Famine and Hope in the Horn of Africa
This article is a piece on the famine in Somalia and other parts of Africa by leading development economist Jeffrey Sachs. This article acknowledges the role of climate change in the crisis that they are facing. It also expresses the role of the US and europe in helping to create the affects of Climate change that are now being experienced and how they have neglected to act effectively in response to the drought. This is an important understanding as the people who are being affected by these brutal consequences had the least to do with creating the problem. This is an example of Conscious Ignorance (Chambers 1997). The global elites are failing to respond to this issue because they have no responsibility to and there would be no economic benefit. This shows a preference in economic growth as opposed to social or environmental justice.
Chambers, R. 1997. Whose reality counts? Putting the first last. London: Intermediate Technology Publications.
