Greta Thunberg takes lift from Aussie family to reach COP25 Summit

The 16-year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg hopes to reach Spain on time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) scheduled on December 2. The teen environmentalist will travel across the Atlantic Ocean after spending nearly three months in America to attend the conference on a catamaran owned by an Australian couple. Earlier in November, Thunberg had announced that she would require help to get back to Europe on sustainable transportation after the location being changed to Spain, from Chile. Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera had offered the climate advocate to help on her journey. 

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Ready to board a sailboat

Greta Thunberg is all set to board a sailboat to Europe from Hampton, Virginia after staying in America for nearly three months. A young Australian couple has volunteered to help Thunberg in motivating her in her return amble. Elayna Carausu and Riley Whitelum live on their catamaran with their 11-month-old boy responded to the teen activist's appeal for help with an environmentally friendly return trip to Europe. The couple had originally planned to spend winter in the US, however, now they will take Greta Thunberg along with her father Svante Thunberg on their 'La Vagabonde', their 14-meter catamaran.

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The group will be accompanied by a professional sailor, Nikki Handerson, who will guide the journey which should take two weeks depending on the weather conditions. Their destination is Portugal for Thunberg to participate in the United Nations climate summit in Madrid, Spain. The original venue for which was Chile but had to be shifted because of the political unrest, forcing a change of plans for the teen environmentalist. After the summit, Thunberg plans to finally go home.

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COP25’s venue shift

After attending the UN summit on Climate change, Thunberg travelled across the Atlantic for 14 days through a boat. The teen activist then travelled by train and borrowed an electric car from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Initially, the COP25 summit was scheduled in Chile, however, due to violent anti-government protests, the venue is now shifted to Spain. The UN made the announcement on November 1 considering favourable conditions in Spain for the event which will be attended by nearly 25,000 delegates. 

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