Ende Gelände 2020

Ende Gelände 2020 was a mass action of civil disobedience of the wider movement for climate justice from 25 to 27 September 2020 in Rhineland, Germany, close to Cologne.[1] It protested against Germany's climate politics, because it "is a complete failure and makes it impossible to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees.[2] For the first time a protest against natural gas was included.[3]

The "infection protection concept" was necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participant numbers were limited in a total of ten "contact points" (climate camps) to 3200 participants.[4] The participants were distributed to the contact points in order to prevent too large crowds in one place. After the total capacity was already exhausted on the second day of arrival, an arrival stop had to be announced. Participants who had not reserved any seats were asked to travel to Danneröder Forest that is occupied by climate activists in tree houses to block the construction of motorway A49.