There are moments when everything happens at once in climate policy: While southern Germany is sinking in extreme rain these days, people are dying and cities are flooding, the climate interim conference SB60 is starting in Bonn. Inside, progress is fought for millimeter by millimeter, while outside, the Rhine swells decimeters higher than usual. In Mexico, climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become the next president. At the same time, it becomes clear that the devastating rain floods in Brazil, which resulted in 160 deaths, have become more likely due to the climate crisis.