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El Niño Drives Indonesia’s Record Drought, Wildfires, Food Risk
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Story summary
- Indonesia faces record drought as El Niño intensifies, shrinking Jakarta’s reservoir and sparking wildfires.
- UN World Food Programme warns 49 million more people could face acute food insecurity by end-2027.
- Malaysia’s prime minister ordered the agriculture ministry to devise El Niño mitigation measures for palm oil.
- Goldman Sachs projects global food commodity prices may rise over 15 % because of the El Niño.