STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Monday (July 29) that she would cross the Atlantic on a racing sailboat to attend a UN climate summit in New York in September.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
STOCKHOLM - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that she would cross the Atlantic on a racing sailboat to attend a UN climate summit in New York in September.
German Boris Herrmann and the Monaco-based founder of the Malizia team Pierre Casiraghi will steer the boat, which is to carry a sail marked"#Fridays for future". "After months of research and considering different options for her journey, Greta will sail across the Atlantic in a zero-carbon racing boat called Malizia II, a foiling sailboat built in 2015, which is fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines to generate electricity on board the vessel," Herrmann said on his website.