Greta Thunberg has arrived in Lisbon after sailing more than 5,500 kilometres across the Atlantic with an Australian family
Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina was on hand to welcome her following her 20-day voyage from the United States where she attended the UN climate summit in New York in September.
"I think people are underestimating the force of angry kids. We are angry and we are frustrated but it is because a good reason.The Swede, who has become the face of young people's demands for climate action, made a point of returning to Europe by sea rather than fuel-guzzling plane.She had expected to be heading for Chile, but the South American nation handed over the hosting of the COP25 summit to Spain in the face of deadly anti-government protests.
The COP25, which opened Monday, brings together representatives of some 200 signatory nations to the 2015 Paris accord.
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