Berlin/New York, 11 September 2023 (dpa/MIA) - More than 400 demonstrations and protests for more action on climate change are planned around the globe from Friday to Sunday, with millions of people expected to take part.

The Climate Action Network announced on Monday that the protesters will be demanding an exit from coal, oil and gas as soon as possible. The series of protests is also aimed at a climate summit on September 20 in New York, hosted by UN Secretary General António Guterres.

According to the report, 780 organizations - including Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion and Friends of the Earth - are behind the protests.

In Germany, the climate activist movement Fridays for Future has called for a "global climate strike" on September 15, with dozens of demonstrations planned. The group Last Generation is also participating on the day.

Climate Action Network director Tasneem Essop pointed out that July was the hottest month since weather records began, but the unprecedented recent deadly disasters resulting from global warming were making no impression on major polluters, she lamented.

Countries like Norway, the United States and Britain have even announced new oil and gas projects, she said.

The planned demonstrations are a loud message to the fossil fuel industry and its supporters that their time is up, she said.

In view of the record global temperatures this year, UN Secretary General Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change in order to prevent "the worst climate chaos."

All major emitters must make additional efforts to reduce their climate-damaging emissions. But despite all the promises of action on climate change by the international community, global emissions reached a new high last year, according to figures from the International Energy Agency.

The world has already warmed by about 1.1 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times. The past eight years have been the warmest since weather records began.

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