One of the climate protesters carrying out a hunger strike to demand the German government take action decided to start eating again due to acute danger to his life, he said on Saturday.
Michael Winter, 61, said he that he had decided to take food following a 31-day hunger strike, after being hospitalized in Munich since Wednesday due to heart problems.
Doctors say he has a life-threatening medical condition, Winter said.
The other hunger strikers involved in the "Starving until you are honest" campaign are set to continue their protest, he said.
Activist Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick began the strike on March 7.
The activists want German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to make a statement on the dangers of climate change and to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
A government spokesman said Scholz would not respond to the campaigners' demands.
"My personal summary is that I have risked my life enough to conclude that Olaf Scholz would rather accept deaths than tell people the truth about the climate catastrophe," Winter said. He now plans to take responsibility for his family rather than "pay the ultimate price for the common good," he said.
Metzeler-Kick, who has not eaten solid food since March 7 but is consuming only juices, electrolytes and vitamins, also vowed to continue his hunger strike.
"I don't want to die. But I am prepared to put my life on the line so that the population can learn the truth about the dramatic nature of the climate catastrophe. Whether through my death or through a government statement by the chancellor, I leave that in the hands of Olaf Scholz," he said.
The campaign says four other people are on hunger strike alongside Metzeler-Kick. All are living in a camp set up near the Economy Ministry in Berlin.