According to The Guardian, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said that the wildfires that continue to rage in the northwest of the country are clear evidence that the climate emergency is worsening and hitting the Iberian Peninsula harder and harder.

During a visit to the southwestern region of Extremadura on Tuesday, he stressed that although the record-breaking heat wave, which lasted 16 days, had ended, firefighters were still facing"difficult hours" in battling the flames.

"We must prepare and be better equipped to mitigate the effects of these climate crises when they occur. The climate emergency is becoming more serious and more frequent every year, and its effects are accelerating," Sánchez said, adding that affected citizens are demanding a"sustainable and non-ideological" approach that does not depend on four-year political cycles.

The Prime Minister recalled that last year, Spain was hit by devastating floods in the Valencia region, another sign that climate change is affecting the country increasingly harshly.

He promised to present a national plan in early September and called for climate policies to be transformed into binding state policies for all future institutions and governments.