‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green Despite progress in cutting carbon pollution, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025
‘The far right wants us to play by their rules’: Can German Greens survive ‘witch-hunt’? As AfD says Germany is in grip of ‘eco-dictatorship’, Green party tones down mention of climate action The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
Extreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer Fridays for Future organiser warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025
German activists take government to court over climate policy New law is too weak and has been made harder to enforce, while transport ministry has not taken sufficient action, groups say The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024
Threats to Germany’s climate campaigners fuelled by politicians’ rhetoric, says activist Luisa Neubauer, of Fridays for Future, cites language used by the chancellor amid protest crackdown The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023
‘Ridiculous’: Greta Thunberg blasts decision to let UAE oil boss chair climate talks Climate activist at Davos says lobbyists have been influencing conferences ‘since forever’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023
At Davos, Thunberg visit spotlights lack of climate action Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Thursday slammed corporate bigwigs meeting in Davos, Switzerland for “prioritizing greed and short term economic profits” over people affected by the climate crisis The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023
Thunberg joins march on German village in protest against coal mine expansion Around 6,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through mud and rain to the German village of Luetzerath on Saturday, according to a police estimate, demonstrating against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine. Reuters · Jan 14, 2023
‘It cannot be activism as usual’: Kumi Naidoo and Luisa Neubauer on the way forward for climate justice As the climate movement hits another impasse, activists Luisa Neubauer and Kumi Naidoo explain why we need to mobilise many more people from all walks of life The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
German chancellor Olaf Scholz sparks backlash for ‘comparing climate activists to Nazis’ ‘These black-clad displays at various events by the same people over and over again remind me of a time that is, thank God, long gone by’ The Independent UK · May 31, 2022