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Record temperatures and extreme weather: Can we adapt?

July 20, 2023

The climate crisis is becoming harder to ignore amidst record temperatures, wildfires and floods. Can we find solutions that will help us adapt? Or do we need to make radical changes and sacrifices? Our guests: Claudia Kemfert (DIW); Mekonnen Mesghena (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung); Matthew Karnitschnig (Politico)

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TTPD 20.07.23 Kemfert Claudia
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Claudia Kemfert

is the head of Energy, Transportation and Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research.

 

 

TTPE 20.07.23 Karnitsching Matthew
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Matthew Karnitschnig

is a journalist and correspondent, with Politico here in Berlin.

 

 

 

TTPD 20.07.23 Mesghena Mekonnen
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Mekonnen Mesghena

is the head of Migration & Diversity at Germany’s  Heinrich-Böll Foundation.

 

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