Drought conditions declared in Wales: comment

“Reminders of the growing impact that climate change is having on our landscape and communities continue to come thick and fast, with the confirmation that large parts of Wales are now officially in drought coming on the same day that the Welsh Government has activated crisis management arrangements in response to wildfires which are raging across the country (1). 
 
"Heatwaves are being made thirty times more likely as a result of climate change (2), with Wales having sweltered through three already this year, setting new all-time temperature records for the months of May and June and turning the countryside into a tinderbox.
 
"These announcements highlight the strain on emergency services and communities who are on the frontlines of this crisis. They also demonstrate why we need to maintain momentum in our transition to net zero emissions by 2050, the only scientific solution to climate change. Because until we do, the mercury will continue to climb and these kind of scenes will become depressingly more familiar”.