is taking part in a nationwide climate strike with demonstrations in several cities across Lower Saxony Fridays for Future on 13 November 2026. The occasion is the negotiations at the World Climate Conference in Antalya, Turkey. The movement is calling on the federal government to provide more funding for climate action and adaptation in particularly affected countries, and to make progress towards a global phase-out of coal, oil and gas.
For Hanover and Braunschweig demonstrations were announced from 3pm. Events were also planned in northern German states called for faster expansion of the electricity grids on 11 November 2026., Osnabrück, Oldenburg and Emden. According to Fridays for Future Osnabrück, a rally was due to begin there at 2pm in front of the OsnabrückHalle, followed by a march through the city centre at 3pm. On the basis of the available announcements, it was not possible to assess whether the events took place, or on what scale.
According to local organisers, the protest in Göttingen is aimed not only at participants in the climate conference. It is also intended as a signal to the Energy Ministers’ Conference, which is meeting in the city. The city confirmed to the Göttinger Tageblatt that a demonstration had been registered. The local Fridays for Future group is also linking the climate strike to a call to accelerate the transition to sustainable heating in Göttingen.
Nationwide, Fridays for Future announced protests in more than 70 cities on 11 November. The call is supported by environmental organisations, among others. The movement argues that economically powerful countries must contribute more to funding climate action and adaptation, since poorer and particularly vulnerable countries are facing significant consequences of global warming. Greenpeace is also calling for progress towards phasing out fossil fuels.
The protests were deliberately timed: the World Climate Conference began in Antalya on 9 November and was due to run until 20 November. Countries are discussing international climate action and the implementation of the Paris Agreement there. Adopted in 2015, the agreement provides a shared framework for the goal of limiting global warming.
The demonstrators’ demands concern different levels of government. Germany’s contribution to international climate finance is not decided by local government in Lower Saxony. Local planning and decisions by city authorities, however, play an important role in heating provision. In Göttingen, the local group’s demand is therefore also explicitly directed at the city council.
The announcements do not make it possible to determine how much political pressure the protest will generate. Nor do they establish what agreements countries will reach in Antalya. Nevertheless, the organisers intend the demonstrations to forge a connection between decisions at international level, the funding of measures in vulnerable countries and the transformation of energy supply in Germany.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).