Ministers are in denial about the scale of the crises we face | Letter

Having just 20 Defra staff working on climate adaptations show the government is not taking the challenges of heatwaves, wildfires and droughts seriously, writes Dr Amy McDonnell This ( Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires, 12 August ) is a shocking revelation from a government that has repeatedly assured us it understands the risk of the breakdown of nature and climate.

Clearly not.

Families forced to deal with school closures , hospitals having to cancel appointments , wildfires continuing to tear through the country, and, so far, more than 2,700 deaths recorded from extreme heat.

And yet adaptation remains a tiny corner of one department.

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