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Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka 'to fight climate change' despite his scepticism | Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka 'to fight climate change' despite his scepticism |
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Ivanka Trump wants to become an ambassador for the fight against climate change, according to reports, despite her father’s repeated scepticism. | |
President-elect Donald Trump has described climate change as a hoax invented by the Chinese to manipulate US markets. | President-elect Donald Trump has described climate change as a hoax invented by the Chinese to manipulate US markets. |
But his high-flying businesswoman daughter, who served as a key liberal-leaning personality within Mr Trump’s campaign, is reportedly lining up an environmental public role. | But his high-flying businesswoman daughter, who served as a key liberal-leaning personality within Mr Trump’s campaign, is reportedly lining up an environmental public role. |
Politico claims a source says the issue will be one of the 35-year-old’s signature themes while the billionaire tycoon is in power. | Politico claims a source says the issue will be one of the 35-year-old’s signature themes while the billionaire tycoon is in power. |
“Ivanka is in the early stages of exploring how to use her spotlight to speak out on the issue,” said the unnamed source. | |
Former Apprentice personality Mr Trump, tweeting in 2012, said global warming was “created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive”. | |
In 2014 he tweeted: “It’s late July and it is really cold outside in New York. Where the hell is GLOBAL WARMING???” | In 2014 he tweeted: “It’s late July and it is really cold outside in New York. Where the hell is GLOBAL WARMING???” |
The 70-year-old property magnate, speaking at an oil and natural gas conference in North Dakota in May, even pledged to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. | |
The COP21 conference in December last year saw 195 countries, in a legally binding agreement, pledge to keep global warming well below a 2C increase. | The COP21 conference in December last year saw 195 countries, in a legally binding agreement, pledge to keep global warming well below a 2C increase. |
The lead scientist behind a recent global warming report said Mr Trump’s stance on climate change is “catastrophic for humanity”. | |
There have been hints since the election that Mr Trump could adopt a more moderate climate-change policy, however. | |
Mr Trump’s White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said: “He’ll have an open mind about it but he has his default position, which is that most of it is a bunch of bunk, but he’ll have an open mind and listen to people.” | |
Asked in his long-awaited New York Times interview about the relationship of human activity and climate change, he said: “I think there is some connectivity. There is some, something. | |
“It depends on how much. It also depends on how much it’s going to cost our companies.” | “It depends on how much. It also depends on how much it’s going to cost our companies.” |
Former fashion model Ms Trump, who has said she does not consider herself “categorically Republican or Democrat” and in 2007 donated $1,000 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, was seen as the de facto first lady throughout her dad’s campaign. | |
Family friend and businessman Carl Icahn has said: “I think her father respects her a great deal, and not just because she’s his daughter.” | Family friend and businessman Carl Icahn has said: “I think her father respects her a great deal, and not just because she’s his daughter.” |
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