Dr. Andreas Klinke was invited to an interdisciplinary workshop entitled “Violated Earth – Violent Earth” March 20-22, 2019 by the Technical University of Munich and the Bavarian Government held in Munich/Raitenhaslach in Germany. The participants discussed the future of the earth system in terms of climate change, loss of biodiversity and other global environmental issues. The workshop results will be published as an edited volume and as an executive summary that will be handled over to the Bavarian Government, the German Parliament and members of the European Union.