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Madagascar is on the brink of famine caused by climate change, with children most at risk

As world leaders meet in Glasgow for COP26, Sky's Alex Crawford reports from the frontline of the climate crisis in Madagascar's Grand Sud, where babies are slowly dying of hunger as their mothers plead for help.

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U.N. warns of Madagascar 'climate change famine'

Madagascar produces less than 0.01% of global carbon dioxide emissions - but amid a fourth year of drought in the Grand Sud region the U.N. is warning of a 'climate change famine'.
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Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

The country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.
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'A wake up call': Madagascar teeters towards world's first climate change induced famine

Catastrophic levels of hunger in drought-stricken Madagascar should be a "wake up call" on global warming, the World Food Programme has said.

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