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Akademie-Gespräch 29 "Klima: Der globale Countdown". Alfred Eichhorn im Gespräch mit Karsten Sach, Jörg Schlaich, Harald Schumann und Klaus Staeck in der Akademie der Künste
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SummaryClimate change threatens to upset every aspect of our lives. The temperature rise must be kept below two degrees until the end of the century, so that animal and plant species can still adapt to the inevitable changes and mankind has a chance to cope with the consequential damage. The two-degree target requires Europe to reduce emissions by 80 to 90 percent by 2050. However, dealing with the financial and economic crisis shows that global existential problems are dealt with separately and that questions of climate change, food and energy supply are postponed or ignored.
The Akademie der Künste takes this opportunity to ask about ways out of the climate trap and to broaden political as well as scientific-technical questions to include the perspective of art. The discussion is part of the Academy's projects on the subject, such as the exhibition "Return of the Landscape" in spring 2010, and will be continued immediately on 20 October, when another Academy discussion will be held about the many refugees from Asia and Africa who land daily on Europe's southern coasts to escape poverty and natural disasters. They are already the ones most affected by the consequences of global warming.
Alfred Eichhorn Journalist, rbb FORUM the debate on Inforadio - Karsten Sach Ministerialdirigent beim Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit - Jörg Schlaich Civil Engineer, Member of the Academy of Arts - Harald Schumann Editor for special tasks at the "Tagesspiegel" - Klaus Staeck President of the Academy of Arts
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