Climate activists have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree that stood in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.

Protest group Last Generation said two of its members used a hydraulic lift and a hand saw to cut two metres off the top of the 15-metre tree and hang up a banner.

The banner read: “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree.”

In a statement, the group said it wanted to highlight that Germany is so far only seeing the “tip” of the climate catastrophe happening around the world.

Last Generation called on the German government to do more to tackle global warming.

Criticising such protests, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on the activists to show “a bit of creativity.”

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