Madagascar will be the first country in the world whose change has caused famine

Madagascar's worst drought in 40 years has wreaked havoc on isolated farming communities in the south of the country. Families began to eat insects to survive. "The climate is the driving force behind these famine conditions, not conflict," said Shelley Thakral of the UN Food Program (WFP). The UN estimates that 30,000 people currently experience "level five," the highest internationally recognized degree of food insecurity. As Madagascar enters the traditional "weak season" before harvest, there are concerns that the number of those affected by the problem will increase drastically. "This is unprecedented. These people have not done anything to contribute to climate change. They don't consume fossil fuels, but they have to suffer the consequences of climate change," Thakral said. In the remote village of Fandiova in the Amboasary district, families showed a WFP team they had eaten locusts to a WFP team that recently visited the area. Tamaria, a mother of four, says, "I remove the ...