During her time at RIFS, Fellow Kim Vender investigates how personal experiences of climate-induced disasters in the so-called ‘Global North’ influence solidarity with communities in the ‘Global South’. Her research focuses on the southern German regions where extreme weather events have led to severe flooding in June 2024. In the interview, she also discusses the concept of climate leadership, financial contributions to the UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, and the question whether people act with greater global solidarity if they themselves had been affected by flooding, for example.