July 29 (UPI) -- A Swedish teenager has announced she will travel to climate change conferences in North and South America later this year -- by sailboat, to keep from adding to carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, said she's planning for events in the United States in September and Chile in December. Thunberg gained global attention for a protest last year that launched the Fridays for Future student movement. She also inspired the Global Climate Strike, which has been held twice since last year.