Swedish activist Greta Thunberg sails to New York

cde.news desk 15 August 2019, 05:48 · 1 min read

epaselect epa07773269 Swedish activist Greta waves to well-wishers while leaving Plymouth, Britain, 14 August 2019. Greta Thunberg is making her way from Plymouth to New York aboard the Malizia II to attend the climate change conference in September. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg waves to well-wishers while leaving Plymouth, Britain, 14 August 2019. Greta Thunberg is making her way from Plymouth to New York aboard the Malizia II to attend the climate change conference in September.

The 16-year-old climate activist who has inspired student protests across the globe will be travelling in an environmentally friendly yacht on a voyage across the Atlantic that is expected to take two weeks to UN climate summits next month in New York and in Santiago, Chile, in December.

Highlighting the urgency of cutting carbon emissions, the young Swede last month announced she would no longer fly to environmental conferences.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg press conference in Plymouth ahead of trip to New York aboard the Malizia II — Swedish activist Greta Thunberg departs Plymouth aboard the Malizia II off Plymouth harbour Britain.

Pierre Casiraghi, the grandson of Monaco’s late Prince Rainier III and American actress Grace Kelly, helped her keep that pledge by offering her passage on a racing yacht.