hectares of land. experts say climate change has made the country s huge expanses of forest drier, hotter and increasingly vulnerable to wildfires. europe has also hit record temperatures this summer and wildfires have torn through the mediterranean. the greek prime minister described it as a bitter cost of climate change. translation: we recognise that dealing with the climate crisis is forcing us to change everything. the way we produce agricultural products, how we move around, how we generate energy and the way we build our homes. everything must change in this immense effort to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis to whatever extent possible. scientists say last year was the warmest on record across europe, exceeding this previous record by a considerable amount, and they are again calling for actions with a crucial moment on the horizon. leaders from almost 200 countries will meet in
isolated farm communities like this in the village in madagascar s southern anosy region are some of the last people to contribute to climate change. but they are among the first to suffer its devastating consequences. the words first climate change, according to the un. villagers have no crops. humanitarian workers have infrequent access and bandits plunder what is left. after three years without rain, when the first load of food aid finally got three in march year, it was too late. 150 villagers had already died. they make to with what they have. her daughter uses an old rice sack is addressed. it doubles up as a bed to her brother. in an area where people depend on their own aquaculture to survive, the land is seven times more barren thanit land is seven times more barren than it was even a year ago.