Climate change was a pillar of this week’s annual World Economic Forum, a recurring theme that featured gloom-and-doom warnings from global business and political elites who gathered in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss pressing issues facing society.
The alarmist rhetoric from several prominent speakers came as countries have backslid on climate pledges in the face of volatile energy markets, and despite some attendees jetting to the meeting in carbon-spewing private airplanes.
White House Climate Envoy John Kerry praised the attendees for being “extraterrestrial” in their pursuit of “saving the planet,” at one point equating climate change to WWII.