Steffen:Der blaue Planet aus der Nähe -

Climate change means water scarcity - and much more. This book addresses the greatest challenge of our time - and how it is already visible everywhere: in dried-up riverbeds, rising sea levels, burning forests, and sinking cities. But it also discusses power, inequality, environmental destruction, and political will. Water is the focal point: it evaporates, seeps away, is wasted - and privatized. Regions are at risk of salinization, artificial lakes from mining pits consume billions and threaten water supply. The growing criticism of water privatization, global inequality, and inadequate public services runs through many chapters of this book - not by coincidence, but out of bitter necessity. The tipping points in the climate system, as a fragile web of global interconnections, are also central: the Amazon is losing its storage function, the Gulf Stream is weakening, the Arctic is melting - with worldwide consequences. Lusatia becomes a reflection of a policy that prefers to flood pits rather than admit mistakes. Microplastics and forever chemicals accumulate in soils, waters, and bodies, a disaster downplayed by lobby groups. At the same time, we are losing biodiversity, fertile soils, and the self-cleaning power of our ecosystems. But it is not just nature that is under pressure. The global south pays the price of the water crisis. An unjust world becomes even more unjust due to climate change. A radical rethink is necessary. Dialogue, political education, climate-appropriate infrastructure, and global cooperation. Those who want to take action must first understand what is at stake. A fact-based, passionate, and unwavering plea for honesty, systemic change, and a new attitude towards the Earth - and towards ourselves.