The Shifting Role of Climate Change in the 2021 Bundestag Election. Issue 4 (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hager, Carol
• Is Part Of: German politics and society. Volume 40:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: climate change -- climate policy -- platforms -- renewable energy -- 2021 Bundestag election; Germany -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990 -- Periodicals; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990- -- Periodicals; 943.005
• DOI: 10.3167/gps.2022.400401
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1558-5441

Abstract

Abstract: The climate crisis unfolded in real time during the 2021 Bundestag campaign, as western Germany experienced sudden, catastrophic flooding. The climate issue presented a varying and at times unexpected array of challenges and opportunities to the German political parties. In this article I will analyze the shifting role of climate change as it played out during the campaign, in the coalition discussions that followed, and in the first nine months of the new traffic light coalition government.