British yacht skipper, 26, worn out the carbon emissions saved by Greta Thunberg’s sail throughout the Atlantic by flying out to the US to assist her
From The Each day Mail
Nikki Henderson, 26, flew to the US to sail 48-foot catamaran the La Vagabonde
Voyage meant to avoid wasting roughly 2 or three tons of carbon dioxide emissions
However Ms Henderson’s flight to US to skipper vessel possible produced similar quantity
By Jemma Carr For Mailonline
Revealed: 04:40 EST, 1 December 2019 | Up to date: 10:50 EST, 1 December 2019
A British yacht skipper’s flight to the US to assist Greta Thunberg sail to Portugal has produced the identical quantity of carbon emissions the voyage hoped to avoid wasting.
Nikki Henderson, 26, flew to the US from Britain to sail 48-foot catamaran the La Vagabonde.
The vessel is carrying Miss Thunberg and her father Svante three,000 miles to Portugal the place she’s going to go onto attend the COP 25 local weather change talks in Madrid.
Nikki Henderson’s (second left) flight to the US to assist Greta Thunberg (centre) sail to Portugal has produced the identical quantity of carbon emissions the voyage hoped to avoid wasting. Miss Thunberg will be seen with Australian couple Riley Whitelum (left) and Elayna Carausu (proper), and Ms Henderson (second left) on board La Vagabonde
The journey was meant to avoid wasting roughly two or three tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
However Ms Henderson’s flight from Britain to the US possible produced the identical quantity of emissions the journey hoped to avoid wasting, countering Ms Thunberg’s mission, The Occasions studies.
Ms Henderson was a skipper in three ARC Trans Atlantic races. In two of them, she was the youngest competitor.
She additionally skippered the Caribbean 600 and has raced in three Caribbean seasons.
Ms Henderson tweeted: ‘I made a decision to assist @Sailing_LaVaga and help Greta as a result of she is altering the world – just by standing up for what she believes is correct and staying true to her values.
The vessel is carrying Miss Thunberg (centre) and her father Svante three,000 miles to Portugal the place she’s going to go onto attend the COP 25 local weather change talks in Madrid. The journey was meant to avoid wasting roughly two or three tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Miss Thunberg with Australian couple Riley Whitelum (proper) and Elayna Carausu (left), and English skipper Nikki Henderson (second proper) on board La Vagabonde
The ship belonging to Australian YouTubers Mr Whitelum and Ms Carausu, left from Hampton, Virginia
‘I so admire that, and hope to attract energy from her.’
The 16-year-old local weather activist, who grew to become world well-known for founding the ‘faculty strikes for the local weather,’ refuses to fly in planes due to the carbon footprint.
The ship, belonging to Australian YouTubers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, left from Hampton, Virginia, final month.
The couple even have their son Lenny onboard.
It goals to achieve Portugal, greater than 5,500 kilometers (about three,500 miles) away. From there Ms Thunberg will make her approach to Madrid in Spain for COP 25.
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