Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

This "but the others" mentality will soon be resolved, for example when the Chinese show us how to develop renewables entirely unbureaucratically and at lightning speed ;)

In Focus there is an article on the topic... "Expropriation through the back door".... Those who are 75 and no longer get a loan have to sell... Those who do get a loan then leave debts to their children... Bravo

You can only hope for the FDP to put an end to this madness

This "but the others" mentality will soon be over, for example when the Chinese show us how to rapidly and unbureaucratically expand renewables ;)

True. On the other hand, people in Western-style democracies overlook the obvious: bureaucracy is an essential core of democracy, because it doesn’t slow down all processes senselessly, but rather provides a system of checks & balances that allows dissent and thus ensures social balancing mechanisms. One is necessarily slower than in a dictatorship. One would be even then, if bureaucracy were made more efficient. You cannot want an expansion like in dictatorships while at the same time having democracy. People like to forget that the transmission belt that brings technical progress to the streets consists of social institutions and innovations. The belief that one can already approach the technical optimum just because it is available: nonsense. Institutions and social ideas that confront climate change globally: we have none effective. Zero. So, as humanity. So it will go slower in the long run and the +1.5°C target will certainly be missed and the old +2.0°C target very likely as well. And yet life must go on.

True. On the other hand, people in democracies of Western type overlook the obvious: bureaucracy is a core element of democracy, because it does not slow down all processes meaninglessly, but provides a system of checks & balances that allows dissent and thus ensures social balancing mechanisms. Inevitably, it is slower than in a dictatorship. It would be slower even if bureaucracy were made more efficient.

One cannot desire an expansion like in dictatorships while maintaining democracy at the same time.

I agree with you 100% - logically. The argument "but the others" then no longer applies to us if, for example, China soon gets far ahead of us in renewable energies (which I assume). Autocracy / democracy aside. This "argument" simply no longer exists. That was all I wanted to point out.

So, in the long run, things will go slower and the +1.5°C target will certainly, and the old +2.0°C target very likely, be missed. And yet life must go on.

But you should tell that to the people who currently live in regions of the Earth or have children / grandchildren there who will no longer be inhabitable by the end of the century ;)
Which regions these will be is sadly already agreed upon in scientific circles. This is not a matter of belief.

You should tell that to the people who currently live in regions of the Earth or have children/grandchildren there, which will no longer be habitable by the end of the century ;) Which regions these will be is, unfortunately, already long agreed upon in scientific circles. This is not a matter of belief.

You say that to someone who knows more than just a little about it. Of course that is the case. But that does not change the fact that it will happen. The migration flows triggered by global warming will be something future generations will have to come to terms with - in a peaceful or less peaceful way. It would be very appropriate to start thinking strategically about how to deal with this situation now. Strategic, i.e. very long-term, foresight is systemically the weakness of systems that hold elections only every few years. We all (myself included) want to enjoy the advantages of democracy. Then we have to accept its inherent disadvantages. The time window for the Paris climate targets has long been closed - if one assumes plausible developments instead of extreme ones. Since the risks and damages scale with every 1/10th °C, however, that is no reason to forgo climate protection.

The migration flows triggered by global warming will be something that future generations will have to come to terms with – either in a peaceful or less peaceful way. It would be very appropriate to start thinking strategically about how to deal with this situation now.

On the topic of "climate refugees," I am not quite so pessimistic because I think most people will relocate within their immediate vicinity (and not flock to Europe by the millions). However, if that were the case, I believe this issue will already affect us (I am 29 years old), and not only subsequent generations. Climate change has indeed taken on quite a dynamic ...

The time window for the Paris climate targets has long been closed – if one assumes plausible developments rather than extreme ones. Since the risks and damages scale with every tenth of a degree Celsius, however, this is no reason to forgo climate protection.

Absolute agreement.