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Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg will soon set sail once again after a whirlwind tour of North America that saw her lead some of the planets biggest climate protests and hold world leaders feet to the fire over their inaction to address our warming world.

Thunberg said on social media that she would join the crew of a 48-foot catamaran en route to Spain on Wednesday, hoping to make it to the country in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP25), which is set to take place in Madrid in early December.

So happy to say I'll hopefully make it to COP25 in Madrid.
Ive been offered a ride from Virginia on the 48ft catamaran La Vagabonde. Australians @Sailing_LaVaga ,Elayna Carausu & @_NikkiHenderson from England will take me across the Atlantic.
We sail for Europe tomorrow morning! pic.twitter.com/qJcgREe332

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So happy to say I'll hopefully make it to COP25 in Madrid.
Ive been offered a ride from Virginia on the 48ft catamaran La Vagabonde. Australians @Sailing_LaVaga ,Elayna Carausu & @_NikkiHenderson from England will take me across the Atlantic.
We sail for Europe tomorrow morning! pic.twitter.com/qJcgREe332
Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 12, 2019

Earlier this month, Thunberg said she was looking for another ride back to Europe after traveling half around the world, the wrong way. The Australian couple who have been sailing the world on the boat dubbed La Vagabonde, offered up the vessel after responding to Thunbergs message on Twitter.

As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid Ill need some help, the 16-year-old wrote . Now I need to find a way to cross the Atlantic in November If anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful.

Thunberg has been in North America since late August after traveling to the U.S. aboard an emissions-free racing yacht to join an international day of climate action that became one of the biggest environmental protests in history. The teen doesnt travel via plane, citing the high carbon emissions.

I decided to sail to highlight the fact that you cant live sustainably in todays society, Thunberg told The New York Times on Tuesday, just before her journey was set to begin. You have to go to the extreme.

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