Between trips to Ukraine and Lebanon, Carl Skau, the acting director of the World Food Programme, met with us in Paris to discuss the “perfect storm” of humanitarian crises. New wars, escalating authoritarianism, climate change and extreme weather, combined with severe cuts to aid programs, mean that aid groups have to “do a lot more with a lot less” to save the lives of millions. Skau described an alarming “culture of impunity” spreading globally, where governments no longer fear repercussions for causing humanitarian crises. He visited France to convince the government here to do more for global aid, at a time when too many other rich countries do less. “It’s not just America that cuts aid programs, but many European countries as well,” Skau said.