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National Security Council: Why the climate crisis isn’t on the agenda

When the federal cabinet establishes the National Security Council this week, climate expertise will be missing. Yet the climate crisis is regarded by policymakers and agencies as an acute threat to Germany’s security.

Bernhard Pötter
26. August 2025
Internally displaced people, mainly from the central regions of Mali who fled the conflicts in these areas, are still in Senou camp, not far from Bamako, on 18 February 2021. Life is getting organized to resume its course. Children are going to school in a temporary building and small vegetable gardens are springing up to grow their own food. NicolasxRemenex xLexPictorium LePictorium_0275846
Climate change leads to migration and potential security problems: Refugee camps in Mali (IMAGO / Le Pictorium)

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Last updated: 26. August 2025

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