Sport is 'floating on a sea of high-carbon sponsorship' with soccer top of the league for deals with car makers, airlines and fossil fuel companies, according to a study published this week.
The 16-year-old climate activist is crossing the Atlantic to attend a United Nations climate summit. She refuses to fly because aviation has such an enormous carbon footprint.
The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist will cross the Atlantic in an open-cockpit racing yacht to attend a United Nations summit meeting on global warming.
Once completed in late 2021, the Ceiba will use canvas sails and an electric engine instead of burning bunker fuel, the dirty staple of the modern shipping industry.
