The extreme rainfall and flooding in Austria, the Czech Republic and Romania have also left their mark on climate policy. The current disaster shows how quickly even highly developed countries are overwhelmed by the consequences of the crisis. It makes it clear how limited the success of adaptation to climate change has been so far. And it is bringing the crisis back into the public eye – even if the implementation of climate policy is currently faltering in European politics and business and has so far been practically a non-issue in elections.