Greta Thunberg reaches NY
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has reached New York yesterday after sailing across the Atlantic for the past 15 days. She had originally been expected to dock her vessel on Tuesday but was held up in rough seas south of Nova Scotia. Thunberg has been sailing to New York to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, and traveled on a zero-emissions sailboat to reduce the environmental impact of her journey, according to a statement from her team. She set sail on her vessel, the Malizia II, from Plymouth, UK on August 14. The Swedish teenager has become the figurehead of a burgeoning movement of youth climate activists after her weekly protests inspired student strikes in more than 100 cities worldwide.
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