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A new German think tank is set to focus on the impacts of climate change and climate policy on society, according to . Founded by Brigitte Knopf, a member of Germany鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change, (future climate social) will bring scientific expertise to the debate on the social consequences of climate policy and the energy transition. Knopf and Ines Verspohl, who was the head of social policy at social advocacy organization VdK, hope this will help bring the issue of social justice to the forefront of the climate debate, which they say has been debated on a very technical level until now. The official launch聽is planned for the first half of this year.

Climate policies are among the most polarising topics in many European countries, including Germany, according to a聽2023 report聽by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) at Technische Universit盲t Dresden (TUD). As people struggle to make ends meet amid inflation and spiralling energy prices, climate measures, including plans to phase out fossil fuel-powered boilers, subsidy cuts for agricultural diesel, and an increased price on carbon emissions in the transport and heating sector, have聽become flashpoints in Germany.聽Far-right populist like the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have campaigned against the government鈥檚 energy and climate policies.聽Environmental NGOs and government advisors聽said the government needed to fulfill its pledge to introduce the 鈥渃limate bonus鈥� (Klimageld) support payment to citizens as it increased the CO2 price, so as not to burden low-income citizens and to boost acceptance of climate protection measures.