Macron: Greed and short-term vision of leaders cause of terrorism

New Delhi, March 10: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said greed and short-term vision of past leaders caused climate change and terrorism in the world.

"Most of the issues that we have today on climate, on terrorism are because our leaders had a short-term vision. They were greedy," Macron said, adding that it was important to "think about long-term perspective" of things.

"Always think about preserving the balance between your country and the global environment."

The French President is in India for a four-day visit that began on Friday evening. He was speaking at a town hall interaction session with students at Bikaner House here.

"We're in middle of revolution on digital era and climate change. What we need is change in mindset, facilitate entrepreneurship, increase risk takers' numbers. Artificial Intelligence is big game changer but you need to start it from the ground (level)," he said.