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January 21, 2020 Even in Davos Greta Thunberg points the finger at inertia in the fight against climate change. "From a certain point of view, a lot has happened, something that nobody could have foreseen: a greater awareness on a global level has spread" about the environment and climate change, said the young Swedish environmental activist speaking to a panel in the first day of the World Economic Forum in Davos. "There were a lot of guys - he continued - who came together for this alliance, movement, it is an important step. Today the climate, the environment is a 'hot topic'", that is, a 'hot' theme, heard, in the world. "However, nothing has been done from the point of view of emissions, we are still behind from the point of view of CO2 emissions", stressed the activist, explaining that "we are only at the beginning" and hoping that "we will start listening to the science and treat this crisis for what it is, because this is a real crisis ".

The activists who accompany Greta
In the panel, together with Greta, other very young activists: the 'water warrior', the 13-year-old Canadian Autumn Peltier, the Zambian activist Natasha Mwansa, 18 years old, Salvator Gomez Colon, the boy who at just 15 years old formed just a fund to rebuild Puerto Rico after the hurricane.

The climate as the main risk for the markets
In its Global Risk Report, the World Economic Forum indicated the climate as the main financial risk for global markets, even more than commercial tensions. Climate change and the need for an economy heading towards sustainability are therefore among the themes at the center of the debate.

Trump's speech awaited
The speech of another protagonist of the Forum is expected in the next few hours, that of the American President Donald Trump, who will speak together with the executive director of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab.