Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist, wouldn't fly to New York for a United Nations summit on climate because of emissions from air travel.
Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for a U.N. climate summit, saw land for the first time early Wednesday as she ended her two-week voyage to New York.
Even out here in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean I hear about the record amount of devastating fires in the Amazon. My thoughts are with those affected. Our war against nature must end.While at sea, Thunberg had some access to internet. She was active on Twitter, and was made aware of fires in the Amazon rainforest.
Thunberg is set to speak at the opening of the conference along with Secretary-General António Guterres and other youth representatives. The conference of youth activists and world leaders aims to identify concrete actions that can be taken immediately to reduce warming, U.N. special envoy for the event Luis Alfonso de Alba said Tuesday.
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