Jakob Blasel

Jakob Blasel (born 2000) is a German climate activist[1] and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens.

Jakob Blasel
Jakob Blasel in May 2019
Born2000 (age 21–22)
Kiel, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forSchool strike for climate
Political partyGerman:
Alliance 90/The Greens
EU:
European Green Party

Political career

Blasel grew up in Kronshagen and joined the Green Party in 2017.[2]

Blasel organized the first demonstration in Kiel in the fall of 2018; it was about preserving the Hambach Forest in North Rhine-Westphalia, which was to be cleared for lignite mining.[3] Shortly after, he became the initiator of the first school strike for climate in Northern Germany.[4][5] In May 2019, he addressed the ESA's Living Planet Symposium in Milan.[6]

In 2020, Blasel completed an internship at the parliamentary office of Lisa Badum. Ahead of the 2021 national elections, he was nominated by the Green Party as a candidate for the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein.[7] He won 14.8% of first preference votes, coming third behind Sönke Rix, the SDP candidate, and Johann Wadephul, the CDU candidate.[8]

References
  1. Watts, Jonathan (2019-02-15). "'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. Pauline Voss (May 21, 2021), Wieso Klimaaktivist Jakob Blasel weg von der Strasse und in den Bundestag will Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  3. Pauline Voss (May 21, 2021), Wieso Klimaaktivist Jakob Blasel weg von der Strasse und in den Bundestag will Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  4. "Fridays For Future". International News. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  5. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, Living Planet: Interview with Jakob Blasel, Fridays for Future | DW | 14.03.2019, retrieved 2019-09-24
  6. "Climate activist Jakob Blasel". European Space Agency. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  7. Pauline Voss (May 21, 2021), Wieso Klimaaktivist Jakob Blasel weg von der Strasse und in den Bundestag will Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  8. "Bundestagswahl 2021 in Schleswig-Holstein: 4 - Rendsburg-Eckernförde". Statistisches Amt Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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