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“It’s pretty strange that, globally, not only the UN, but developed country leaders are spending so much time on, quote, climate change,” he said according to Bloomberg.
“They aren’t focusing on how you eliminate poverty, eliminate energy poverty, and start driving global economic activity.”
He also came up with a new term to respond to “carbon-fearing” organisations, reportedly saying that divesting from fossil fuels right now was misguided and “anti-poor”.
“I’ve travelled through Africa, I’ve travelled through Central America, I’ve travelled through China, India, Indonesia,” the CEO told the newswire.
“The living conditions of the economic and energy impoverished are startling.”