Sven Plöger, a qualified meteorologist, author, speaker, and weather presenter born in Bonn in 1967, developed a fascination with the sky, clouds, and flying during his childhood.
This early interest, combined with his passion for physics, inspired him to pursue meteorology from a young age. After completing his studies in meteorology in Cologne, he quickly recognized his aptitude for working in the media.
Since 1996, Sven Plöger has been presenting live on the radio and has been on camera for 25 years. He hosts the live weather program “Wetter vor acht” before the Tagesschau, the weather segment following the Tagesthemen, and various weather shows on ARD’s regional channels such as WDR, NDR, SWR, and RBB. His studio is based at HR in Frankfurt am Main.
Sven Plöger lecture topics
- Dress warmly. Because it’s getting hot.
- Do better: Cool down for the climate
- Heat, drought, heavy rain: Can we still be saved?
- Climate facts: How we can still prevent our weather from becoming more extreme
- ESG & sustainability: Corporate social responsibility & transparency
- Good prospects for tomorrow: How we can deal with climate change and achieve the energy transition
Starting in 2002, Sven Plöger began delivering lectures on weather and climate. His passion for educating both interested laypeople and experts on these subjects became a second professional focus alongside his daily weather forecasts. He also moderates panel discussions and events as an experienced media professional.
Sven Plöger is a sought-after expert guest on numerous talk shows and major television programs, contributing to the ongoing intense discussions about climate change and the energy transition.
His first book on climate change, published in 2009, was titled “Good prospects for tomorrow. How we can use climate change to our advantage” (Westend). In 2010, he was awarded “Best Weather Presenter in Germany” at the Extreme Weather Congress in Bremerhaven.
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In 2011, Sven Plöger released a thoroughly revised edition of “Gute Aussichten für morgen” with the new subtitle “Wie wir den Klimawandel bewältigen und die Energiewende schaffen können” (Westend), setting new benchmarks for both scientific and political discussions.
In 2013, together with Frank Böttcher, he authored the book “Klimafakten” (Westend), which serves as a concise guide to one of today’s most critical topics.
In 2015, Sven Plöger and a film crew traveled to locations where weather phenomena originate. This journey resulted in a well-received six-part ARD documentary and accompanying books titled “Where our weather originates.” The documentary, directed by Rolf Schlenker (SWR and ARTE), won the “Best Story” award at the NaturVision Festival in Ludwigshafen in 2016. Additional episodes of this successful documentary series were produced intermittently for ARD until 2020. Concurrently, Sven Plöger filmed 12 episodes of the geology documentary “Spuren im Stein” (SWR).
In June 2020, his highly successful bestseller “Zieht euch warm an, es wird heiß! Understanding climate change and learning from the crisis for the world of tomorrow” (Westend) was published. That same month, he received the NatureLife Environmental Award from the environmental foundation NatureLife-International.
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In September 2021, Sven Plöger and Christoph Waffenschmidt published “Besser machen! Hopeful developments and initiatives for a future worth living” (Adeo). Inspired by his extensive research and travels for the ARD documentaries “Wie die Alpen unser Wetter machen” and “Wie der Klimawandel die Alpen verändert,” Sven Plöger, together with Rolf Schlenker, published another bestseller in 2022: “Die Alpen und wie sie unser Wetter beeinflussen” (Piper Verlag).
In May 2023, a fully revised and expanded edition of the bestseller “Zieht euch warm an, es wird heiß” was released under the new title “Zieht euch warm an, es wird noch heißer! Can we still control climate change?” (Westend).
In September 2023, Sven Plöger traveled to Panama to film a new ARD documentary titled “Wie extrem wird das Wetter, Sven Plöger? – The power of El Niño” (HR, SWR). In June 2024, he and author Luise Wagner were awarded the “Prince Rainier III Special Prize” for this Panama documentary at the 63rd International Film Festival in Monte Carlo (Monaco), presented by Princess Charlène and Prince Albert II.
Sven Plöger has always had a passion for flying. In his leisure time—and repeatedly in his documentaries—he experiences weather from a unique perspective, either in a glider or by paraglider.
