After taking a solar-powered boat from England to New York City to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit, Thunberg sat down with The Washington Post to discuss her role in the fight for preventing climate change.
The Swedish schoolgirl, 16, (right) is making the trip across the Atlantic on a high-tech racing yacht, the Malizia II, so she can attend high-profile climate events in the US and Chile. Commenting on a post in which Thunberg announced she was off the English coast, Banks wrote (top left): ‘Freak yachting accidents do happen in August.’ The message led to a storm of criticism (left).
Environmentalist Greta Thunberg has set sail on a two week voyage from the UK to the US. The teenager, who says she’s stopped flying to limit her carbon footprint, will cross the Atlantic on a high tech racing yacht. But as Sarah Morice reports, the trip will be far from luxurious.
