President-elect Donald Trump claimed climate change was a Chinese hoax designed to damage the US economy, in 2012. Photo: AFPLondon: Donald Trump has often ridiculed global warming and promised to withdraw the US from the global accord signed in Paris in 2015. They will discuss the nexus between the fight against global warming and business—both how to stop climate change and how to profit from it. “No matter what the US president says, the progress on climate change can have many routes,” he said. In 2012, Trump claimed climate change was a Chinese hoax designed to damage the US economy.

Source: Mint January 15, 2017 12:55 UTC