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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Madagascar is Experiencing The World's First Climate Change Induced Famine
Description: In Madagascar thousands of people in the southern part of the country are experiencing famine-like conditions. Over a million more are considered to be on the brink of famine. The crisis in Southern Madagascar is a direct consequence of climate change. This region has experienced successive droughts -- the rainy season is shorter, the lean season is longer and farmers are unable to plant their crops. This is widely considered to be the world's first climate-change induced famine. On the line with me to explain the link between climate change and the famine like conditions i...