Climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin
The 17-year-old Swedish star acknowledged such young activists “are being criticized all the time.”
She spoke to reporters along with four other young climate activists before they set off through the streets of Davos for the latest weekly “Fridays for Future” campaign that she launched.
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