Rather than besmirch her status as an environmental activist by taking a carbon emissions-heavy air trip, Ms Thunberg instead set sail on the 14-metre La Vagabonde catamaran on 13 November from Hampton, Virginia to return to Europe.
Ms Thunberg, British navigator Nikki Henderson and the Australian family who own the vessel were expected to arrive in Portugal's capital Lisbon at around 0800 GMT on Tuesday after a voyage of more than 5,500 kilometres.Greta Thunberg with the Australian family who owns the catamaran and British sailor Nikki Henderson.The boat has encountered some rough weather, but Ms Thunberg described life onboard La Vagabonde as comfortable.
Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina was set to greet them along with young Portuguese environmental campaigners inspired by Ms Thunberg.The climate summit, which opened Monday and runs to 13 December, brings together representatives of some 200 signatory nations to the 2015 Paris accord.
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GretaThunberg So what's new.
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GretaThunberg Greta rugged up gloves and all its only the start of autumn could be a very long and cold winter
GretaThunberg the Australian family may be there but the Australian minister wont be?
GretaThunberg Ahhh yes, the privileged white girl refusing to go to school until everybody makes the weather nicer for her.
GretaThunberg They'll postpone the conference until she arrives, surely?
GretaThunberg Meanwhile Australia experiences some of the heaviest Summer snows in history. If you want to stop CO2 emissions you are obliged to go first and leave us all alone.
GretaThunberg Who cares what Greta does. She's a climate extremist that is more interested in making the fat cats rich that have investments in renewables. Then talking about facts. It will a miracle when she gets a prediction right.
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