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U.S. Secretary comments have "no effect" say Thunberg

Mnuchin told Greta Thunberg she should study economics on Thursday (January 23), a quip that came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump and Thunberg sparred indirectly at the Davos summit. After Trump said the U.S. had committed to joining the one trillion tree initiative, Thunberg retorted that fixing the climate crisis was not only about trees.

"We are being criticized like that all the time and of course if we were to care about that then we wouldn't be able to do what we do," Thunberg said.

This year the annual meeting of business leaders at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos has put climate change centre stage, calling on firms to set net zero carbon goals.

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said that business leaders have the authority to save the planet. "One thing I'm sure of is that they're listening to us. If they don't act it's because they're ignoring it," Nakate said.

The news conference was followed by a climate "strike", led by the young climate activists in the center of Davos