Dusseldorf The lack of water is visible these days: New York is shrouded in yellowish smoke because the forests in nearby Canada are burning. It transforms soils in Spain into parched deserts, like those we otherwise know from Africa. And it causes Italian streets to sink in floods – because the dry soil cannot absorb sudden rains quickly enough.
More and more people are affected by the consequences of the drought. The fact that private individuals in France and Spain are temporarily no longer allowed to fill their pools is the lesser evil. Planting fruit and vegetables is becoming difficult if not impossible, making them almost unaffordable. Drinking water is becoming so scarce in the region that it has to be brought in by van. And nuclear power plants lack cooling water.
What is the current situation in Europe? How bad will it get as climate change progresses? And what can we do politically, but also individually, to prepare ourselves and counteract the lack of water? This is what the new episode of Handelsblatt Green & Energy is about with ARD weather presenter Claudia Kleinert and Handelsblatt foreign correspondents Christian Wermke (Italy), Sandra Louven (Spain) and Gregor Waschinski (France).
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