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Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived by catamaran on Tuesday in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States.
The Swedish teen sailed to the Portuguese capital before heading to neighbouring Spain to attend the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid.
Her arrival coincided with a new scientific report saying there is mounting evidence that the world is getting ever hotter.
Thunberg hitched a renewable-energy ride from the United States, joining an Australian family on their 15-metre yacht.

The white catamaran carrying Thunberg sailed slowly up the River Tagus under blue skies and a stiff breeze. Thunberg’s father, Svante, was also on the boat as it approached the Lisbon quayside.
Chile’s environment minister, Carolina Schmidt, saluted Thunberg’s role speaking out about the threat of climate change.
“She has been a leader that has been able to move and open hearts for many young people and many people all over the world,” Schmidt said at the summit in Madrid.
“We need that tremendous force in order to increase climate action,” she said.

Thunberg’s representatives said they could not confirm when she would travel onwards to the Spanish capital, 600km (370 miles) to the east.
She wanted a low-carbon form of transport to get to the climate meeting, which was switched at short notice to Spain from Chile due to unrest there.
The yacht, named La Vagabonde, leaves little or no carbon footprint when its sails are up, using solar panels and hydro-generators for electricity.
Global climate change talks open with stark warning about emissions
Meanwhile, a report by the UN weather agency released on the sidelines of the climate talks found that the current decade is likely to set a new 10-year temperature record.
Preliminary temperature measurements show the years from 2015 to 2019 and from 2010 to 2019 “are, respectively, almost certain to be the warmest five-year period and decade on record”, the World Meteorological Organisation said.
“Since the 1980s, each successive decade has been warmer than the last,” the agency said.

While full-year figures aren’t released until next March, 2019 is also expected to be the second or third warmest year since measurements began, with 2016 still holding the all-time temperature record, it said.
This year was hotter than average in most parts of the world, including the Arctic.
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“In contrast a large area of North America has been colder than the recent average,” the UN said.
The World Meteorological Organisation’s annual report, which brings together data from numerous national weather agencies and research organisations, also highlighted the impacts of climate change including declining sea ice and rising sea levels, which reached their highest level this year since high-precision measurements began in 1993.


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Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Europe for UN talks after sailing across Atlantic

Greta Thunberg arrives aboard the yacht La Vagabonde at Santo Amaro port in Lisbon, Portugal, on her way to the UN Climate Change Conference. Photo: Reuters

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg waves as she arrives aboard the yacht La Vagabonde at Santo Amaro port in Lisbon, Portugal December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Lisbon aboard the sailboat La Vagabonde Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has arrived by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the Portuguese capital before heading to neighboring Spain to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid. (AP Photo/Pedro Rocha)

Environmental activists welcome climate change activist Greta Thunberg as she arrives aboard the yacht La Vagabonde at Santo Amaro port in Lisbon, Portugal December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

Greta Thunberg hitches catamaran ride back to Europe with Australian family

Greta Thunberg with Australian couple Riley Whitelum (left) and Elayna Carausu (right, holding their child, Lenny) and English sailor Nikki Henderson (second left) on board the catamaran La Vagabonde in Virginia on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sails across Atlantic to attend climate meeting in New York

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, arrives in the US after a 15-day journey crossing the Atlantic in the Malizia II, a zero-carbon yacht. Photo: AFP

Swedish 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg sails past the Statue of Liberty on the Malizia II racing yacht in New York Harbor as she nears the completion of her trans-Atlantic crossing in order to attend a United Nations summit on climate change in New York, U.S., August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN Climate Action Summit has been praised around the world, but China’s online community is not as impressed. Photo: AFP

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Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg watches as US President Donald Trump enters the United Nations to speak with reporters in a still image from video taken in New York on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses world leaders at the start of the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York. Photo: EPA-EFE

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The Swedish teenager sailed into Lisbon en route to Madrid to attend UN climate change talks
Meanwhile, a new scientific report has found there is mounting evidence the world is getting even hotter



The Swedish teenager sailed into Lisbon en route to Madrid to attend UN climate change talks.


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