NEW YORK: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York on Wednesday (Aug 28) for a UN summit after a 15-day journey across the ...
NEW YORK: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York on Wednesday for a UN summit after a 15-day journey across the Atlantic in a zero-carbon yacht.
Thunberg is expected to dock at North Cove Marina near the World Trade Centre in Manhattan in the early afternoon, according to a spokesperson.The United Nations sent a flotilla of 17 sailboats, one for each of their sustainable development goals for 2030, to meet her for the last short leg of her journey.
The visit sees her bring her environmental message for the first time to the United States, led by climate change skeptic Donald Trump. Thunberg, who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the age of 12, began sitting outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018 to get members of parliament to act on climate change.
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