The Swedish schoolgirl, 16, (right) is making the trip across the Atlantic on a high-tech racing yacht, the Malizia II, so she can attend high-profile climate events in the US and Chile. Commenting on a post in which Thunberg announced she was off the English coast, Banks wrote (top left): ‘Freak yachting accidents do happen in August.’ The message led to a storm of criticism (left).
Environmentalist Greta Thunberg has set sail on a two week voyage from the UK to the US. The teenager, who says she’s stopped flying to limit her carbon footprint, will cross the Atlantic on a high tech racing yacht. But as Sarah Morice reports, the trip will be far from luxurious.
Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment said Thursday.
