Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday after opting to sail across the Atlantic for two weeks to avoid using a plane's gas emissions
Meghan and Harry take note! Eco-warrior Greta Thunberg, 16, arrives in NYC after a 15-day sailboat voyage across the Atlantic for a UN climate conference because traveling on a gas-guzzling jet goes against her principles
Greta Thunberg, 16, arrived in New York on Wednesday after her two week sailing journey from England
She waved to well-wishers as she sailed towards Manhattan on her zero-carbon emissions yacht
The teen, who is attending in a UN climate summit next month, refused to fly to New York to avoid a plane's gas emissions
She made her journey on a yacht equipped with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity onboard
It sparked some controversy after it emerged that several people would fly into New York to help take the yacht back to Europe
Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York after opting to sail across the Atlantic for two weeks to avoid using a plane's gas emissions.
The 16-year-old from Sweden waved to well-wishers as she sailed towards Manhattan on her zero-carbon emissions yacht on Wednesday afternoon.
Thunberg, who was spotted sailing past the Statue of Liberty with the Manhattan skyline in the background, will be docking at North Cove Marina near the World Trade Center.
The teen had tweeted earlier in the day that she had anchored off Coney Island in Brooklyn while waiting to clear customs and immigration.
'Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead,' she had earlier tweeted before dawn alongside a dark, blurry photo of lights in the distance.
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