... haben nichts miteinander zu tun.

Macht aber nichts, denn man kann sie trotzdem politisch verknüpfen:

“The earthquake and tsunami will clearly have a severe impact on the economic and social activities of the region. Some islands affected by climate change have been hit. Has not the time come to demonstrate on solidarity – not least solidarity in combating and adapting to climate change and global warming? Mother Nature has again given us a sign that that is what we need to do.”

Staffan Nilsson
Präsident des Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschusses
11. März 2011