Germans march to demand exit from coal-fired energy
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(1 Dec 2018) Thousands of protesters marched in Berlin on Saturday to demand that Germany make a quick exit from using coal-fired energy, a day before a United Nations climate summit opens in neighbouring Poland. Saturday's march through Berlin's government district and a simultaneous event in the western city of Cologne were organised by environmental groups. Many demonstrators carried flags with slogans like "Stop Coal" and "Save our Climate." The summit opening Sunday in Katowice, Poland seeks to build on the landmark 2015 Paris accord, when countries agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the century's end. German officials had hoped to present a blueprint for phasing out Germany's use of coal over the coming decades. But an expert committee postponed its report on that until after the UN conference. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/301d56d7ed25384fbef19fab05560b2b
