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Young people protesting against oil extraction or coal mines are demanding that governments and industry should protect the climate and fight global warming.

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Europe grapples with Last Generation climate protests

Europe grapples with Last Generation climate protests

Authorities must weigh public opinion along with criminal law in response to increasingly visible climate protests.
CrimeMay 28, 2023
Last Generation protestors block a street in Berlin

Germany: Viral video prompts debate on police brutality

Germany: Viral video prompts debate on police brutality

Footage of a police officer using a pain grip on a climate activist has some experts saying police have broken the law.
SocietyApril 26, 2023
DW Reaction Twitter Climate Protest

Throwing soup or a climate rally — what wins Twitter?

Throwing soup or a climate rally — what wins Twitter?

What gets more attention on Twitter — smearing food on art or a speech by Greta Thunberg? The results may be surprising.
ClimateApril 21, 2023
A group of young people holds up a sign which reads: Fridays for Future, Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan: Climate activists pay a high price

Pakistan: Climate activists pay a high price

While Pakistan is very vulnerable to climate change, those who speak out against local officials take on massive risks.
ClimateFebruary 15, 2023
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Luisa Neubauer: 'Climate justice isn't about green rhetoric'

Luisa Neubauer: 'Climate justice isn't about green rhetoric'

DW caught up Luisa Neubauer at the World Economic Forum in Davos and asked her what they were hoping to achieve there.
ClimateJanuary 19, 202301:08 min
Police officers carry a demonstrator

Lützerath coal village: Pictures of an eviction

Lützerath coal village: Pictures of an eviction

The eviction of climate activists from the small western German village of Lützerath is in full swing.
PoliticsJanuary 12, 20239 images
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In the spotlight

Two German climate protesters of Last Generation with their hands glued to the museum wall after throwing mashed potatoes at the Claude Monet painting "Les Meules” at Potsdam’s Barberini Museum

Museum climate protests spark debate on activism tactics

Do disruptive protests like throwing food at artworks draw attention to the climate crisis or do they harm the cause?
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 28, 2022
two people lean against a gold painting frame

Attack on Monet artwork: German museums react

German museums step up security measures after climate activist art attacks.
ArtsOctober 25, 2022
A man and a woman stand on top of a London train holding a sign that says "climate emergency"

Is climate activism too tame?

Activists must ramp up civil disobedience and pressure banks to stop funding fossil fuel, say top climate campaigners.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 17, 2022
Police officers try to stop activists from throwing red paint at the Spanish parliament

Disruptive climate protests — do they help or hinder?

Radical action risks alienating allies, but these can yield also significant advantages for the cause.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 6, 2022
Fridays for Future protesters hold a banner that reads: Stop war, end fossil fuels.

How Fridays for Future keeps the spotlight on the climate

Fridays for Future has integrated crises like the war in Ukraine into its activism instead of competing for attention.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 25, 2022
Demonstrators during the Fridays for Future Scotland march through Glasgow during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow

COP26 protest calls for climate action not words

Young protesters are marching in Glasgow to call for immediate, just, and concrete action from world leaders.
ClimateNovember 5, 2021