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14 Aug 2019

Greta Thunberg sets sail from UK to attend New York and Chile climate summits

Special Correspondent and Presenter

The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has set sail from Plymouth on board an eco-friendly yacht, bound for UN summits on global warming in New York and Chile.

She admits the voyage will be a ‘huge challenge’. The 16-year-old will make the two-week trip across the Atlantic on a zero-carbon racing yacht, which has no kitchen and the toilet? Well, it’s a bucket.