{"id":115697,"date":"2026-07-04T17:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/?p=115697"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:29:44","slug":"heat-kills-climate-change-kills-even-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/en\/franz-alt-en\/comments-interviews\/heat-kills-climate-change-kills-even-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat kills \u2013 climate change kills even more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why is the federal government remaining silent on the heatwave in Central Europe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When there\u2019s flooding or a politically motivated attack, you immediately see top politicians making statements on every channel \u2013 so why not when it comes to climate change? Why is the federal government remaining silent even in the face of thousands of heat-related deaths? Markus S\u00f6der recommends: \u201cHead to the swimming pool when it\u2019s hot!\u201d That might be helpful in individual cases, but it\u2019s not a policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody sees the heat-related deaths,\u201d writes Tagesschau.de<\/a>: \u201cThe elderly who die from cancer-related complications are drying up because their sense of thirst fades and only the heat remains, and the neighbour doesn\u2019t ring the doorbell. Perhaps the victims of the heatwave should be laid out in front of town halls and state chancelleries to make it clear: This is not about \u2018wild climate hysteria in the mainstream media\u2019. No, that really isn\u2019t what this is about. This is actually about the very survival of humanity. That is the current state of scientific knowledge. That is climate physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do those in power \u2013 and indeed many media outlets \u2013 find it so difficult to provide objective information about the greatest crisis of our time? Why is the political establishment remaining so tellingly silent during these fateful days?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat kills \u2013 and climate change kills even more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For climate scientists agree that, were it not for creeping climate change, it would now be several degrees cooler in Central Europe. What we are currently witnessing is not merely a question of empathy; it is a brutal failure on the part of politicians and the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Chancellor, through his Minister for Economic Affairs, Katherina Reiche, to the Minister for the Environment, Carsten Schneider. During these days of heat, they are all avoiding the key term \u2018climate protection\u2019 like the devil avoids holy water. This is precisely where this federal government\u2019s biggest problem lies. It is precisely because of this cowardice that fewer and fewer people trust those in power. This is exactly why this federal government has the lowest approval ratings of all time: This federal government is putting the brakes on the solar energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDU Economic Council has even just recommended, yet again, that the climate protection targets be postponed. In the middle of the heatwave. And the Merz government is still demanding that the EU push back its ban on combustion engines scheduled for 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current heatwave is costing the German economy billions and claiming the lives of thousands of people, including here in Germany. This government\u2019s silence on the matter will come back to haunt it, because the next heatwave is bound to come. The question of humanity\u2019s survival cannot be resolved through silence and denial.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Franz Alt 2026<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0Translated with\u00a0www.DeepL.com\/Translator<\/a><\/p>\n

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