It is actually a research summit designed to help “overcome barriers in science and innovation.” But the Falling Walls conference cannot escape the current state of the world of politics: the war in Ukraine has been going on for almost three years, the crisis in the Middle East, the re-election of Trump, the rise of the New Right – there it is The failure of the traffic light coalition is almost one of the smaller problems. Green politician Cem Özdemir was on a trip to Africa as Federal Minister of Agriculture to speak to research representatives on topics such as water management in the face of droughts and climate change when the phone rang. He said at the conference that he “got the call that the German government has decided to collapse.” Shortly afterwards he also became research minister.
