BERLIN — Two girls glued themselves to the handrails round a dinosaur exhibit at Berlin’s Pure Historical past museum on Sunday within the newest protest by local weather activists, calling on the German authorities to scale up measures to combat local weather change.
The 2 activists glued themselves to the handrails across the skeleton of a dinosaur that lived thousands and thousands of years in the past, holding a banner that learn: “What if the federal government doesn’t have it beneath management?”
“The dinosaurs turned extinct as a result of they couldn’t stand up to the huge local weather adjustments. The identical threatens us,” stated one of many girls, Caris Connell, 34.
The Final Technology group, which was behind the protest, stated Germany should lower emissions instantly to cease mass extinction of species and referred to as on Berlin to impose a velocity restrict on motorways.
The German authorities has set CO2 discount targets to turn out to be carbon impartial by 2045 however has not set a velocity restrict on the nation’s motorway community.
The protest continued for 20 minutes till police arrived. Releasing the ladies from the handrails took one other 40 minutes.
The Pure Historical past Museum stated it had filed a felony grievance for trespassing and property injury.
