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Yvo De Boer, Executive Secretary Of The UNFCCC, Arrives In A Solar-Powered Vehicle In Poznan
POZNAN, Poland (AP) -- The first solar-powered car to travel around the world has ended its journey, pulling up at a U.N. climate talks with the message that clean technologies are already available to stop global warming.
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The small two-seater, pulling a trailer of solar cells, drove up Thursday to a conference center in Poznan, Poland, where some 190 nations are working toward a new treaty to control climate change.
Louis Palmer, the 36-year-old adventurer and school teacher who made the trip, says it's the first round-the-world journey made by a solar-powered car.
His arrival marks the end of a 32,000 mile (52,000 kilometer) journey that began in Lucerne, Switzerland, 17 months ago and took him through 38 countries