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AfD climate change skepticism in Germany

Overview

Leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, including Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, have maintained a stance of climate skepticism despite record-breaking temperatures in Germany. During the summer of 2026, Chrupalla dismissed extreme heat and discussions regarding climate change as “panic-mongering” and a “climate hype,” characterizing the weather as “quite normal.”

These political assertions contrast with meteorological data from the German Weather Service (DWD), which recorded one of the hottest summers on record with an average temperature of approximately 19.25 degrees Celsius. Specific weather events included a temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius in Saxony-Anhalt and historically low water levels in the Elbe river, which impacted agricultural yields.

The AfD continues to label climate protection efforts as “climate hysteria” or “green ideology.” In addition to rejecting renewable energy and global climate policies, party leadership has advocated for Germany to exit the Eurozone and the Schengen Area.

Entities

Tino Chrupalla · Alice Weidel · DWD · Germany · Copernicus

Timeline

  1. 8 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    AfD party maintains stance of climate skepticism

    The AfD party continues to reject climate protection measures as ‘green ideology,’ despite scientific consensus on human-driven warming and the party's own conservative goals of preservation.

  2. 19 days ago

    [POLITICS] 15 sources
    AfD leaders dispute climate change amid record German summer temperatures

    AfD leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel have dismissed climate change concerns as “panic-mongering,” despite record-breaking heat and low river levels recorded across Germany in the summer of 2026.

Sources

ad-hoc-news.de · berlin-live.de · berliner-zeitung.de · daswetter.com · fehmarn24.de · hna.de · kurierverlag.de · leinetal24.de · merkur-online.de · merkur.de · news38.de · oldenburger-onlinezeitung.de · op-online.de · t-online.de · taz.de · thueringen24.de · tz.de · wolff-christian.de