Workshop: B142 Lützerath at the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine - the climate justice movement hot spot

The workshop is about the history of the emergence of the Lützerath hot spot. The diversity of actors and their experiences in the context of movement building and alliance work will be presented. It is about strategy development and an analysis of the NRWE complex (the company RWE and the North Rhine-Westphalian state government) and the quasi-occupying power RWE. There will be an excursion to Lützerath on Saturday afternoon.

In this workshop, the current hot spot of the climate justice movement in Germany, LÜTZERATH, a small village of resistance near Mönchengladbach, will be looked at from different perspectives.
The development towards the focus, which has now existed for about two years, will be presented and analysed. The diverse resistance structures in Lützerath and the surrounding area will be presented:
- The Lützerath includes numerous tree houses built by activists.
- The alliance "All villages stay put”
- the Lützerath vigil
- Leaving churches in the village
- "Unser aller Wald" (Everyone’s forest), which also has numerous tree houses built by activists
- The RWE tribunal

Various studies will be discussed that prove why the 1.5°C goal borders on Lützerath, why the gigantic lignite excavators have to be stopped if Germany wants to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement.
The role of the energy company RWE as "Europe's biggest climate killer" will also be addressed.
Finally, the red line action planned for Saturday afternoon in Lützerath is being prepared as part of the ESU.

Info

Day: 2022-08-18
Start time: 16:30
Duration: 01:45
Room: W305 Organization:
Track: Ecology and climate justice
Language: de

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