From BZ/dpa
The climate activists are calling for a “freeway moratorium”. In Berlin, the action is primarily aimed at the expansion of the A100.
The climate movement Fridays for Future wants to protest nationwide on Friday against the further expansion of motorways. “Very different forms of protest” are planned together with the “Forest instead of asphalt” alliance, spokeswoman Luisa Neubauer said on Monday.
For example, they were directed against the further construction of the A100 in Berlin, but also against other projects. A “motorway moratorium” is required.
Actions are also planned for the parliamentary elections in Berlin on February 12, the group said. The next “global climate strike” is scheduled for March 3rd. 100 events have already been registered throughout Germany. The aim of the protests is a climate policy that limits the dangerous warming of the earth to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial times.
Luisa Neubauer calls for “emergency mode” for Germany
To do this, Germany must now “switch to emergency mode,” said climate researcher Niklas Höhne in a press conference with Fridays for Future. That means expanding renewable energies quickly; to save gas instead of importing LPG in large quantities; expand the railways instead of motorways and offer a 9-euro ticket; and to rely on electric drives for cars instead of so-called e-fuels. “We have to do things completely differently,” said Höhne.
Fridays for Future drew a very positive balance of the protests against the eviction of the town of Lützerath in the Rhenish lignite mining area. These are “a great success,” said spokeswoman Pauline Brünger. Above all, the pressure on the Greens is greater than ever before. Although Lützerath has been cleared, there is a good chance that the coal underneath will not be excavated, said Brünger.
When asked whether a radicalization of the climate movement was to be expected, spokeswoman Neubauer said that a “radicalization of the climate crisis” and a “radicalization of the federal government’s inaction” could be observed. The protesters opposed it with difficulty and stubbornness. “The fact that very, very many people then have to be criminalized by parts of politics is dramatic in our eyes,” said the spokeswoman.