By William James

(Reuters) -Britain’s energy minister Ed Miliband said talk of a U.S.-led global retreat from climate action was overstated and that the economic arguments supporting net zero were strong enough to see off domestic and international scepticism.

Miliband spoke to Reuters from New York Climate Week, where speakers have called for world leaders to turn climate promises into action, against a backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda of boosting fossil fuels, rolling back pollution regulation and defunding science and climate action.

NOT EVERYONE IS DOWN ON CLIMATE ACTION

“There’s lots of talk about countries stepping back from climate action and clean energy, but my message is, don’t believe the doomsters,” he said by videolink.

“When you look at what’s really happ

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