On July 11, 2019, Andreas Ziegler and his colleagues Prof. Dr. Wachendorf, Prof. Dr. Ernst, and Prof. Dr. Sommer from the Competence Center for Climate Change and Climate Adaptation (CliMA) as well as the vice president Prof. Dr. Ehresmann participated in an exchange of information on the topic of climate policy with Minister Lucia Puttrich. The visit of the Hessian Minister of European and Federal Affairs at the University of Kassel had the aim to shed light on the climate policy debate from different perspectives and to consider relevant aspects which can be brought into the discussion via the network of the ministry among the EU institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg.