Despite Corona: Fridays for Future demonstrates again - a fact could guarantee gaps

The climate movement Fridays for Future wants to take to the streets again on Friday: In Germany alone there should be over 400 demos - despite Corona.

• The climate movement "Fridays for Future" wants to demonstrate again on Friday.

• 400 demonstrations are planned in Germany alone.

• Because it's supposed to rain, it might be easier to keep the distance rules.

Munich - In the midst of the Corona * pandemic, the representatives of

calling on the

movement “

for another “global climate strike”.

Under the motto “No degree further!”, Demonstrations will take place in at least 400 locations in Germany alone on Friday.

Around 2,500 strikes are planned worldwide.

The activists are aware that everything will be different this time

due to the restrictions imposed by the

.

You have come up with your own special measure - and you want to make a strong argument.

Fridays for Future and Corona: We need solidarity across generations

"The fires in California, the floods in Southeast Asia and the melting of the Arctic are currently clearly demonstrating the consequences of the climate crisis," said activists from

Although it was a difficult decision to call for a strike, it should not be forgotten during Corona that quick action is also required in the climate crisis: the time window for the

goal set

in the

limiting

fade away with every day of inactivity.

Time and again, young

bring up

the argument that the Corona crisis and the climate crisis have one thing in common: They require

across generations

.

While the younger people, who are potentially only more easily affected, are currently

to

rules - in favor of a more heavily affected older generation -

affects the younger

generation

in particular.

These, in turn, are dependent on rapid

taking hold, even among the older generation

.

Fridays for Future during Corona: One measure could guarantee the intervals

One is trimmed to perceive crowds of people these days with a - at least a slight - shudder.

But the organizers emphasize that the hygiene and distance rules should be observed.

"At this climate strike, everything will be different from what is known, because the virus does not avoid climate protests," said co-organizers Carla Reemtsma and Nick Heubeck.

"Where for a long time the tightly packed crowd was our most important asset in order to make us heard, suddenly observing distance rules has become our main task," they emphasized.

Luisa Neubauer

, who is often referred to as the "German

*", posts

an appeal

on

: "Bring umbrellas!" On Friday there should be bad weather all over Germany with a lot of rain.

The umbrellas, which are intended to encourage participants to come and stay, could

offer

additional protection against the

which is currently on the rise again in Europe.

INCREDIBLE 446 (!) Climate strikes tomorrow across Germany.

💥🌍Our hygiene concepts serve their purpose, the German government's climate policy does not.

Come with me tomorrow, bring your umbrella & mask, keep saying, we'll see you on the street.

#NoGradNext pic.twitter.com/zbQhM0vsdh

- Luisa Neubauer (@Luisamneubauer) September 24, 2020

Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the Fridays for Future protests had taken a different shape:

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