The United Nations (UN) recently announced that the ongoing crisis in parts of Somalia is a famine, as East Africa experiences what experts believe to be the worst drought in roughly 60 years. This humanitarian emergency has not only called into question the world’s preparedness for dealing with such a crisis, but it has also lead to a mass appeal for donations. In this interview  CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance and global food systems expert talk about, Jennifer Clapp, about why this situation is occurring and how the international community should respond.