Twenty-two institutions have been shut down as part of proposed month-long campaign

A wave of student occupations has shut down schools and universities across Europe as part of a renewed youth protest campaign against inaction on climate breakdown. Twenty-two schools and universities across the continent have been occupied as part of a proposed month-long campaign.

In Germany, universities were occupied in Wolfenbüttel, Magdeburg, Münster, Bielefeld, Regensburg, Bremen and Berlin. In Spain, students in occupation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona organised teach-outs on climate change. In Belgium, 40 students occupied the University of Ghent. In the Czech republic, about 100 students camped outside the ministry of trade and industry. And in the UK occupations were under way at the universities of Leeds, Exeter and Falmouth.

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