MaiThink X – The Show

Unfair Climate Policy: Who Pays the Price? (8x2)

Air date: Mar 09, 2025

Climate protection costs money, and at the moment it is mainly the wrong people who are paying this price: households with lower incomes, which hardly cause any greenhouse gases. Wealthier households, on the other hand, produce larger amounts of CO2 but do not feel the pressure from rising energy costs to the same extent. This not only endangers climate protection but also social cohesion. Many people are already cutting back heavily on heating and are burdened even more financially by climate protection measures. Yet there are solutions that can cushion social hardships and make climate-friendly living easier. Climate bonus, climate money, eco money – different terms for the same concept. MAITHINK X examines the question of why it isn’t in our bank accounts yet.