Pollution, drought, flooding ... what happens when these extremes begin to impact our favourite beaches, our local tap water, our own basements?

The play ‘Das Wasser’ by Kathrin Röggla  paints a picture of a society oscillating between erratic rainfall  and excessive heat—a society edging closer to the growing abyss of its own excess. Within the international literature festival berlin (ilb),  a reading of Röggla's text will begin the evening. 

Afterwards, a public dialogue with the  audience, author and scientists from the Einstein Research Unit Climate and Water Under Change (CliWaC) on the highly charged topic of water will ensue. This will include Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner, Prof. Dr. Peter Feindt from Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin and historian Dr. Sonja Knopp from the Freie Universität Berlin on Sunday,  as well as Dr. Des. Desirée Hetzel and Prof. Dr. Tobias Krüger from Humboldt on Monday. By opening the format, participants will not…