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Stronger El Niño plus climate change to bring more extreme weather

Original: With accelerating climate change, strengthened El Niño would bring more extreme weather in several regions across the wo

Commentators are warning that a strengthened El Niño, combined with accelerating climate change, would drive more extreme weather across several regions of the world. The argument, made in an opinion piece published in the New York Times, is that climate action cannot wait, since delays will only intensify droughts, floods and heat extremes tied to the warming pattern.

Why now: A strengthened El Niño on top of climate change is raising alarm about upcoming extreme weather worldwide.

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• With accelerating climate change, strengthened El Niño would bring more extreme weather in several regions across the world. Climate action is needed now, not later as there is no planet B. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/27/opinion… · dawid@vebinet.com · 1

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