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The core demand of Fridays for Future could not be less threatening: governments should implement the promises they made in the 2015 Paris Agreement

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Do democracies need to fear climate extremism?

These days, the extreme right-wing attacks democracy in many countries. Is there a risk of an additional challenge from climate activists who conclude that democracies will never do enough to slow down the climate emergency?

There are such voices. Already a decade ago the climate scientist James Lovelock, deeply-frustrated by the slow response to the unfolding catastrophe, suggested that climate change should be seen as a war and in a war "democracy can be put on hold". \nI do not see,...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International (DRI), a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

The core demand of Fridays for Future could not be less threatening: governments should implement the promises they made in the 2015 Paris Agreement

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International (DRI), a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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