German Climate Activists Continue To Strike In Berlin

The action that criticized the issue of the climate crisis and its impact carried the theme Stop Climate Disaster. (ANTARA PHOTO/Hendra Nurdiyansyah/foc.)

JAKARTA - Two climate activists continue to carry out their hunger strike in the German capital, Berlin, to pressure the government to take action to tackle climate change. Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick, who has been on a hunger strike for 34 days, told Anadolu that they demanded the German Government to immediately announce meaningful and binding targets to combat climate change. "I ask Chancellor Olaf Scholz to make a government declaration," the 49-year-old activist was quoted as saying via Antara, Wednesday, April 10. He must press the public in dealing with the climate crisis and set a firm and binding target on efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Metzeler-Kick and his friends set up a protest camp in the Berlin government district, near the German Federal Chancellor's Office, for their voices to be heard by government officials. Richard Cluse, who joined the hunger strike nearly two days ago, said they would continue their protests until the chancellor announced radical changes in climate policy, and took concrete action to combat the climate crisis. Activists set up tents on the pitch piled up across the street from the Federal Chancellor's Office, and hung up on a number of banners, including which read "It's time to speak up Chancellor Scholz: We're heading for a climate catastrophe," "Food strikes for climate justice," and "Worship until you're honest."

German climate activists strongly criticized the government for making further investments in fossil fuel infrastructure and endangering mankind's future. They demand radical changes in politics and society in order to stem the bad effects of global warming.