Five Past Twelve: Cultural Heritage And The Climate Crisis

In 2024, the average temperature exceeded the 1.5 degrees of global warming agreed in the Paris Climate Agreement. The last ten years are the ten warmest years since weather records began. The consequences: extreme weather - storms, floods, heatwaves. Year after year, report after report, scientists speak of warning signals, of closing windows of opportunity and last chances - which have not yet been seized. While the polar ice caps are melting, the first climate-induced refugee movements are starting and schoolchildren are going on strike for the climate, climate conferences are failing and climate protection measures are being dismantled. In this dossier, we take a cultural-historical look at the present and future of the environment - from the melting Arctic to endangered bats.