A second participant in a long-running German climate hunger strike campaign has abandoned the action.
Activist Tin justified the decision with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's reaction - or lack thereof - to the severe flooding in the Saarland region in the west of the country, the campaign announced on Wednesday evening.
Although it was clear that such storms were now more severe due to the climate crisis, the chancellor had not said a word about it, Tin said.
"If Olaf Scholz is standing in the middle of the truth with rubber boots on and still can't say it, then I doubt that my death will persuade him to do so," Tin is quoted as saying in a campaign statement.
Enormous amounts of rain had caused flooding, landslides and overflowing streets and cellars in Saarland and neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate last weekend. Scholz visited the scene on Saturday.
Other participants in the "Starving until you are honest" campaign reportedly want to continue with the action, although their health is acutely endangered in some cases.
The activists want Scholz to make a statement on the dangers of climate change and to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A government spokesman had previously said Scholz would not respond to the campaigners' demands.
The activists on hunger strike are living in a camp set up near the Economy Ministry in Berlin.
Last week, 61-year-old activist Michael Winter announced he would resume eating following a 31-day hunger strike, after being hospitalized in Munich due to heart problems.