‘Failing to act could become so co • Table.Briefings

Umweltministerin Steffi Lemke — Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (B90/The Greens).

The German „Climate Adaptation Week“ aims to make it clear: The effects of the climate crisis are also clearly felt in Germany. In today’s special interview, German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke demands that authorities and planners anchor adaptation in everyday life. And she calls for a reorienting agricultural policy, which has worked „against nature for centuries.“

Ms Lemke, it is only the second time there has been a Climate Adaptation Week in Germany, and since July, there has also been a draft law on the subject. But we have been aware of climate damage for much longer. Why has it taken so long to engage with this issue seriously?

‘Failing to act could become so costly that it could overwhelm the state’

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