El Nino 2015 - 2016

The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most important driver of climate variability and can trigger extreme weather events and disasters in various parts of the globe. A network approach has been developed recently, which allows forecasting an El

The increased rainfall and wind linked to the 2015-16 El Niño in East Africa may have brought infected bugs to Yemen, causing the worst cholera outbreak in recent history.

This paper evaluates the impact of the 2015 El Niño-induced drought on household consumption in Ethiopia. A Difference-in-Difference method was used to compare consumption changes over time in a group unaffected by the drought to the changes in a group

This paper analyzed patterns of some disease outbreaks during the strong 2015–2016 El Niño event in relation to climate anomalies derived from satellite measurements.

The 2015-2016 El Niño brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to new NASA research that is the first to comprehensively assess the public health impacts of the climate event on a global scale. The link between El Niño and disease outbreaks underscores the importance of existing seasonal forecasts.

New research shows that small businesses activities in Zambia and Botswana have faced major water supply and power disruptions during the 2015/2016 El Niño. As supply fails to keep up with the increasing demand for water and electricity, officials must identify infrastructural vulnerabilities and help small and medium businesses cope with disruptions.

The El Niño event in 2015/2016 was one of the strongest since at least 1950. Through surveys and interviews with key informants, this report finds that businesses in the capital cities of Zambia, Botswana and Kenya experienced major disruption to their

This report summarizes the lessons learnt from the 2015-2016 El Niño event and represents a one UN approach to put these lessons into practice to reduce the impacts of future extreme climate events, and to help enhance the resilience of people across the

This nexus brief focuses on the phenomenon of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and in particular on the 2015/2016 El Niño event, which faded out in May 2016 but has impacts and effects on environmental and societal systems that will extend well

This paper presents an assessment of Southern Africa's response to drought. It provides insight into its capacity to respond to severe environmental stresses. Insights drawn from the assessment allow for a deeper understanding of climate adaptation