Demonstrations: Climate activists protest in 110 locations

With protests and rallies in around 110 locations in Germany, the climate protection movement Fridays for Future wants to denounce what it sees as a growing “anti-climate sentiment” in this country. “And this sentiment is coming from the right,” spokeswoman Carla Reemtsma told the German Press Agency in Berlin. This ranges from targeted “disinformation and prevention campaigns” by the CDU under party leader Friedrich Merz to the complete denial of the climate crisis by the AfD, “which wants to burn up the planet as if there were no tomorrow.”

According to the movement, protests have been announced in all federal states – including in major cities such as Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich, but also in more rural areas. The “climate strike” is supported by dozens of non-governmental organizations and associations, including Greenpeace, Campact, Bread for the World and Misereor.

Reemtsma said the climate crisis is not a distant threat. “The earth has already warmed by 1.2 degrees, and we are experiencing the consequences: floods and fires are destroying livelihoods, livelihoods and human lives – all year round, even in the middle of Europe.” These extreme events are the result of concrete policies, and that is why Fridays for Future have been taking to the streets for more than five years – also because they can see that the protests are working. The success of the protests is that the coal phase-out has been decided and climate targets have been tightened. Now Fridays for Future is calling for a coal phase-out in this country by 2030 and a 100 percent renewable energy supply by 2035.