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The 16-year-old environmental activist desperately asked for “help” after arriving on the wrong side of the Atlantic for a UN meeting. The Swedish environmental campaigner had been travelling to the talks known as COP25 in Santiago, Chile before it was suddenly moved more than 6,000 miles to Madrid, Spain. The Chilean Government announced at short notice it would not host the event scheduled to take place between December 2-13, following widespread protests and unrest in the South American country.

Ms Thunberg wrote on Twitter: “As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid I’ll need some help. “It turns out I’ve traveled half around the world, the wrong way. “Now I need to find a way to cross the Atlantic in November... If anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful.” Ms Thunberg has since been widely mocked on social media.

Greta Thunberg has travelled half way around the world 'the wrong way'

One user wrote on Twitter: “I bet the people of Chile are well chuffed.” A second user said: “Almost like you should stay and school get an education, then a job that affords you the ability to travel. “ Whilst a third simply said: “There is an invention called an airplane.”

Greta Thunberg had been on her way to the summit in Chile

The environmental campaigner later confirmed she would not be attending the event in the Spanish capital. Ms Thunberg added: “I’m so sorry I’ll not be able to visit South and Central America this time, I was so looking forward to this. “But this is of course not about me, my experiences or where I wish to travel. READ MORE: Greta Thunberg mocks Vladimir Putin claim she is ‘poorly informed'

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“We’re in a climate and ecological emergency. “I send my support to the people in Chile.” At the September UN climate Action Summit in New York, the 16-year-old launched a stunning attack on world leaders for their lack of action against climate change. Ms Thunberg accused world leaders of “betrayal” and said “we are in the beginning of a mass extinction”. DON'T MISS Harry frightening children with climate message says NICK FERRARI [COMMENT]

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