NSTworld: Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg departed the United States, hitching a ride to Europe aboard a catamaran to attend a UN climate summit in Madrid.
Carrying a large backpack, the 16-year-old and her father Svante boarded"La Vagabonde”, a 14-metre catamaran belonging to an Australian couple that will be her home for the next two to three weeks.
During her trip, she excoriated world leaders at the United Nations, met former US president Barack Obama, received the keys to the city of Montreal and road tripped across the continent in a Tesla electric car lent to her by actor and ex-governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I thought when he got elected, now people will finally, now people must finally wake up," she told AFP in an interview Tuesday.
"We were kind of the only boat around the area that was willing to cross the Atlantic this time of year," said Carausu.
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