Earth:Ende Gelände 2020
Ende Gelände 2020 was a mass action of civil disobedience of the wider movement for climate justice from 25 to 27 September 2020 in Rhineland, Germany, close to Cologne.[1] It protested against Germany's climate politics, because it "is a complete failure and makes it impossible to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees.[2] For the first time a protest against natural gas was included.[3]
The "hygiene concept" was necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participant numbers were limited and dispersed among various smaller camps as opposed to the usual single large camp, in order to limit the size of gatherings.[4] Organizers created an anonymized contact tracing system that allowed for public health protection while shielding the names of participants.[5]
Actions taken by the around 3000 protesters included the blockading of coal mines, train tracks transporting coal, the construction of a gas pipeline, as well as the operations of a gas power plant and a coal power plant. The action in 2020 was the first time Ende Gelände protesters targeted fossil gas infrastructure as part of a conscious effort to emphasize the message that fossil gas is not a sustainable substitute for coal power.[5]
See also
- Ende Gelände
- Ende Gelände 2019
- Ende Gelände 2021
- Extinction Rebellion (XR)
- School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF)
- Energy transition (in Germany)
- Fossil fuel divestment
- Climate disobedience
References
- ↑ "Aktion 2020". https://www.ende-gelaende.org/aktion2020/.
- ↑ "Dezentrale Blockadeaktion von Ende Gelände im Rheinland vom 23.-28. September 2020". https://www.ende-gelaende.org/aufruf-2020/.
- ↑ "Im Morgengrauen zur Blockade". Taz.de. 2020-09-26. https://taz.de/Aktionen-von-Ende-Gelaende-im-Rheinland/!5716767/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ende Gelände 2020". 2 October 2020. https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/02/ende-gelande-2020.
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