Climate activists acting under the banner “oil kills” have glued themselves to the tarmac and grounded flights across Europe as holidaymakers attempt to make summer getaways. In a wave of protests at airports from Oslo to Barcelona, activists disrupted flights and demanded that rich and polluting countries phase out fossil fuels by 2030. Photograph: Letzte Generation Handout/EPAIn Germany, protesters from the climate group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) briefly stopped flights on Wednesday morning after they cut a chain-linked fence and glued themselves to the tarmac at Cologne-Bonn airport. “At airports it becomes clear: what used to be normal, we can no longer afford today,” said one Letzte Generation supporter, Lili Gomez. Authorities in countries such as the UK and Germany have cracked down on airport protests and pushed for harsher penalties for activists.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2024 16:47 UTC