Neurath Power Station, a lignite-fired power plant in Neurath, Germany, owned by RWE, was identified as the second-largest single polluter for carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union in 2019 by the EU's Transport and Environment Group.

Toni, a young activist, photographed in the village of Lützerath. The occupation was coordinated by Ende Gelände, a network of climate justice groups using disobedient tactics.

German police barricade the village of Lützerath to clear it after more than two years of resistance against the expansion of a massive brown coal mine in Germany.

Tear gas launched by French police against activists during a march in La Rochelle protesting the environmental impact of the agribusiness industry.

Ravi, a Code Rood activist, during nonviolent action training in a skyscraper under construction in Brussels, Belgium.

Barricades built by activists occupying Lützerath to resist eviction and prevent RWE, a German energy company, from expanding its coal mine.

A young activist in the Unser Aller Camp near Keyenberg, Germany, protesting against RWE’s lignite mining operations.

Activists of the Code Rouge movement in Belgium participate in police confrontation training in a building under construction in Brussels.

The Garzweiler lignite mine, near Keyenberg, Germany, threatens six towns with demolition due to its expansion. Owned by RWE, the mine spans 48 square kilometers and has already destroyed 20 villages since the 1970s. Germany's lignite extraction equals digging the original Suez Canal 16 times annually.

Noah, a 21 year old psychology student at the University of Lisbon, participates in an End Fossil university occupation.

Activist camp at the Flémalle gas-fired power plant, occupied by Code Rouge activists in Belgium.

Last Generation activists spray washable paint on the entrance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Florence to protest the Italian government's funding of fossil fuel multinationals.

Clashes erupt between demonstrators and thousands of police officers brought from across Germany to prevent activists from re-entering Lützerath after their eviction. It took over a week to clear the camp of more than 300 activists barricaded inside.

Lotte Milow, a 20 year old activist in Lützerath, Germany. The old farm in Lützerath was occupied by around 400 environmental activists resisting the expansion of a lignite coal mine.

Activists from Code Rood, a Belgian environmental movement, occupy the Flémalle gas-fired power plant owned by Engie, Belgium's leading energy company.

A young environmental activist in Vienna rests after a protest against OVM, Austria's energy company

Activists build barricades to resist eviction by German police and prevent the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite mine, owned by RWE.

An activist by the river near Pré Sec, France, after clashes with police forces

French police officers defend the port of La Rochelle from Soulevements de la Terre activists protesting the agribusiness industry.

Smoke rises in a field near Pré Sec, ignited by tear gas launched by French police to halt activists marching against the construction of large water basins.