A plea to fight climate change and save Earth

A few months ago, I was in Shanghai, promoting China-Europe trade and economic cooperation. People everywhere, not just in China or Europe, need trade and employment, and poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere.

So world leaders must work to get beyond difficulties and focus on the need to energize global trade, taking into account that our "global village" is a planet threatened by climate change. The leaders should also help invigorate the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

What we need are new "Silk Roads" on which traffic will be powered and services delivered with the help of renewables-generated electricity.