A number of scattered branching dead tree trunks stand against the background of looming, imposing sand dunes about to swallow them. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CCA-SA 2.5, by Luca Galuzzi, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.)

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1. Wolfgang Lucht (w_lucht@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 20:27:52 JST Wolfgang Lucht

   There seems to be a far-reaching consensus in the 🇩🇪 media that climate protection is a green ambition they lose on, you know, because ... (enter your favourite objection). There is little sense that the climate crisis is existential and concerns us all.

   The absence of climate scientists from the talkshows speaks volumes. It is all treated as a matter of priorities, power, politics. The actual urgency is rarely a factor.

   As a climate scientist I sometimes don't know what more to say.