04/12/2025
ACAPS report indicates that La Niña intensifies through early 2026, the world is bracing for a new wave of climate-driven disruptions that will compound existing humanitarian crises. Forecasts point to simultaneous extremes—severe drought across East Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia, and heavy rains, floods, and cyclones across Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Pacific. These shocks do not occur in isolation; they intersect with conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and weakened health systems. Countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Mozambique, Haiti, the Philippines, Syria, and Colombia are flagged as facing the highest risk, where environmental stressors will amplify already fragile conditions.
The cascading impacts of La Niña—crop failures, disease outbreaks, disrupted livelihoods, and displacement—underscore the urgent need for anticipatory action and coordinated humanitarian response. In a year already marked by record-high global temperatures, this convergence of climate extremes and pre-existing crises is poised to push millions deeper into vulnerability. Now more than ever, proactive planning, flexible financing, and localized resilience efforts are essential to mitigate the worst humanitarian outcomes.
