Broken 1.5 degree target and catastrophic consequences: Climate experts used dark words to paint a picture of the future at the 13th Extreme Weather Congress in Hamburg. The opportunity to stabilize the climate system with relatively little effort has been missed, they said in a statement on Wednesday at the start of the three-day conference. Climate change will now largely manifest itself unchecked. Massive changes can be expected on Earth that can no longer be avoided. Tobias Fuchs, a member of the board of the German Meteorological Service, also stressed: "It is of little use to paint things in black and get lost in fantasies of doom." This could paralyze the willingness of many people to get involved in climate change. protection. "We must not bury our heads in the sand." If we take the right measures now, we can slow down global warming. (German Press Agency)