In the public eye, climate protection is a question of generations: Here the schoolchildren and students of the “Fridays-for-Future” generation, there the elderly, who downplay all environmental fears out of concern for the economy and prosperity.
Because the latter is seen by many as irresponsible in view of the epochal challenge of climate change, the comment columns in daily newspapers such as the “taz” are already calling for the elders to vote and instead let children go to the polls.
The result of the major climate survey of the European Investment Bank (EIB), however, raises doubts about the idea of the climate fight old against young.