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.