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=== Controversy ===
=== Controversy ===
Neubauer has received negative press<ref>{{cite web|title=Grüne, Klimaschützer und Vielflieger|periodical=FAZ|publisher=|url=https://edition.faz.net/faz-edition/wirtschaft/2019-02-16/6e470c6fad287dfe54d5f19dd471b2a7/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Philip Plickert|date=2019-02-16|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> for her past flights to countries like the USA, UK, Hong Kong etc. As a response, she has stated that criticism of personal consumption distracts from larger structural and political issues.<ref name="SZ_Siebert">{{citation|surname1=Jasmin Siebert|periodical=sueddeutsche.de|title=Luisa Neubauer|issn=0174-4917|date=2019-02-12|language=German|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/profil-luisa-neubauer-1.4326529|access-date=2019-03-26
Neubauer has received negative press coverage<ref>{{cite web|title=Grüne, Klimaschützer und Vielflieger|periodical=FAZ|publisher=|url=https://edition.faz.net/faz-edition/wirtschaft/2019-02-16/6e470c6fad287dfe54d5f19dd471b2a7/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Philip Plickert|date=2019-02-16|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> for her past flights to remote countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Hong Kong. As a response, she has stated that any criticism of her personal consumption distracts from larger structural and political issues.<ref name="SZ_Siebert">{{citation|surname1=Jasmin Siebert|periodical=sueddeutsche.de|title=Luisa Neubauer|issn=0174-4917|date=2019-02-12|language=German|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/profil-luisa-neubauer-1.4326529|access-date=2019-03-26
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Furthermore some claim that she fails to position herself against the rapid rising of the global [[Human overpopulation|human population]].

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Furthermore some claim that she fails to position herself against the rapid rising of the global human population.


While positioning herself against the comparison of the climate change and the Holocaust, she has written in her latest book that the climate change is the greatest disaster in human history<ref>Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 15 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.
While positioning herself against the comparison of the climate change and the Holocaust, she has written in her latest book that the climate change is the greatest disaster in human history<ref>Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 15 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.


She rejects ideas to deal with the climate consequences by geoengineering<ref> Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 155 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref> and doesn´t believe that E-Cars can really help to solve the general problem of the human lust for neverending economic growth<ref> Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 78 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.
She rejects ideas to deal with the climate consequences by [[Climate engineering|geoengineering]]<ref> Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 155 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref> and doesn´t believe [[Electric car|electric cars]] can really help to solve the general problem of the human lust for neverending economic growth<ref> Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 78 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.


She makes today's political class responsible, especially white men from the northern hemisphere, for being painfully slow while implementing needed climate measures<ref>Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 198 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.
She makes today's political class responsible, especially white men from the northern hemisphere, for being painfully slow while implementing needed climate measures<ref>Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 198 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, {{ISBN|978-3-608-50455-2}}</ref>.

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Luisa-Marie Neubauer
Luisa Neubauer, in 2019.
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGermany
Occupationpolitician
Known forSchool strike for climate
Luisa-Marie Neubauer (on the left) with Greta Thunberg (on the right) in March 2019, during a climate protest in Hamburg.
Luisa Neubauer at TINCON re:publica at Berlin-Kreuzberg on 7 May 2019

Luisa-Marie Neubauer (21 April 1996, Hamburg[1]) is a German climate politician. She is one of the main organisers of the School strike for climate movement in Germany.[2][3] She advocates a climate policy that complies with the Paris Agreement and endorses de-growth. Neubauer is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens and the Green Youth.[4]

Life

Neubauer grew up in Hamburg-Iserbrook and completed her high school diploma at the Marion-Dönhoff-Gymnasium in Hamburg-Blankenese. In 2015, she began her Geography degree at the University of Göttingen. She has received a scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia[5] and a scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation[6].

Early activism

Neubauer has been a youth ambassador of the NGO ONE since 2015.[7] She has also been a member of the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations[8], 350.org, the Right Livelihood Award foundation[1], the Fossil Free campaign[1] and The Hunger Project[9].

Fridays For Future

As of the beginning of 2019, Neubauer became known as one of the leading Fridays For Future activists. Many media outlets refer to her as the "German face of the movement." Neubauer rejects comparisons of herself and other strike organisers to Greta Thunberg, saying: "We're building a mass-movement and reaching out quite far in our methods of mobilising and gaining attention. What Greta does is incredibly impressive and inspiring, but in reality very much different."[10]

Neubauer does not see the strikes as a means of directly affecting politics. More important is the work behind the strikes: "What we're doing is incredibly sustainable. We're creating structures and turning the events into educational experiences. And we're leading debates on the principles of climate protection."[11]

Positions

Urgency of climate action

As guest author on the official WWF blog, Luisa Neubauer described the urgency she perceived regarding climate change:

"It feels like we're sitting in a car about to drive into an abyss. But instead of hitting the brakes, it accelerates. We were put into this car without anyone asking us. This abyss really exists. Man-made climate change is real and by now we're experiencing the grave changes that it's bringing. [...] And by "we" I mean the generation that will have to deal with the consequences more than any other. [...] Our drivers are the politicians, decision makers and industry C.E.O.s that are stepping on the gas pedal.“[12]

Controversy

Neubauer has received negative press coverage[13] for her past flights to remote countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Hong Kong. As a response, she has stated that any criticism of her personal consumption distracts from larger structural and political issues.[14]

Furthermore some claim that she fails to position herself against the rapid rising of the global human population.

While positioning herself against the comparison of the climate change and the Holocaust, she has written in her latest book that the climate change is the greatest disaster in human history[15].

She rejects ideas to deal with the climate consequences by geoengineering[16] and doesn´t believe electric cars can really help to solve the general problem of the human lust for neverending economic growth[17].

She makes today's political class responsible, especially white men from the northern hemisphere, for being painfully slow while implementing needed climate measures[18].

Therefore the northern atmosphere is obligated to decrease their standard of living to pay for the future change of the global south towards an environmental way of life[19].

References

  1. ^ a b c Neubauer, Luisa (2019). "Bewerbung um einen Platz im Europawahlkampfteam der Grünen Jugend". Grüne Jugend (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-02-09.
  2. ^ Traufetter, Interview Conducted By Gerald; Amann, Melanie (2019-03-19). "The Climate Activist vs. the Economics Minister: 'My Generation Has Been Fooled'". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (2019-08-10). "Greta Thunberg takes climate fight to Germany's threatened Hambach Forest". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "From Greta to Luisa, youths spearhead climate movement". France 24. 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. ^ Sven Grünewald (2016-09-15). "„Wer einmal dabei ist, bleibt dabei"". goettinger-tageblatt.de.
  6. ^ Klima-Aktivistin Luisa Neubauer: „Ich hoffe, dass ich nicht noch 825 Freitage streiken muss“ Porträt bei ze.tt vom 12. Februar 2019
  7. ^ Kampagnenorganisation One. „Warum geht mich das etwas an?“ Göttinger Tageblatt, 16. Juni 2016.
  8. ^ Maryam Bonakdar (2018-12-03). "Generationenvertrag: Die Jugend begehrt auf". ndr.de.
  9. ^ "Fokus Wasser – Schwerpunkt Afrika – Jahresbericht 2016" (PDF). Das Hunger Projekt. 2017-10-01.
  10. ^ Schülerstreik: Organisatorin Luisa Neubauer im Interview. "Wir sind nicht mehr zu übersehen". abi.unicum.de. Abgerufen am 31. März 2019
  11. ^ Mit voller Wucht. Luisa Neubauer ist das deutsche Gesicht der Klimaproteste. Wie wurde sie zur Aktivistin einer globalen Bewegung? Eine Begegnung auf Demonstrationen in Paris und Berlin. In: Die Zeit, 14. März 2019, S. 65. Onlinefassung; abgerufen am 16. März 2019.
  12. ^ Luisa Neubauer: Fridays for Future: Schulstreik für Kohleausstieg. blog.wwf.de. 24. Januar 2019.
  13. ^ Philip Plickert (2019-02-16). "Grüne, Klimaschützer und Vielflieger". FAZ.
  14. ^ Jasmin Siebert (2019-02-12), "Luisa Neubauer", sueddeutsche.de (in German), ISSN 0174-4917, retrieved 2019-03-26
  15. ^ Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 15 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50455-2
  16. ^ Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 155 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50455-2
  17. ^ Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 78 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50455-2
  18. ^ Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft, pg. 198 Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50455-2
  19. ^ Luisa Neubauer und Alexander Repenning: Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft pg. 188, 193, 194, Tropen Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50455-2

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