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Sep 2021
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How is climate change affecting Madagasc...

Bbc World Service
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Rising temperatures. Drier weather. Four years of drought have taken their toll on Madagascar: the country’s now on the brink of the world's first "climate change famine", according to the United Nations. But why exactly? And what can the island-state do about it?

Hosted by Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter) Guest: Tiana Andriamanana, Executive Director of Fanamby.

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