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Heft 36: Klimapolitik und Solidarität

Transit 36

Der Klimawandel stellt die bestehenden demokratischen Institutionen und das Instrumentarium herkömmlicher Politik vor nie gekannte Herausforderungen. Zum einen in räumlicher und zeitlicher Hinsicht: der Klimawandel ist ein globales, ebenso akutes wie langfristiges Phänomen, dem nur mit Maßnahmen beizukommen ist, die die nationalen Grenzen und den nur bis zu den nächsten Wahlen reichenden Horizont von Parteipolitik überschreiten; zugleich wirft er die Frage nach globaler Gerechtigkeit und Generationengerechtigkeit auf. Zum andern in struktureller Hinsicht: der Klimawandel macht Denken in politischen Ressorts obsolet, denn er hat nicht nur ökologische, sondern untrennbar davon auch ökonomische, soziale und sicherheitspolitische Konsequenzen.
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