Climate change activists demonstrate in the capital. Activists of the “Extinction Rebellion” put to the part of the traffic to a halt. You want to make on the climate disaster alert and are disappointed by the government.
Protest makes you tired. Adriene, you can see the. He has deep circles under the eyes. And you can see him, what he’s demonstrated since three o’clock in the morning in the middle of Berlin and roads blocked, with a view to the Brandenburg gate. He has, like many other participants, the striking, circular icon of the “Extinction of Rebellion” (in English: Rebellion against the extinction) sewn on his black winter jacket: The character is reminiscent of an hourglass. It is a Symbol and warning at the same time: if The time runs out!
“Time is running out!” Activists in the run-up to the big Demo in Berlin
“I’m going for more attention for an issue on the road: the impending climate catastrophe.” Adriene is 37 years old, his last name, he does not want to say to the German wave and not be photographed.
When cold autumn temperatures Adriene had put together with some 600 other protesters, one of the most important transport hubs in Berlin, lame; the Great star. Instead of rush rush, it was the only protest songs and Slogans.
The action was peaceful. The police held back therefore. The other protest actions in the capital were without a major ruckus. The organizers told the Deutsche Welle that they were in constant contact with the Berlin police, further measures and coordinate with the police before.
The traffic blockade was the prelude to many of the additional actions that are planned in the German capital this week.
At noon, the activists had set up in a Central square in Berlin to build an ark. A symbol to remind the boat to the extinction of the species. Other artists actions are provided in the center of the city. On Wednesday a bridge is to be blocked. Many measures, however, are not announced and develop spontaneously. In other cities, such as London, Paris, Cape town and Madrid, there will be the whole week of actions.
“We want to show how urgent the situation is. We are in an environmental crisis,” said Claire Wordly Deutsche Welle in a television interview. She is a Professor at the University of Cambridge in the UK, and an activist of the “Extinction of Rebellion”.
The movement was founded in the UK last year. The Alliance wants to shake up the climate crisis. The motion calls on the national governments to declare a climate state of emergency. All the political decisions, which preclude the tackling of the climate crisis, would have to be eliminated quickly. The Central goal of the movement: by 2025, all man-made greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced to Zero.
Protest for faster Action of the policy in the midst of Berlin
But unlike “Fridays for Future” is “Extinction of Rebellion” is a rather loose movement that also wants to appeal to adults. “Extincition Rebellion does not leave the Protest only children and young people,” says activist Claire Wordly to Deutsche Welle.
And there is still a difference to the student movement of Greta Thunberg: “We rely on the resources of civil disobedience. So no violence – but the road blocks that Attach to government buildings are legitimate means,” adds Claire Wordly. To break laws, to give in to the demands of the movement strongly, holding the activists to be reasonable.
The protesters in Berlin are enraged to this day, especially because of a message that has been circulating since Sunday. Supposedly, it reports “Spiegel Online” should be the climate protection law of the Merkel-government is even more meager than previously announced. This is clear from the final draft law to be adopted on Wednesday by the government. Unlike previously provided, should be provided for the year 2040 is no national target for the reduction of carbon dioxide, and more. Also, the promise that Germany produces, by 2050, greenhouse gases, appears to have been weakened.
The chief of the Chancellery, the CDU-politician Helge Braun, has objected to the in a television interview. “This program is far better than what is known today”, said he in the ZDF. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is opposed to such Reports. You promised at an event in Sinsheim, the Monitoring of all climate objectives “as clear as glass in the climate protection law” anchored’ll be.
Act now – act now! The protesters kept the traffic away from the roads
For protesters Adriene the climate package of the Federal government from the beginning was a “sham”. “Tell the truth”, so says the truth, it calls on politicians in Germany and around the world. “Climate change is not a thing catches up to us in 100 years, but we’re already in the middle of it.”