What did Thunberg achieve in the US?
Teen climate activist goes home on sailboat
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is heading back across the Atlantic Ocean. She’s hitching a ride on a sailboat with Australian YouTubers after nearly three eventful months spreading her climate message across North America.
Among other events, she joined in climate strike rallies and pro- tests from California to Colorado to North Carolina to Montreal.
Thunberg has become a symbol of a growing movement of young climate activists after leading weekly school strikes in Sweden that inspired similar actions in about 100 cities worldwide.
Thunberg is sailing back to Europe aboard La Vagabonde, a 48-foot catamaran operated by Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu. The Australian couple are documenting their journey around the world on the YouTube channel “Sailing La Vagabonde” and responded to Thunberg’s tweet for help crossing from the U.S. back to Europe.
In August, the teen activist sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States on a zero emissions sailboat. She has been a vocal critic of flying because it contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate global warming.
In September, Greta gave an impassioned speech before the United Nations Climate Action Summit, where she scolded world leaders for not acting quickly and decisively to combat climate change.
“People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing ... and all you talk about is money and eternal fairy tales of economic growth. How dare you?” she said.
In the United States, Thunberg participated in climate protests in New York City, Iowa City, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Denver. She also testified before the U.S. Congress in September before a joint hearing of two House committees on the global climate crisis.