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16 demonstrators were arrested on Sunday during climate protests at several airports in Sweden. You belong to the climate protection movement Extinction Rebellion.
According to police, four people were arrested on board two aircraft at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport.
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Four people who ran onto the tarmac were arrested at Stockholm’s Bromma Airport (symbolic image).
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Members of the climate protection movement Extinction Rebellion disrupted air traffic in Sweden on Sunday.
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16 people were arrested.
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The protest took place on the opening day of the world climate conference COP26.
16 demonstrators were arrested on Sunday during climate protests at several airports in Sweden. Activists of the climate protection movement Extinction Rebellion had gathered at seven Swedish airports on the opening day of the World Climate Conference in Glasgow to protest against subsidies for aviation.
According to police, four people were arrested on board two aircraft at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport because they tried to prevent the machines from starting. The police are now accusing them of sabotaging aircraft and airports. Four people who ran onto the tarmac were arrested at Stockholm’s Bromma Airport. At Malmo Airport in southern Sweden, a protester taped her hands on the runway.
“We have to stop the emissions where they can be avoided,” said Extinction Rebellion about the protest. “That’s why we want the state and municipalities to stop subsidizing industries that use fossil fuels, including aviation and airports.”
Also active in Switzerland
Extinction Rebellion caused a stir in Switzerland with similar campaigns this year. Activists of the movement stuck to the Bundeshaus in June. As the organization had announced in a media release, it was also about provoking the police to intervene: “The rebels want to show that they are completely normal people who act peacefully and respectfully, but are ready to put their bodies at risk in order to steer society away from the cliff towards which it is headed, ”the communiqué said at the time.
The Extinction Rebellion campaign in Zurich.
The movement also made three demands on the Federal Council. If the government does not respond, the activists announced that they want to paralyze the city of Zurich. It finally happened in October Sit-in strikes at important transport hubs in the city.
G20 countries are committed to implementing the Paris Climate Agreement
The World Climate Conference began on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 120 heads of state and government are expected at COP26. The central theme of COP26 is the further implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015. The major economic powers (G20) have committed to complying with the Paris Climate Agreement.
In the final communiqué of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday, according to information from the German press agency, the G20 states are still committed to the 2015 goals of keeping global warming “well below two degrees and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1 To limit 5 degrees ». On the other hand, it remained unclear what specific measures the G20 group intends to take to achieve these goals.
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