The German Federal Ministry for the Environment plans to respond to the increasing flood risk with a legislative amendment. „The multiple floods this year show us that we are dealing with a new reality,“ explained Minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) on Wednesday. „We must protect people and their belongings, but also our infrastructure, from ever greater floods.“ To this end, amendments to the Water Resources Act are planned; A draft bill, which the BMUV has already coordinated with the federal states, is now going through the departmental coordination process. The plan is to have the draft passed by the cabinet before the end of the year.