El Niño and climate change intensified Indonesia's catastrophic 2026 fires

World Weather Attribution reports that climate change and El Niño combined to intensify Indonesia's autumn land and forest fires, leading to catastrophic consequences. The attribution study links the severity to human-induced warming, though exact fire extent and economic damage remain unquantified. This underscores the growing climate risk in Southeast Asia.

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