© Jörg Farys/​Fridays for Future |Fridays for Future: A global movement has developed from the strike of a single student.It is said to be the largest of the weekly school strikes to date for climate protection.Germany is one of the countries where the “Fridays for Future” movement is particularly strong.Its initiator Greta Thunberg has now been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.From the solo effort of one schoolgirl to a movement of hundreds of thousands: Schoolchildren and students worldwide are preparing to go on strike for climate protection tomorrow under the motto "Fridays for Future".In the northernmost city in the world, that's Norway's Longyearbyen.In the southernmost city, that's Chile's Punta Arenas.And after setting up "Fridays for Future" - the motto has become the name of the movement - also in between at 1,691 locations, in about 100 countries on all continents, apart from Antarctica.The movement is particularly strong in Germany and France.Strikes have been announced in 196 places in Germany, and in France there are even 240 – more than in any other country.Also in Italy, Sweden, the USA and Great Britain the numbers have three digits.Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace PrizeThe strikes were initiated by the now 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg, who since last August has not been going to school regularly, especially on Fridays, and instead has been demonstrating for climate protection.The “Fridays for Future” movement that grew out of this calls for states to align their policies with the Paris climate agreement.For months, students have been taking to the streets every Friday for this.Thunberg has even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in inspiring the movement.She feels "honored and grateful" for this, the climate activist wrote on Twitter.“We have the means for climate protection”The plan is for the strikes to be bigger than ever this week."We are the last generation that has a realistic chance of averting a climate catastrophe," says Linus Steinmetz, a face of Fridays for Future in Germany."According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we still have twelve years to bring about the necessary change and we have the means to do so," warns the 15-year-old.17-year-old Anna Taylor, one of the leaders of Fridays for Future in the UK, is calling on her government to take responsibility."The people in power are not only betraying us young Brits by taking our future away from us, they are responsible for the climate crisis that is spreading horribly across the world," she says.According to the student, in Great Britain relatively little has been felt about the crisis so far."But those who are least responsible for climate change are already suffering the most from the consequences."“We don’t follow the rules anymore”Just this week, more than 12,000 scientists from all disciplines in Germany, Austria and Switzerland supported the climate strike movement under the motto "Scientists for Future".A similar initiative took place in the UK in February.A slim majority of the German population also supports schoolchildren and students, as the survey institute Civey found out for Der Spiegel.The movement's form of action draws criticism from conservative, liberal and right-wing politicians in particular.They are bothered by the fact that many of the protesters are actually of school age.However, the students deliberately rely on civil disobedience.Climate activist Steinmetz points out that governments are not sticking to the Paris Agreement they have signed."If the adults don't follow the rules, neither do we," says the student.In over 100 countries, people will take to the streets and demonstrate for ambitious climate protection.An overview of the locations of the international school strike in Germany can be found hereThe report was written by the editors of "klimareporter.de" (Susanne Schwarz) in 2019 - the article may not be distributed without permission (post@klimareporter.de)!Book Franz Alt for a lecture: franzalt@sonnenseite.com