Climate crisis activists halt traffic at major German airports

BERLIN

Climate crisis activists disrupted air traffic at Germany’s major airports on Thursday morning by gluing themselves to the tarmac.

Activists from the Last Generation group gained access to the tarmacs of Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg and Stuttgart airports, forcing authorities to temporarily suspend flight operations for several hours for safety reasons.

The group shared photos and videos of the action on X, showing several activists in orange safety vests sitting on the tarmac with banners saying “Oil kills” and “Sign the treaty.”

The protests were part of the global "Oil kills" campaign.

“Together with allied protest movements, including in the US and Canada, the Last Generation is calling for the signing of a fossil fuel phase-out treaty,” the group said in a statement.

“The German government should commit to international negotiations with the aim of signing an intergovernmental treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030,” the statement said.