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El Niño drove drought, but climate change intensified Indonesia’s fire crisis: Study
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- Researchers say a strong El Niño was the main driver of this year's Indonesian wildfires, with climate change and decades of landscape destruction also contributing.
- A rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) found that human-caused climate change significantly amplified extreme heat during Indonesia's 2026 fire season.
- The El Niño-driven drought became a severe regional crisis, according to the study.
Why it matters
The findings separate the natural climate driver of the fires from the amplifying effect of human-caused warming, which matters for how future fire seasons in the region are anticipated and managed.
Who’s affected
- climate scientists studying extreme event attribution
- researchers and policymakers following fire risk in Southeast Asia
Human-caused climate change significantly amplified extreme heat during Indonesia’s 2026 fire season, turning an El Niño-driven drought into a severe regional crisis, according to a recent rapid analysis. The report was released by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global…
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