading voices in the fight against climate change, reacted Tuesday to the record-setting heat wave and wildfires gripping Europe.

Climate activists in Germany and across Europe are escalating their tactics in a bid to prompt more government action on climate change.

Paul McCartney has wowed fans at the Glastonbury Festival with a 2½-hour concert that included Beatles hits and big-name guest stars.

Thousands of people are attending the event which has returned for the first time in three years.

Latinos are leading the way in U.S. activism around climate change from grassroots organizing to global advocacy, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands and the experience of effects on their communities.

The World Economic Forum is encouraging European attendees to come to its exclusive gathering in the Swiss Alps by train.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.

Climate activists have staged a 10th series of worldwide protests to demand that leaders take stronger action against global warming.

As the 2020s progress, corporations around the world are attempting to burnish their sustainability credentials by announcing net-zero goals.

"The EU surely is in a climate emergency mode," environmental activist Greta Thunberg tweeted sarcastically this week.

Europe's sky is filling up with near-empty flights that even airlines admit serve no purpose except securing valuable time slots at some of the world's biggest airports.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed the Biden administration on climate policy in an interview with the Washington Post Monday, saying that it's "strange" to consider Biden a leader in the arena "when you see what his administration is doing."What she's saying: "The U.S. is actually expanding fossil fuel infrastructure," Thunberg said. "Why is the U.S. doing that?" Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free"It should not fall on us ac

The Swedish activist discusses being catapulted to the world stage, and how Asperger’s has helped her stay so focused.

Christmas may be over, but a feast of movies and television shows arrive next week.

A line from a speech given from the U.S. Senate floor before rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6 tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2021.

Friday's draft proposals called on countries to accelerate "the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels."

Friday's draft proposals called on countries to accelerate "the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels."

Young activists are right to doubt the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has dropped in on U.N. climate talks to urge young climate activists to stay in the fight.

About 10,000 people have joined a march through Glasgow, saying promises made at COP26 just aren't enough.

Environmental movements have shifted public awareness about climate change. How many more people will need to join them for their demands to be met?

Climate protests were also held across Europe, including in London, Paris, Dublin, Copenhagen, Zurich and Istanbul.

Tens of thousands of climate activists are marching through Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit.

Friday was the day the U.N. conference said it was dedicating to youth. But the schedule didn't reflect that, at times.

Demonstrators from around the world want leaders to do more to ditch fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday lambasted the COP26 climate summit for turning into a public relations exercise.

Young people both inside and outside the U.N. climate talks are telling world leaders that concrete measures to avoid catastrophic warming can’t wait.

Young activists are coming of age when the effects of the climate crisis are already being felt — foreshadowing a perilous future. They want the United Nations COP26 summit to reduce global warming.

Environmentalists say the pledge is too little too late, and "the climate and the natural world can't afford this deal."

World leaders are promising to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit.

Environmentalists say the pledge is too little too late, and "the climate and the natural world can't afford this deal."

Conspiracy theory-endorsing Boebert's response to Thunberg's "no more blah blah blah" comments outside COP26 backfired.

The climate activist has questioned the UK's figure on its carbon emissions reduction.

The U.N. climate summit, known as COP26 this year, brings officials from almost 200 countries to Glasgow to haggle over the best measures to combat global warming.

Protesters took to the streets of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Environmental campaigners have staged protests on several continents to press their demands for more government action to curb global warming ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg danced and sang in front of an audience to the 1980s song "Never Gonna Give You Up," which in recent years is best known for "Rickrolls," during a climate concert.

The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters - but any action must be constructive.

Ministers meeting in Milan hear calls for sweeping carbon cuts ahead of the COP26 climate summit.

The annual Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Oct. 8, shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace.

Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who protested peacefully inside their Milan conference before Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s speech.

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said youth delegates at a gathering in Italy’s financial capital are struggling to get their voices through in an event that she and others complain has been heavily orchestrated.

Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing to meet funding pledges to fight climate change and for delivering too much “blah blah blah’’ as climate change wreaks havoc around the world.

Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing to meet funding pledges to help poor nations adapt to a warming Earth and for delivering too much “blah blah blah’’ as climate change wreaks havoc.

Tens of thousands of environmental activists have rallied outside Germany’s parliament two days before the country holds a national election and demanded that politicians take stronger action to curb climate change.

At the United Nations this week, the pandemic-era rules of engagement for General Assembly week are strict for kings, presidents and other “excellencies.”.

For the first time in Germany, climate change is perhaps the most dominant issue in an election campaign, especially for young voters.

Youth activists are hoping to turn up the heat on governments with the first large-scale international protest against climate change in six months.

By splitting the right-wing vote, Bernier and his People’s Party of Canada could play a big role as spoilers in the Sept. 20 federal election.

The auto industry has raced ahead on an electric wave with more manufacturers joining the race seemingly every day.

Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a “code red for humanity,” with global warming threatening to choke the planet, individuals are seeking to play their part.

How Greta Thunberg became the target of a barrage of disinformation and conspiracies.

A sweeping United Nations-sponsored review of climate science published Monday projected that the world will cross a crucial temperature threshold as early as 2030 — up to a decade sooner than previously thought.Why it matters: Warming is affecting every area of the globe, the report notes, and extreme weather events are becoming more common and severe contributing to a more volatile world.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeWhat th

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A U.N.-appointed panel of experts says that Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past the most ambitious threshold set in the Paris accord.

The Swedish teenager started a climate change protest that grew into a global movement.

A viral video that appears to show Greta Thunberg discounting the climate crisis is doctored. The full video shows she said the opposite.

The announcement by an arm of School Strike 4 Climate comes at a time of increased scrutiny on how ethnic minorities are treated within environmentalist groups.

The 18-year-old climate activist described being "fat-shamed" by the China Daily as a "pretty weird experience."

The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration.

The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration.

Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg says it seems that those in power “have given up” on the 2015 landmark Paris climate deal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

The mayors of a dozen major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York City and San Diego, are asking President Joe Biden to consult them as the administration studies how to identify and resettle people displaced by drought, rising seas and other effects of climate change.

Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreement with his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the international community to “step up their game” to fight vaccine inequity.

The summit is set to be held in the Scottish city of Glasgow between Nov. 1 and 12, 2021.

A life-sized statue of Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg is pictured after the statue's unveiling outside the West Downs Centre on the campus of the University of Winchester in Winchester, Hampshire on March 31, 2021. LONDON — A statue of the climate activist Greta Thunberg that has been installed at a British university has provoked anger from students who labeled it a waste of money. Students at the University of Winchester, in the south of England, expressed their dismay at the cost of the statue, which was almost £24,000 ($33,000), with some calling it a "vanity project." But the university's students' union said ahead of the unveiling of the statue on Tuesday that while it admired "Greta for her drive and determination … we cannot condone the statue unveiling." However, it said that the last year dominated by the coronavirus crisis had prompted staff redundancies, library cuts and the limitation of provisions.

Students protested the detention of 22-year-old Indian climate activist Disha Ravi on Tuesday after she was arrested over the weekend for allegedly helping create a digital "toolkit" to help people around the world support India's protesting farmers. On Monday, both Ravi's lawyer and Thunberg declined to comment on Ravi's arrest, according to the Reuters news agency. Police also took out arrest warrants against two other activists, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk, for allegedly collaborating, alongside Ravi, with separatist groups to create the "toolkit" document. On Monday, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the detention of the 22-year-old an "unprecedented attack on democracy," and said that supporting farmers was not a crime. They want to choke off the support farmers enjoyed for some time so that the protests are reduced to small group," she said.

Members of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans demanding the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The 22 years old activist was arrested Saturday for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW DELHI – Scores of people demonstrated in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Mumbai on Monday after a climate activist was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers. “The call was to wage economic, social, cultural and regional war against India,” police tweeted on Sunday. The protests attracted international attention earlier this month when pop star Rihanna, Thunberg and Meena Harris tweeted their support.

A vendor reaches out for a copy of The Caravan, Indias leading investigating magazine, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. At the heart of the allegations is the magazine’s coverage of the ongoing farmers’ protests that have gripped India for more than two months. Critics say it has used the massive demonstrations to escalate a crackdown on free speech, detaining journalists and freezing Twitter accounts. Hundreds of Indian Twitter accounts, including those of news websites, activists and a farmers’ union, were suspended on Monday. But similarly, Twitter’s reaction of suspending accounts has also “set a terrible precedent” for free speech and press, said Jose.

New Delhi — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said Thursday that "hate" and "threats" wouldn't stop her speaking out in support of thousands of Indian farmers locked in a standoff with their government. "I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. The investigation may encompass a number of social media posts, including some shared by Thunberg, in support of the farmers' months-long protest. The right to peaceful protest must always be respected.

Celebrities back Indian farmers' months-long protest Thousands of farmers have been locked in a standoff with India's government for months, but now they've gained backing from the likes of Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, and Kamala Harris' niece. Imtiaz Tyab has that story, plus the latest on the coup in Myanmar and Canada labelling the Proud Boys a terrorist group, in today's World View.

Celebrities back Indian farmers' months-long protest Thousands of farmers have been locked in a standoff with India's government for months, but now they've gained backing from the likes of Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, and Kamala Harris' niece. Imtiaz Tyab has that story, plus the latest on the coup in Myanmar and Canada labelling the Proud Boys a terrorist group, in today's World View.

A person reads tweets by Indian celebrities, one of the many backing the Indian government, on his mobile in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. It took just one tweet from pop star Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, after she tweeted about the farmer protests that have gripped India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)NEW DELHI – It took just one tweet from Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. The pop star linked a news article in a tweet drawing attention to the massive farmer protests that have gripped India for more than two months. AdTharoor in a tweet said Indian government getting “Indian celebrities to react to Western ones is embarrassing."

Singer Rihanna and environmental activist Greta Thunberg have used their huge followings on social media to shine a spotlight on the farmers' protest. Rihanna shared a news article on the Indian government blocking internet services at three farmer protest sites on Delhi's borders and asked, "why aren't we talking about this?! "We stand in solidarity with the farmer protests in India," Thunberg wrote on her Twitter account. Security officers, in the foreground, push back people shouting slogans during a demonstration held in support to farmers who have been on a months-long protest, in New Delhi, India, February 3, 2021. "Incitement to genocide is not freedom of speech; It is a threat to law and order," the government has insisted in its warnings to the social media company to comply.

Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this years nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no shortage of causes or candidates for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider for what arguably remains the world’s most prestigious prize. Here's a look at the Nobel nomination process:WHO CAN NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? The U.N. World Food Program won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize and other Nobel awards are presented to the winners on Dec. 10, the anniversary of founder Alfred Nobel’s death.

Francisco Vera, 11, who is well-known in Colombia for his environmental campaigns and defense of children's rights, gives an interview in Villeta, Colombia, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The 11-year old activist who received a death threat over Twitter, says that he will continue to lead campaigns and urged other young people to use social media to support causes they believe in. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)VILLETA – A social media death threat aimed at an 11-year-old environmental activist has roused outrage in Colombia, a nation where attacks on social leaders are common and threats are taken seriously. Colombian officials said they are investigating the death threat against Francisco Vera and President Ivan Duque recently promised in a television appearance that his government would find “the bandits” behind the Twitter message. She said a town official suggested shutting down her son’s social media account, but she prefers to let him decide whether to stop campaigning.

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg appears on a postal stamp in her native Sweden that is part of a series focusing on the environment, as seen through a magnifying glass, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. One of the stamps features teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg in her trademark yellow raincoat with her braid blowing in the wind and standing a top a hill. (AP Photo/David Keyton)STOCKHOLM – Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment. Thunberg, who just turned 18, rose to prominence for weekly solo protests outside Sweden’s parliament in Stockholm that she started on Aug. 20, 2018. Appearing on a stamp “means that a person is doing something extraordinary,” said Kristina Olofsdotter, managing director for stamps at the postal company.

Five years after a historic climate deal in Paris, world leaders are again meeting to increase their efforts to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term. With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and projected temperature rises now smaller than they once were, scientists and diplomats say the outlook for mid-to-late century is not as gloomy as it was when the historic 2015 Paris climate accord was signed. On Saturday, exactly five years after the Paris climate agreement was struck, world leaders will gather virtually to both celebrate progress and chart the next steps. More than 100 countries — and even more companies, states and cities — have pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century.

LONE TREE, Colo. – A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioid addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine's first-ever “Kid of the Year." Rao told The Associated Press in a Zoom interview from her home Friday that the prize is "nothing that I could have ever imagined. Rao has partnered with rural schools; museums; science, technology, engineering and mathematics organizations; and other institutions to run innovation workshops for thousands of other students. Science and technology are being employed as never before to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, global warming and a host of other issues, she noted. “Anybody can do science.”Time was planning a Kid of the Year broadcast special at 7:30 p.m. EST (5:30 p.m. MST) on Nickelodeon.

THE HAGUE – A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating cyberbullying in his country, and he vowed to keep fighting online abuse until it is eradicated. The award is accompanied by a fund of 100,000 euros ($118,225), which is invested by the KidsRights Foundation in projects that are closely linked to the winner’s work. After Yousafzai won the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2013, she went on to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a year later for campaigning for girls to have a universal right to education even after she survived being shot by Taliban militants. Addressing Friday's award ceremony via a video link, Yousafzai praised Rahman's work for contributing to internet safety. “Cyberbullying is a violation of that right.”

This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta." (Hulu via AP)NEW YORK – In the first days of Greta Thunberg’s solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. I think: Oh, I was so young and naive back then — which is quite funny,” says Thunberg, recalling her first days of protest in an interview. “I don’t really like the title of the film, ‘I Am Greta.’ It makes it seem like I take myself very seriously,” says Thunberg. Asked how she felt watching news clips of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin deriding her in the film, Thunberg laughs.

This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta" the story of Thunberg, the teenage Swedish schoolgirl who is leading the global school strike for action on climate change. The film premieres Friday on Hulu. (Hulu via AP)

This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta" the story of Thunberg, the teenage Swedish schoolgirl who is leading the global school strike for action on climate change. (Hulu via AP)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES— When Greta Thunberg began protesting outside Swedish Parliament two years ago, it only took days for director Nathan Grossman to start trailing her in her mission to prod government leaders on the climate crisis. “I Am Greta,” which premieres Friday on Hulu, documents the enormous movement fueled by Thunberg’s one-person school strike, and a few very surreal years for the Swedish teenager. — After releasing two chart-topping albums in 2017, superstar country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton is back with a new collection of songs coming out Friday.

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, Bjorn Ulvaeus poses for photographers in a recreation of the Polar recording studio in London. ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus talks exclusively to AP on UNICEF's International Day of the Girl Child about the challenges girls face and promoting girl's empowerment. “I’ve been surrounded by women, strong women for a long time,” Ulvaeus said, speaking about the need to empower female voices ahead of Sunday’s International Day of the Girl Child. With few exceptions their powers rest on cultures, religions and ideologies that suppress women.”Ulvaeus said he was inspired to write about the need to support International Day of the Girl Child. In 2011, the United Nations declared Oct. 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to promote girls’ rights and address the challenges girls face around the world.

Villagers collect food aid dropped from a plane in gunny bags from a plane onto a drop zone at a village in Ayod county, South Sudan, where World Food Programme (WFP) have just carried out an food drop of grain and supplementary aid on February 6, 2020. LONDON — The United Nations World Food Program has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the WFP had "demonstrated an impressive ability to intensify its efforts." Indeed, the WFP itself had stated: "Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos." In a tweet, the WFP offered its "deepest thanks" for the award, saying that this was a "powerful reminder to the world that peace and #ZeroHunger go hand-in-hand."

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015 file photo, a child carries a parcel from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Mwenezi, Zimbabwe. The WFP has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made Friday Oct. 9, 2020 in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. “The World Food Program works at the intersection of those two problems (and) it's going to face an increasing workload in the coming years." Some, however, noted that the World Food Program’s top donors are also major food exporters and often involved in the sale of arms to conflict zones where the agency works, from Afghanistan to Yemen.

FILE - In this Saturday, June 21, 2014 file photo, Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski is welcomed by his supporters at a railway terminal in Minsk, Belarus. The prominent Belarus opposition figure Ales Bialiatski and leading imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh have been awarded the 2020 Swedish Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the Alternative Nobel, along with activists from Nicaragua and the United States. (AP Photo/Dmitry Brushko, File)STOCKHOLM – A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Nobel,” together with activists from Nicaragua and the United States. Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honors efforts that the prize founder, Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, felt were being ignored by the Nobel prizes. Earlier recipients of the Right Livelihood Award include Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to participants at a climate change protest on January 17, 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The protest is taking place ahead of the upcoming annual gathering of world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum. Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, deleted a post on Instagram on Saturday in which she had expressed support for the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has been publicly sparring with Mnuchin over whether the U.S. should divest from fossil fuels. Her address followed the hottest year on record for the world's oceans, and the second hottest year on record for global average temperatures. Linton wrote in her post, which tagged both Thunberg and Mnuchin, that she was sympathetic to Thunberg.

Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump speaks during a CNBC Exclusive interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Angela MerkelGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 23, 2020. Wilbur RossUnited States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross attends during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020. Jamie DimonJamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, appears on CNBC's Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Ray DalioRay Dalio of Bridgewater Associates speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020.

DAVOS, Switzerland Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg hit back at Steven Mnuchin on Thursday, after the Treasury Secretary suggested she needed to study economics in college before lecturing the U.S. on fossil fuel investments. Mnuchin had criticized Thunberg's financial credentials at the World Economic Forum earlier in the day. Speaking to reporters during a press briefing, Mnuchin was asked whether the world's largest economy should completely and immediately divest from fossil fuels. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. "After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us," Mnuchin said.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. DAVOS, Switzerland U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sharply criticized the financial credentials of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, saying the 17-year-old should study economics at college before lecturing the U.S. on fossil fuel investments. Speaking at a press briefing at the World Economic Forum, Mnuchin was asked whether the world's largest economy needed to completely and immediately divest from fossil fuels. "After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us," Mnuchin said. Thunberg was not immediately available to respond when contacted by CNBC about Mnuchin's comments.

"She has been the spokesperson that we have needed," Benioff said in a "Squawk Alley" interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The 17-year-old Thunberg has become a leading voice on climate change over the last 18 months, beginning with her protest outside Swedish parliament in 2018 that gained widespread attention. Thunberg also attended this week's World Economic Forum, which had a focus on the intensifying climate crisis. Trump has not only criticized Thunberg's climate activism but he previously called climate change a "hoax" pushed by the Chinese. Thunberg told the global leaders at the World Economic Forum this week that their lack of action on climate change was "fueling the flames by the hour."

Dow looks to avoid three down days in a rowA trader works on the floor at the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange, December 30, 2019. Bryan R Smith | ReutersThe Dow Jones Industrial Average is trying to avoid a three-session losing streak Thursday. But U.S. stock futures were pointing to a lower open on Wall Street. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization is reconvening Thursday after international health experts were split on deciding whether China's coronavirus should be classified as a "public health emergency of international concern." The analysis also found that former Vice President Joe Biden's tax approach would raise $600 billion to $900 billion less he estimates.

President Trump held an unscheduled news conference Wednesday before leaving Davos, Switzerland, where he gave the opening speech just a day earlier at the World Economic Forum. He faced questions from reporters during his visit over the ongoing impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Trump answered a question on it Tuesday by dismissing the proceedings as a "disgraceful" hoax. Trump blasts impeachment trial upon arrival at Davos Economic ForumHe said he had had important meetings with a World Trade Organization representative in Davos about the "unfair" trade relations with China and other nations. Mr. Trump called the Democrats leading the impeachment trial "major sleazebags."

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, tearing into world leaders whom she accused of "fueling the flames" of climate change with their inaction. She delivered the opening remarks on a panel entitled "How to Save the Planet: Averting a Climate Catastrophe." Thunberg accused politicians of all stripes of making promises but failing to deliver any results, and she demanded an immediate end to all investment in fossil fuels. Climate activist Greta Thunberg: "Pretty much nothing has been done""Our house is still on fire. Gmez-Coln, who raised money and awareness after Hurricane Mara devastated his native Puerto Rico in 2017, said young activists are doing more than just talking.

DAVOS, Switzerland Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told policymakers at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday that time is running out to effectively tackle an intensifying climate crisis. Speaking during a panel session entitled "Forging a Sustainable Path Towards a Common Future," the 17-year-old cited the International Panel on Climate Change report from 2018 as she delivered remarks to a packed audience. "With today's emissions levels, the remaining budget is gone in less than eight years," Thunberg said. "I know you don't want to talk about this," Thunberg continued, before adding that she intends to keep repeating herself until the appropriate action is taken. Her comments come as policymakers and business leaders arrived in Switzerland for the start of the WEF's four-day annual conference, with those in attendance scheduled to focus on the intensifying climate crisis.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg watches as U.S. President Donald Trump enters the United Nations to speak with reporters in a still image from video taken in New York City, U.S. September 23, 2019. REUTERS | Andrew Hofstetter | File PhotoPresident Donald Trump and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will both attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week, stirring up a heightened sense of intrigue in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos. Trump is set to travel to the picturesque ski resort after skipping the conference last year due to the partial government shutdown. In a widely-shared video on social media, Thunberg could be seen glaring at Trump as he addressed reporters. Millions of children took part in rallies around the world to protest against political inaction over climate change.

Every year, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink releases a highly anticipated letter to CEOs and clients. In this year's letter, out yesterday, Fink announced that the asset management giant would change direction. And it represents a significant change from just a year ago when Fink's annual letter didn't even mention climate change. But as we celebrate Fink's announcement, let's also keep in mind Greta Thunberg's words at this year's United Nations climate summit in Madrid. As fires burned in the Amazon, fueled by BlackRock's investments, we called for change at their offices.