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Published on: 26. August 2025

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

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)

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

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Last updated: 26. August 2025

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