„Today the Swiss KlimaSeniorinnen, who are a member of EGC, have won a decisive and far-reaching victory in a ruling by the European Court for Human Rights “. For the first time, climate protection has been legally recognised as a human right. We, the European...
By Eva Riemer Last week, Danish grandparents for Climate and other climate activists took to the streets with flyers, campaigning for a CO2 tax on agriculture. This happened because the Danish Government is currently negotiating with the Danish Agriculture and Food...
By Eva Riemer Every Thursday morning at 8:30, “The Climate Reminder” greets Danish parliament members on their way to political committee meetings. This Thursday, the group was joined by a member of the European parliament. On Thursday 22 February, MEP Niels...
By Graham Keen In February 2024 the Grandparents for Climate in French-speaking Belgium (GPC – Grands Parents pour le Climat) published their Newsletter in a revised format, intended to make it more attractive and easier reading. At that occasion, we picked and...
By Godela Von Kirchbach The Austrian Grandparents for Future gave symbolic encouragement to the 183 Members of Parliament to handle the hot stuff of climate protection by presenting each of them with a self-crocheted pot holder. Before handing them over to the MPs...
By Jan Stel, Co-chair of European Grandparents for Climate Koen taught me how to demonstrate in Brussels. Koen was always in good spirits leading the way with his loudspeaker.’ What do we want?’ he would ask us. ‘Climate justice’ we answered in chorus and at the top...
