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Thousands of German Teens Join Thunberg’s Climate Fight

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
03/29/19
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16 year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the 2018 UN Climate Conference in Poland.

16 year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the 2018 UN Climate Conference in Poland. Photo: AFP

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Thousands of German youths went on strike from school on Friday, joining Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg who has taken her protest against climate change to Berlin.

Armed with homemade posters bearing slogans like “It’s getting hot in here” or “Our house is on fire” or “You’re never too small to make a difference,” the teenagers packed into a park in central Berlin to sound the alarm about global warming.

From the park in front of the economy ministry, they were to march to Brandenburg Gate, where Thunberg, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is due to address the crowd.


‘Emergency Break’ 

Police said they have dispatched 300 officers to the protest which is expected to draw around 15,000 people.

“We’re going to continue skipping classes every Friday because we can’t keep going like that with the climate. We have to pull the emergency brakes,” vowed Franziska Wessel, one of the organizers of the protests in Berlin.

Since December, teenagers across Germany inspired by the 16-year-old Thunberg’s climate fight have been marching weekly instead of sitting in classes.

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With the protests coming at a time when a government commission recommended that coal be phased out by 2038, the youths have seized on the theme to demand a halt to the polluting fuel by 2030.

The youth engagement has left politicians divided on how to react.

Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has urged students not to skip school saying that demonstrations are not less effective outside class hours.

But Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed their fight.


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Tens of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change.

Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin, Lagos to London emptied as ambitious organizers of the student strike hoped to stage 1,000 demos in more than 100 countries.

‘No Planet B:’ Tens of Thousands Join Global Youth Demo for Climate

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