Germany is heating and drying up faster than ever. Yet climate change is not high on the agenda of many politicians. Why are they avoiding the issue? Are voters tired of hearing about climate action? And what will happen if Germany continues to delay?
Together with sustainability researcher Maja Göpel and SPD climate spokesperson Jakob Blankenburg, DW's Berlin Bureau Chief Max Hofmann examines the growing gap between climate reality and political action and ask a broader question: can Germany keep up with climate change?
Chapters:
00:00 Why climate matters now
03:03 The politics of delay
06:52 Can technology deliver?
10:42 Economics of climate action
13:05 Transformation and resistance
15:16 Climate costs in fields
17:02 What governments achieved
19:43 Adaptation and transformation
22:54 The price of inaction
24:24 Making climate binding
29:41 Elections and climate policy
33:47 A message to Merz
36:06 Honesty in climate politics
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