'Faster than we expected': Summer drought made at least 20 times more likely by climate breakdown
"I don't think people realized that the impacts would come at [Western and Central Europe] so hard, so quickly," added Dr van Aalst, who also directs the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.More than half of the EU territory is in drought, with 26% in warning and 27% in alert conditions in the latest period for which data is availableEnvironmentalists warn that the UK government's recent scrapping of various nature protections -- will exacerbate drought in the UK.
"Current proposals by the Government do little to reassure us that they fully understand the scale of the crises we face," she told Sky News. A government spokesperson said:"Claims we intend to go back on our commitment to the environment are simply not right.
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