Editorial

The images from Lützerath protests not only weigh heavily on German politics, but also on Germany’s global climate image. On the one hand promoting coal and clearing protests, in some cases by force, on the other hand pleading for more ambition at COP conferences? This is seen as hypocrisy. Germany is still stuck in the 20th century, says Richard Klein of the Stockholm Environment Institute. According to Klein, Germany lacks a coherent strategy for climate action and the energy transition.