Climate change, Middle East conflict to be discussed at World Economic Forum

PARIS • Global decision-makers are gathering in Davos for their annual meeting, with challenges facing the planet - from climate change to conflict in the Middle East - as imposing as the Alps that surround the Swiss resort.

But organisers seek to tackle the issues with a long list of guests from all sides. US President Donald Trump will likely hog much of the limelight, but also present for the second straight year will be Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, whose famously hard stare at the US leader at the United Nations General Assembly symbolised anger over inaction on global warming.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, however, cancelled his planned participation at the four-day forum, removing any chance of a showdown - or even a meeting - with Mr Trump. The key European figures present will be EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who may serve only to highlight the extent of the differences between Europe and the US on key issues.

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