CATASTROPHIC wildfires across Wales expose both the growing impact of climate change and chronic underfunding of Welsh emergency infrastructure, Green Party Senedd members warned to+day.

Welsh Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter and Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf MS Paul Rock called for urgent action, including better funding for the emergency services.

They also demanded rigorous preventative action to reduce the impact of increasingly frequent wildfires and avert future disasters.

Communities have rallied to support firefighting crews with donations of food and refreshments as they continued to deal with large wildfires in north and south Wales last week.

Mr Rock  said: “It shouldn’t take us kilometres of scorched mountainside to realise there’s a big problem that is only going to get worse without urgent environmental action.

“This is the reality of accelerating climate change — our treasured Welsh landscapes are largely unprotected from extreme weather.”

Mr Slaughter, who is also MS for Caerdydd Penarth, said: “As these extreme events become more frequent, it will be older people, those with health conditions and low-income households who feel the consequences most acutely.

“We cannot forget that climate justice and social justice go hand in hand.”