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15 July marks the first „EU day for the victims of the global climate crisis.“ On this day, the EU wants to „raise awareness of the human lives lost and humanitarian crisis caused by climate change“. EU climate commissioner Timmermans will visit three regions that were particularly affected by extreme weather in 2021. A nice gesture. But is that enough, given the current heatwaves and floods in many parts of the world? Shouldn’t there be a Europe-wide minute of silence? A public pause to ensure the climate crisis reaches people’s minds instead of being drowned in party-political pettiness?