Young Greta Thunberg gives a press briefing after disembarking in New York.
Photo : The Associated Press / Mary Altaffer
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Asked about the message she had for the climate-skeptic US President Donald Trump, who could meet like her at the UN for the climate summit on September 23, she seemed less optimistic.
My message to him is: “Listen to the science!” But clearly he doesn’t […] If no one could convince him of the urgency of the climate crisis, why could I be able to do it?
Greta Thunberg left on August 14 aboard a zero carbon racing yacht, the Malizia II, helmed by Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, and the German Boris Herrmann, to attend the world summit on the climate organized in New York in September by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Accompanied by her father, the teenager, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 12, refused to fly because of the carbon emissions this means of transport generates.
Return by plane denounced
In recent days, some have argued that several members of the crew of the sailboat had planned to return to Europe by plane, and that his trip would therefore contribute to pollute the planet.
At the start of the 2018 school year, then in the last year of high school, Greta Thunberg decided to skip school every Friday and sit in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm to raise awareness among deputies of the climate emergency. .
His action, quickly relayed by social networks and the media, inspired thousands of young people around the world and gave birth to the Fridays for future movement.
Before the UN summit on September 23, the young woman, who took a sabbatical year, will participate in many meetings on the climate. She also planned to travel to Canada, Mexico and Chile for another UN conference in December.
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