The majority of citizens are aware of the climate crisis, but very few want to act accordingly to avert it. With the immersive computer game Klima-ACT! users can experience up close what climate change actually means – and what can be done about it.
The rain pelts incessantly from the sky – it’s big, heavy drops. The squalls tug violently at the thin, dark gray rain poncho, which hardly protects me against the forces of the weather. I’m standing on a pontoon in the middle of Hamburg’s flooded HafenCity. The striking silhouette of the Elbphilharmonie blurs in the torrential rain and behind thick fog.