Join the Fridays for Future climate strike on 20 September 2024!
Don't Cut Back on our Future!
On Weser, Saar and Danube - the first months of the year were characterized by extreme flooding in Germany. Weather extremes are also increasing rapidly worldwide. They show what threatens us if we continue to hurtle towards the climate crisis: dead and injured people. Despair among those who lose their homes. Economic costs in the billions, year after year. And in many countries in the Global South, the scale and consequences are even more drastic.
It is completely preposterous, that the more noticeable the climate crisis becomes, the more CDU/CSU and FDP are campaigning against climate protection and preventing concrete measures from being implemented. They are attacking the phasing out of new combustion cars, the heat transition and climate policy at EU level. The AfD denies the climate crisis as a whole. All of this is paralyzing the federal government and the EU Commission, which are hardly making any progress in climate protection. On the contrary: new fossil fuel projects continue to be promoted which exacerbate the climate crisis. Only the oil and gas industry with its outdated business models benefits.
We saw how much we can achieve as a climate movement when hundreds of thousands of us filled the streets in the past. Now we are being asked again to speak out for climate protection and social justice.
Instead of stirring up uncertainty among the population, politicians must resolutely implement socially just climate protection. A climate-friendly life will be easier for everyone if the federal government creates favorable conditions for it. People with little money in particular benefit when the state invests in attractive railway transport, encourages affordable e-mobility in rural regions and promotes energy-efficient building renovations in a socially equitable manner. Organic farmers must be supported.
That's why we're calling on politicians to finally invest more in climate protection and social security. We can shape change in a socially just manner and thus strengthen social cohesion. In addition, as a historical climate polluter, Germany has a responsibility to support countries in the Global South in climate protection and climate adaptation.
For climate protection and social justice, for investments in the future and against fossil fuels, we are taking to the streets nationwide on Friday, September 20th with Fridays For Future. Regardless of whether you have been taking part in climate strikes for years or will be at a demonstration for the first time - we need people of all ages and professions to work together to demand ambitious climate protection. Protest with us!
© Björn Obmann / BUNDJugend Berlin