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Swedish Teen Climate Activist Sails Into New York for UN Summit

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   Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New Yorkon
   Wednesdayafter crossing the AtlanticOceanin a zero-emissions sailboat
   to attend a conference on global warming.
   The 16-year-old Swede set sail from Plymouth, England,on Aug.14. At 4
   a.m., she tweeted:

     Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead.
     [1]pic.twitter.com/OtDyQOWtF5
     -- Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) [2]August 28, 2019

   Thunbergcame tothe U.S. for the U.N.climate summitand chose to sail
   rather than fly to avoid the greenhouse gas emissions that come with
   commercial jettravel.
   Thunberg saidshe first learned about climate change when she was 8
   years old and became very concerned about the future of humanity.
   A few years later,she was diagnosed with Asperger's
   syndrome,obsessive-compulsive disorderand selective mutism. "That
   basically means I only speak when I think it's necessary," she told the
   audience at a TED Talk last year. "Now is one of those moments."
   In August 2018, Thunberg stopped attending school on Fridays and took
   to protesting alone outside the Swedish parliament. She called it a
   strike intended to draw attention to climate change.
   [3]Thousands of students have since taken up her cause around the
   world, staying out of school on Fridays and demanding adults do
   something about climate change.

References

   1. https://t.co/OtDyQOWtF5
   2. https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1166621693017776128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/events/map

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