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Activists are protesting for better climate protection measures after catastrophic floods hit several parts of Germany last week. On 23 July, environmental group Robin Wood kicks off a three-week raft tour from Berlin to Hamburg in order to push for a faster energy transition. 鈥淲e need a rapid expansion of decentralised renewables, the promotion of energy efficiency, and the elimination of all government funding for fossil fuels,鈥� the group wrote in a . On the same day, the youth climate movement Fridays for Future is holding demonstrations across the country to call for more climate action and commemorate the more than 170 victims of the floods. 鈥淭here is no denying that this disaster is the result of climate policy that has ignored any warnings from science for decades and that a global climate crisis is coming our way," says activist Fabian Pesch in a press release.

The flood disaster is 鈥渢he consequence of a political refusal to take scientific warnings seriously," said Luisa Neubauer, frontwoman of Fridays for Future Germany, during the 鈥楳arkus Lanz鈥� talk show on broadcaster ZDF, Welt . Neubauer accused the German government of 鈥渃ynical policy,鈥� arguing it wants to help on the ground, in the flooded areas, but fails to make climate protection a priority. 鈥淲hat resonates here is a completely inappropriate arrogance,鈥� the 25-year-old climate activist concluded. During the show, the also 25-year-old CDU member Wiebke Winter countered Neubauer鈥檚 approach. As co-founder of the KlimaUnion [climate union], which pushes for more climate action within the conservative party, Winter argues technological innovation is key to reaching climate-neutrality. The idea of prohibitions, such as a ban on flying, is 鈥渙ut of touch with life,鈥� she said. Neubauer disagreed: 鈥淲e do not lack innovative ideas; we clearly lack political will.鈥�