Nature Is Not a Party Member

Physicists Harald Lesch and Axel Kleidon are frustrated that large parts of the political world simply refuse to understand how nature works.

Time and again, decision-makers in politics and business try to ignore the laws of nature - preferring to pin their hopes on technological miracle solutions. At the Urania Berlin, the two speak plainly: nature does not negotiate, it is not a political party, and it cannot be co-opted. They explain what efficient energy use and climate protection actually mean in practice, why energy degrades - and what policies would look like if those in power truly understood how nature operates.