Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Sails Across Atlantic for Global Warming Meeting | NBC New York

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City to chants and cheers Wednesday after a trans-Atlantic trip on a sailboat to attend a global warming conference.

Thunberg, 16, and her crew were escorted into a lower Manhattan marina at about 4 p.m., concluding a two-week crossing from Plymouth, England. Hundreds of activists gathered on a Hudson River promenade to cheer her arrival.

Thunberg waved, was lifted onto a dock, then took her first wobbly steps on dry land.

"All of this is very overwhelming," she said of the reception, looking slightly embarrassed.

The teenager refused to fly because of the carbon cost of plane travel. A 2018 study said that because of cloud and ozone formation, air travel may trap two to four times more heat than that caused by just emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Speaking to reporters after she landed, Thunberg said the trip wasn't as uncomfortable as she expected. She didn't get seasick once, she said. But she stressed that "this is not something I want everyone to do."

"It is insane that a 16-year-old would have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to make a stand," she said. "The climate and ecological crisis is a global crisis, the biggest crisis that humanity has ever faced, and if we don't manage to work together and to cooperate and to work together despite our differences, then we will fail.

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[Mike]

I don't get it. Doesn't EVERY sailboat ever built emit zero emissions ? Who cares what she did ?
If this had been done in winter, battling 30 foot waves, and 60 M.P.H. winds, I might be a little more impressed.
It's like myself riding a bicycle down a bumpy city street screaming: ' Zero emissions, zero emissions ! . "
This is a non-event. Who gives a damn ?

[captinbeyond]

Women aren't supposed to turn into a bi**** until around age 30....way to young, but kudos for being brains washed and bragging about it.

[rodrigofaria]

Using uniformed kids to validate your narrative is so sick...

[Porkcylinder]

It’s so encouraging to see literally no ones buying this monumental codswallop

[jmuld]

As a passenger in a plastic boat what's the point.

[okboomer]

Personally I think private jet ban should be enforced

[jamessomying]

Don't forget to look up at what trails the planes leave in the sky and then later the sun halos and sundogs. Yeah, don't forget aye.

[zacharyallen]

Literally what does it do for the world to boat across the sea? There is still over 100, 000 flight per day! Her not being on the plane is just one more seat to sell

[XX-gyue]

BRAVA GRETA THUNBERG, the new Saint Joan !!