After its most successful election result to date, Germany’s Green party could boost climate research
Germans are seriously concerned about climate change, so much so that the Green party polled 15 per cent of all votes in September’s national election, garnering 51 extra seats in Germany’s parliament.
After catastrophic floods in July that left more than 180 people dead, many Germans asked how such a disastrous event could have happened when the country is home to some of the top climate scientists and meteorologists in the world. Criticism was voiced over outdated warning mechanisms that lead to inefficient evacuations.