Trump calls climate change ‘the greatest con job ever perpetrated’ on the world
US President Donald Trump has told the UN General Assembly that climate change was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world".
Addressing the global body at its New York headquarters on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), he scoffed at past predictions warning of global disaster from climate change.
The vast majority of climate scientists have concluded climate change is happening, and that it is mainly caused by fossil fuel pollution.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)
Already, the world is seeing its effects: Floods are becoming more extreme and deadly, droughts are more widespread and severe and heat waves are more dangerous.
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