Status: 18.09.2023, 18:23 p.m.
By: Andreas Seiler
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Greenpeace activists are demonstrating with a banner and a portrait of Söder against what they see as the inadequate climate policy of the Bavarian state government. © Greenpeace
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Twelve activists of the environmental protection organization demonstrated yesterday against the inadequate climate policy of the CSU-led Bavarian state government on the northern Schneeferner on the Zugspitze. At the foot of the glacier, they placed a portrait of Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) measuring about 27 by 18 meters.
Underneath it was written: "Through policy failure into the climate crisis!" In total, the depiction was 43 by 35 meters in size. According to the police, the action was registered. After noon, the Greenpeace representatives dismantled the whole thing again.
According to a press release, the environmentalists point out that, from their point of view, Bavaria has been delaying the energy transition and climate protection for years. In the Bavarian Alps, the consequences of global warming are particularly visible on the Northern Schneeferner. "Markus Söder's course leads us straight to disaster. If things continue as they are, Bavaria will not become climate-neutral for another 280 years. This is irresponsible," says Saskia Reinbeck, spokeswoman for Greenpeace. "The Bavarian government must finally turn the tide." According to Greenpeace, weather extremes such as heavy rain, floods, storms with hail and storms are also increasing due to rising temperatures.
"The climate crisis threatens the livelihoods of many people, from mountain villages in the Alps to farmers in the lowlands to people in the big cities," says Reinbeck. "We are calling on the next government to set binding interim targets for the next few years as well as a roadmap on how Bavaria can still achieve its climate targets and the energy transition." An immediate climate protection programme published by Greenpeace lists ten measures to reduce CO2 emissions in Bavaria by around 20 percent over the next five years.
