Strong El Nino 'Adding Fuel to a Planet Already on Fire', Warns UN Chief
- The World Meteorological Organisation warned on Friday that a strong El Nino is expected to intensify starting in August, driving above-normal temperatures globally and significantly shifting rainfall patterns.
- Warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean characterize the ongoing El Nino, with seasonal-average temperature anomalies exceeding 2.9 degrees Celsius according to multiple weather models.
- Alongside El Nino, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole is forecast to develop, where the western Indian Ocean becomes warmer than the eastern basin, potentially amplifying regional droughts, floods, and wildfires.
- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "El Nino is strengthening," adding that Fossil fuels are "fanning the flames" of a planet "already on fire" with heat domes and wildfires.
- Communities face a window of opportunity to act before impacts unfold, as the WMO mobilizes information services to help countries anticipate and minimize risks from the intensifying climate crisis.
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Strengthening El Nino "Adding Fuel To A Planet Already On Fire": UN Chief
A strengthening El Nino that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and pushing the world into "uncharted territory," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.
The climate phenomenon El Niño exacerbates the climate crisis. According to UN leader António Guterres, the record-breaking summer was only the beginning. More heat is to be expected.
UN: Strengthening El Niño 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire'
UNITED NATIONS, United States — A strengthening El Niño that could shatter all-time records is “adding fuel to a planet already on fire” and pushing the world into “uncharted territory,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday. “Two months ago, I warned that El Niño was arriving on our doorstep,” Guterres told the world body. “Now it is inside the house — and turning up the heat.” The El Niño weather pattern warms surface temperatu…
The World Meteorological Organization warns that El Niño is intensifying, potentially exacerbating heatwaves, droughts, and heavy rainfall worldwide, while the UN Secretary-General calls for an end to new coal, oil, and gas projects.
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned on Friday of a hot late summer and autumn. Among other things, the weather phenomenon El Niño is responsible for, which meets „without it already warm oceans and other climate phenomena in the Indian Ocean (...)" . "While we are wrestling with war and instability, another crisis is intensifying – a crisis that knows no borders and destroys life and livelihoods worldwide, Guterres warned on Friday in N…
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