Planning for the Effects of El Niño - Global Resilience Partnership

A statement by the Global Resilience Partnership detailing the severe impacts of the 2015-2016 El Niño, including food insecurity for over 17 million people and specific crises in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and India, while calling for adaptive resilience measures.

• Climatologists predict that the phase of El Niño occurring around 2016 is likely to be among the strongest ever recorded, causing extreme weather such as floods and droughts that lead to food shortages, health threats, and displacement of families.
• The 2015 El Niño event caused significant humanitarian crises, including the worst drought in 50 years in Ethiopia, which left 10.2 million people requiring relief food assistance, and drought-driven fires in Indonesia that resulted in nearly 500,000 cases of acute respiratory infection due to toxic haze.
• El Niño impacts are expected to cause crisis food insecurity for more than 17 million people, with particular severity in Latin America and Africa. To mitigate these effects, the document suggests adaptation measures such as innovative financing for livestock assets, rain-harvesting roads, and early warning systems for farmers.

APA

Alinovi, L. (2016). Planning for the Effects of El Niño - Global Resilience Partnership. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/el-nino-planning/

Chicago

Alinovi, Luca. Planning for the Effects of El Niño - Global Resilience Partnership. Global Resilience Partnership, 2016. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/el-nino-planning/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{alinovi2016planning, author = {Alinovi, Luca}, title = {{Planning for the Effects of El Niño - Global Resilience Partnership}}, publisher = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2016}, month = jan, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/el-nino-planning/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }