Environmental activists in Berlin, Germany, performed a little more than your average tree trimming on Wednesday when they chopped off the tip of a large, iconic Christmas tree in front of the city’s popular Brandenburg Gate.⁠ ⁠ Two members of the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), a civil resistance organization focused on bringing attention to the impacts of climate change, were elevated to the top of the Christmas tree in Pariser Platz using a hydraulic lift, The Associated Press reported.⁠ ⁠ Dressed in orange high-visibility vests, the two female protesters used a hand saw to chop two metres from the top of the formerly 15-metre-tall Nordmann fir tree.⁠ ⁠ Round, silver ornaments still hung from the branches in one of the protester’s hands as they hung a banner from the lift, reading: “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree.”⁠ ⁠ The statement, according to a press release from Last Generation, is a nod to how Germany has only witnessed the “tip” ⁠ ⁠ Click the link in the @GlobalNews bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Image: AP⁠