Thousands Protest Inaction over Climate Crisis in Switzerland
Organisers said at least 8,000 people joined the larger march in Lausanne, as protesters pressed Swiss leaders for stronger climate action.
- On Saturday, thousands marched in Geneva and Lausanne to protest government inaction on global warming, with at least 8,000 participants gathering in Lausanne for the larger demonstration.
- A coalition of over 100 groups organized the demonstrations under the banner "No 50-degree summers!" to address climate impacts including nuclear plant closures and record low water levels in Lake Zurich.
- Demonstrator Vincent Fontannaz, 47-year-old actor, dressed as a giant water drop to highlight agricultural survival, stating, "It's not just about swimming pools, it's most of all about agriculture."
- The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2024 that Switzerland was not doing enough to fight climate change, with further protests scheduled in several Swiss cities until October 2.
- Union activist Guillaume Matthey, 31, hopes the protests initiate "a new cycle of widespread popular mobilisation," while demonstrator Yves Froidevaux, 60s, added, "We can't just finance weapons and then not care.
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Thousands protest inaction over climate crisis in Switzerland
They were answering a call by a coalition of more than a hundreds of associations and political parties under the common banner: "No 50-degree summers!" People of all ages took part in the marches, carrying placards with slogans such as "No Planet B" and "We're cooked!", AFP journalists noted. The larger demonstration was at Lausanne, where organisers said at least 8,000 had taken part. One marcher, 31-year-old union activist Guillaume Matthey t…
Large demonstrations in Geneva and Lausanne took place in Switzerland, with other demonstrations following in other cities of the central European country The post Switzerland: "No summers at 50 degrees Celsius" - Demonstrations for global warming appeared first on in.gr.
The mobilizations "No summers at 50 degrees", which will cross Switzerland this autumn, begin this Saturday in Lausanne and Geneva. Thousands of demonstrators are expected to demand a surge in climate action, after an unprecedented summer of caniculeEight years after the start of the major mobilizations of the climate strikes, the ecologist movement returns to the streets this Saturday and throughout the autumn, in a dozen Swiss cities. More tha…
Protests against climate inaction have taken place in Geneva and Lausanne. Demonstrations are also being organized in other Swiss cities until October 2nd, saying that funding should not be for weapons.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Geneva and Lausanne in Switzerland today to protest the inaction on global warming. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of more than 100 organizations, which joined forces under the common slogan "No summers at 50 degrees Celsius!". Protesters of all ages took part in peaceful marches in both cities, holding banners with messages such as "Asphyxiation is not inevitable," "Will we live or die?…
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