The European Commission has welcomed the protests of pupils and students in Europe for more climate protection explicitly. “I think this is a very positive development,” said a spokesman for the authorities in Brussels on Friday. The young people would burn for this important goal, the will is also shared by the Commission: Commissioner for the environment, Miguel Arias Cañete, a set for a robust Paris climate agreement.
Under the Motto #Friday forfuture young people demonstrate around the world for weeks for climate protection. In Germany, there were demonstrations in more than 50 cities.
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The model of the demonstrators, the 16-year-old Swede, Greta Thunberg, who had called at the UN climate change conference in the Polish city of Katowice to the strike. In the Paris climate agreement, it is provided, among other things, to limit global warming compared to the preindustrial time is “well below two degrees”, as far as possible to 1.5 degrees. (dpa)
#Friday forfuture Demo with Greta Thunberg (on the left) on the sidelines of the world economic forum in Davos on the 25. January 2019Foto: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP daily mirror Background of energy & climate
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