Davos, Switzerland (CNN Business) The annual meeting of business and political leaders in Davos wrapped up Friday with two of the world's most powerful people disagreeing over how to address the climate crisis and youth activists excoriating the international elite for not doing enough to prevent global warming. Mnuchin, who earlier this week questioned the credentials of climate activist Greta Thunberg, told panelists that long-term planning is futile when it comes to analyzing and containing climate change. It was crucial to assess the risk that climate change poses to financial markets and the economy, she said, so it can be "anticipated, measured" and "hopefully mitigated." "Christine, I think you can have a lot of people look at this and model it," he said. I think there's no way we can possibly model what these risks are over the next 30 years with a level of certainty."

Source: CNN January 24, 2020 17:26 UTC