Thousands of demonstrators marched throughout Germany in the first series of climate protests since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some highlights from Friday
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government reached a deal Friday on a broad climate plan for Germany, a coalition source told AFP, after marathon overnight talks stretching more than 18 hours.
Germany was an early pioneer in renewable energy and has massively boosted wind and solar power, so why is it bound to miss its self-imposed climate goals for next year?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government plans to commit at least €100 billion on climate protection by 2030, according to a draft policy paper being discussed on Thursday.
Four Mannheim families have been fined because their children skipped school to take part in a demonstration of the climate protection movement "Fridays for Future".
Young people taking part in Fridays for Future anti-climate change protests in North Rhine-Westphalia could be hit with fines for skipping classes, local media reported Tuesday.
Demonstrators formed a human chain to symbolically lock politicians in the German parliament building in Berlin
Friday, as calls by schoolchildren for climate action continued into the capital's summer holiday.
Thousands of school pupils demonstrated against climate change in western Germany Friday, as thousands of activists marched towards a nearby coal mine.
Thousands of environmental activists – including school pupils – are readying to blockade a huge open-pit coal mine in Germany, backed for the first time by the student climate movement launched by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.
A European election drubbing has served as a harsh wake-up call for Germany's leaders that young voters fear climate change and are furious about the government's glacial response to it.
Hundreds of thousands of young climate activists rallied across Europe Friday ahead of EU Parliament elections as part of protests worldwide demanding action against global warming.
At least 5,000 students boycotted classes and demonstrated at Berlin's
iconic Brandenburg Gate in what was expected to be one of the largest of
protests planned in more than 120 countries.
Shareholders in German car behemoth Volkswagen were barraged with criticism by teen environmental activists at the group's annual general meeting in Berlin, becoming the latest industrial giant targeted in a widening battle between generations.
More than 20,000 people, many of them students skipping school, joined Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to protest against climate change in the German capital. Here's what they had to say.
Young Germans are making themselves heard with demonstrations over climate change on Friday, marking a passionate
engagement with politics not seen since reunification in the fast-ageing nation.
