 "Greta Thunberg's arrival to New York to be delayed due to bad weather at sea")
Rough weather has delayed the arrival in New York of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who is crossing the Atlantic in a zero-carbon yacht, she and her entourage said. Thunberg is sailing to New York to attend a UN summit on zero-emissions next month after refusing to fly there because of the carbon emissions caused by planes. She was offered a ride on the Malizia II racing yacht skippered by Pierre Casiraghi, the son of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, and German round-the-world sailor Boris Herrmann. [caption id=“attachment_6260481” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg[/caption] “The estimated arrival time is tomorrow Wednesday or on Thursday, it still depends on the wind a bit,” a member of her entourage told AFP on Tuesday.
Home Sweet Home since 14 days. Soon last evening onboard Malizia ll. Tomorrow we reach New York. pic.twitter.com/f83Q3Km5hB
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 28, 2019
On Monday, the 16-year-old whose school strikes have inspired children across the world to protest global warming wrote on Twitter that she expected to arrive in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Strong winds are pushing us west. We expect to arrive at North Cove Marina in Manhattan, New York sometime Tuesday afternoon or evening. pic.twitter.com/kQ4zBXPrhJ
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 25, 2019
She updated late Tuesday to say that the yacht was facing “rough seas south of Nova Scotia”, and “conditions closer to New York will be slower than predicted”.
Day 13. Rough seas south of Nova Scotia. But conditions closer to New York will be slower than predicted and weather update suggests Wednesday arrival - an updated ETA will come as we near the coast. pic.twitter.com/IY6L9InSnp
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 26, 2019
The yacht left Plymouth in southern England on 14 August, and the teenager marked the first anniversary of the start of her school strike on 20 August.
We are on our way!
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 14, 2019
Leaving Plymouth and heading for New York. Follow our journey here https://t.co/qJn5ShWQbB pic.twitter.com/U2Lbv3Xgzs
Thunberg began sitting outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018 to get members of parliament to act on climate change. She was quickly joined by other students around the world, as word of her strike spread through the media, and the “Fridays for future” movement was born. The 18-metre yacht features state-of-the-art solar panels on its deck and sides, and two hydro-generators provide the vessel’s electricity. Her voyage has sparked controversy however after a spokesman for Herrmann, the yacht’s co-skipper, told Berlin newspaper TAZ that several people would fly into New York to help take the yacht back to Europe. Hermann himself will also return by plane, according to the spokesman. Team Malizia’s manager insisted however that the young activist’s journey would be climate neutral, as the flights would “be offset”. Thunberg has said that she does not yet know how she will return to Europe.
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