The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is currently assessing the potential impacts of the El Niño weather pattern.

The entities involved

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs →

  agriculture ministry of United Kingdom (British ministerial department)

  • Kashim Chowdhury held jobs at East London NHS Foundation Trust, Food Standards Agency, Defra, and the Home Office.Tue 06:16
  • Nazia Rehman, Leader of Wigan Council, is working with DEFRA and the Environment Agency to address an illegal waste site in Wigan.Tue 03:59
• El Nino →
  • El Niño is forecast to bring dry conditions and severe weather to East Africa, Central America, and Ecuador.15:52
  • The African Development Bank noted that a strong El Nino event threatens cocoa production in Ivory Coast.15:10

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• A Department of Agriculture has urged farmers to prepare for the impacts of El Nino, while expert Celeste Saulo commented on El Nino's role in global temperatures.Jun 11
• El Nino tests emergency preparedness and adaptation in Antalya.Fri 18:39
• UN warnings discuss El Nino conditions leading to heavy rainfall in Chile.Jun 7