UN Agencies Want Assistance to Safeguard Vulnerable Nations Against the Upcoming Super El Niño
United Nations agencies are seeking assistance to strengthen resilience among vulnerable populations affected by the biggest El Niño on record. It is expected to peak in December, but the human consequences of the associated severe temperatures, floods, and droughts will endure until 2027 and beyond.
A “super version” of the weather pattern occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific exceed two degrees Celsius above average. According to Celeste Saulo, chief of the UN’s meteorological and climate organization, the current event may be unparalleled in strength, surpassing records from the preceding four decades. The World Meteorological Organization chief and UN aid chief, Tom Fletcher, spoke at a press conference in Geneva, saying extreme weather events are already occurring and will likely increase as El Niño deepens.
They issued a unified call for “urgent and coordinated anticipatory action to protect the most vulnerable communities already on the brink. Fletcher described the weather system as a wrecking ball” that would cause havoc across Latin America, eastern and southern Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. He added the long-term effect “will be felt for months and potentially years to come because it’s this overlaying of crisis on crisis and crisis .
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