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El Niño drove drought, but climate change intensified Indonesia’s fire crisis: Study

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Briefings

A rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) reveals that human-caused climate change intensified Indonesia's 2026 fire crisis. While El Niño drove an extreme drought, record-breaking temperatures were overwhelmingly driven by global warming, making the season 1.6°C hotter than normal. The study found that human-induced climate change tripled the likelihood of weeklong hot, dry extremes, turning a drought into a severe regional crisis that exposed 12.5 million people to hazardous air pollution.

Key points

• Human-caused climate change tripled the likelihood of weeklong hot, dry atmospheric extremes during Indonesia's 2026 fire season.
• Record-breaking temperatures were overwhelmingly driven by global warming, making the season 1.6°C hotter than normal.

Context

World Weather Attribution (WWA) analyzed weather conditions across western Indonesia during the dry season between August and October 2026. The study found that while El Niño caused an extreme lack of rainfall, record-breaking temperatures were overwhelmingly driven by global warming, making the season 1.6°C hotter than normal.

Limitations

The evidence is from a rapid analysis released by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and covers only western Indonesia during the dry season between August and October 2026. The report does not provide additional background on the broader implications of the findings, and the study is unverified.

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