Drought's Lingering Legacy: A Wake Up Call for Climate Action The UK government's warning that wildlife will be affected by the current drought for years to come is a stark reminder of the country's failure to address the climate crisis head on.
England and Wales have experienced one of their driest Julys on record, and it has become clear that this summer's extreme weather was not an anomaly but a harbinger of things to come.
The drought has had far reaching consequences, with groundwater storage and reservoir levels plummeting to alarming lows.