How do you report properly on the climate crisis and (extreme) weather? How do you make the connection? And what should you avoid? These were the questions discussed at our get-together in mid-July by meteorologists and presenters Marcus Wadsak (ORF) and Özden Terli (ZDF). The recording can be watched here.

The key points:

• "We haven't found the right way to communicate yet", says Marcus Wadsak. While there are good examples, there are still too many holiday beach images accompanying dangerous heatwaves, which trivialise them. The climate crisis should be on the front pages much more often.

• Özden Terli agrees. The dangers need to be communicated more clearly. "We as a society have become so detached from the weather that we only perceive it as barbecue or beach weather", says Terli. And Wadsak adds: we've lost our sense of what's "normal". "We meteorologists call them records, and yet some people still say: this has happened before."

• But these people shouldn't be ignored, Wadsak continues. You have to pre-emptively counter the arguments of those who trivialise and deny.

• Weather and climate reporting needs to happen across departments in any case. "Our weather editorial team is small. We need editors from all areas", says Wadsak.

• Both see constructive journalism as essential. "We need clear statements about what we need to change. On top of that, we need to communicate the benefits of climate protection loud and clear", says Wadsak.