In Greenland, the ice is melting faster than ever - and it could soon become clear whether the Arctic island's ice sheet will melt completely. Greenland is one of the major tipping points in the climate system. If it is reached, this will have irreversible consequences. KLIMA° vor acht explains when this tipping point could be reached and whether there is still hope for Greenland's ice.

The aim of the initiative KLIMA° vor acht is to encourage TV stations to broadcast scientifically based climate reporting daily and at prime time, up-to-date and easy to understand. In this way, as many people as possible can be informed about the ongoing climate crisis and be educated about possible solutions.

To achieve this goal, we have produced six exemplary episodes ourselves with the help of donations. From now on, these will be published here every Thursday at 19:55.

As we are a volunteer project, we do not have the same possibilities as a TV station, so of course we could not actually produce daily news. Therefore, as an example, we show a season that consists of two types of shows: on the one hand, background knowledge that can certainly be pre-produced and, on the other hand, reporting that puts current events into context. To illustrate this, we have fictitiously backdated this broadcast and show what the corresponding report could have looked like.

We demand #PrimeTimeFürsKlima on television. If you also support this idea, please feel free to sign our Open Letter to ARD: https://klimavoracht.de/brief/

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