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Waar: Rhineland Lignite mining area, Germany
Wanneer: 29/01/2017 - 12:57

Last year 4000 people occupied the coal diggers in Lausitz (Lusatia) and blocked the coal mining infrastructure for over 48 hours. In 2017 we will show that neither we nor the climate will follow the snail’s pace of the political negotiations. We need to take action on climate every day. We’ll keep our promise: we’ll keep coming until extraction stops!

ENDE GELÄNDE! Here and no further to coal - climate change can't wait!

Lignite world champion hosts climate conference

The international climate negotiations on the implementation of the Paris climate conference will take place in Bonn in autumn 2017. But right next door in the Rhineland coal mining area, Europe’s largest CO 2 emitter, the fuel most disastrous for the climate continues to be extracted and burnt. Germany is the world’s largest producer of lignite, a catastrophe for the climate.

Coal must stay in the ground if we want to avoid catastrophic effects on the climate! In 2017 we have the opportunity to make people aware of the enormous failures of German and international climate policy and enable an immediate end to coal.

Front line for fighting climate change

Government officials have been negotiating for 23 years and haven’t managed to limit global temperature rise. And we hardly have any time to avoid crossing the 1.5 degree threshold. Germany will miss its 2020 climate targets. And climate change won’t wait. The climate movement needs to embrace direct action more than ever

System Change not Climate Change

We can’t tackle climate change or ensure global social justice without moving away from capitalism fueled by fossil fuels. Deep socio-economic changes are needed to enable everyone to lead a good life.

We say ENDE GELÄNDE

Last year 4000 people occupied the coal diggers in Lausitz (Lusatia) and blocked the coal mining infrastructure for over 48 hours. In 2017 we will show that neither we nor the climate will follow the snail’s pace of the negotiations. We need to take action on climate every day.

Coal phase out is hands work

Together we will show the strength of our commitment to climate justice through civil disobedience in the Rhineland lignite mining area on two separate occasions: on 24 th to 29 th August during the climate camp and in November during the UN climate conference.

We’ll keep our promise: we’ll keep coming until extraction stops!