Was this then the summer when Climate Change finally came to make itself at home in the consciousness of Western Europeans? In recent years, we have watched from a distance as extreme weather-related disasters have struck different regions across the planet in turn. Australia, Greece, and the West coast of North America have experienced devastating wildfires, and widespread death and destruction. Storms, severe floods, and landslides affected upwards of 30 million people in the Philippines and Vietnam in 2020 alone. While this year, in Africa, there is growing consensus that Madagascar is suffering through the modern world’s first climate change-induced famine. This new phenomenon compounds the already worsening conditions in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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MSc Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security