There was a climate demonstration on Malostranské náměstí in Prague
The protest is part of the Fridays for Future (FFF) environmental movement, and representatives of its Czech branch already said in August that they want to appeal to the government that will emerge from the October parliamentary elections to make climate solutions a priority.
Demonstrators, both students and adults, carried placards with inscriptions such as “Climate justice”, “No time to turn a blind eye” or “We want a healthy planet for our children”.
Representatives of environmental organizations Greenpeace and Duha also participated. After the speeches, according to one of the spokespersons of the FFF, Klára Bělíčková, a march through the city is on the agenda.
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The spokesperson of the organizing FFF movement must repeat in the introduction that the future government will take concrete steps to protect the climate. They recalled that in June the movement assessed the previous activity of this majority of parliamentary parties as insufficient.
Activists are also asking the future government for the Czechia to focus on a more sustainable way of life and after the elections for the position of non-party minister or climate ministry.
They also want an end to coal by 2030 and emphasize the need for a just transition in coal regions.
The movement refers to the recently published parts of six assessment reports of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to which they say the world is facing several tipping points.
According to the activists, one of the scenarios still makes it possible to keep global warming below the safe limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the time before the industrial revolution, but for this it is necessary to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years.
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The Czech branch of Fridays for Future has organized a number of protests in recent years. For example, in March 2019, two thousand high school students marched through Prague, demanding more rigorous climate protection and emission reduction.
Hundreds of young people also came to the Prague strike in September of the same year. Last year and this year, due to measures against the spread of the covid-19 disease, the movement mostly held more intimate events. During the period of the strictest epidemic measures, activists also protested online.
Student protests have also taken place in other cities in the Czech Republic in the past, and according to the FFF, demonstrations were also planned in Brno or Ostrava for Friday.