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Is climate responsibility political or private? How much shame should we feel? But the shame everyone is so afraid of, is perhaps exactly what is needed.…

Extreme heat has killed hundreds, thousands are fleeing their homes and tourists are threatened by the flames. 45 degrees shows the thermometer in several places in Europe.

Pilots who are on strike around the world sound like spoiled luxury workers who go on strike for the sake of their high pleasure. But being a pilot is not a luxury job. Flying, on the other hand, is to a large extent a luxury behaviour.

Google images of the Po, Italy’s longest river, and you’ll see a wide stream surrounded by a green oasis. But at the moment the river, which is supposed to supply almost all of northern Italy with water, is virtually dry. The Arno, which flows through Florence, and the Tiber in Rome are also considerably lower than normal.

The Dutch environmental organization Fossielvrij NL is taking KLM to court over advertisements and claims about sustainable flying and compensation for CO2 emissions. According to Fossielvrij NL, these are misleading because customers of the airline get the impression that flying is possible without climate damage.