Greta Thunberg, climate change activist, sails into New York City

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York after a 15-day, 3,000-mile (4,800km) voyage across the Atlantic.

She will be participating in UN climate summits in New York City and Chile.

The 16-year-old Swede sailed from Plymouth in the UK on a zero-emissions yacht in order to minimise the carbon footprint of her travel.

“Our war on nature must end,” she told reporters shortly after arriving on Wednesday.

“I want to thank everyone… who is involved in this climate fight, because this is a fight across borders, across continents,” she said.

When asked about the fires that have ravaged the Amazon rainforest in recent weeks, she said they were a “clear sign we need to stop destroying nature”, Foreign Media Reports.