Activists from various climate protection movements are trying to enter the EU Parliament with their own parties. Established environmental politicians are afraid: This could do more harm than good for climate protection.
By Lisa Kuner
At the age of 23, Lena Schilling is entering the EU election campaign as the top candidate for the Austrian Green Party. She is the face of the fight against the climate crisis. In parliament, she wants to promote the mobility transition and, if necessary, ban private jets. Can she also score points on other issues?
By Redaktion Table
As the climate strike on March 1 approaches, the German climate movement faces dwindling attention and opposition. The activists have now resorted to very different strategies. The movement wants to regain momentum with these ideas and alliances.
By Lisa Kuner
Luisa Neubauer from Fridays for Future discusses the difficult situation of the international climate movement at COP28: There is distrust of "white, European climate activists." But the movement is large, and the Fridays are "pragmatically socialized." She sees no alternative to the COPs as a meeting place for civil society.
By Bernhard Pötter
Kathrin Henneberger sits as a climate activist for the Green Party in the German parliament. For the strike day of Fridays for Future, she wants to see a big protest on the streets – also against the policies of her own government. The dispute over the eradication of the German hamlet of Lützerath for an opencast mine has destroyed trust, but also strengthened the movement.
By Bernhard Pötter
