Update: NOAA says El Niño is strengthening, with a historic-strength event likely by late year
NOAA's forecasters put an 83% chance on a historic-strength El Niño for October through December.
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'Super' El Niño already rivals 1997 and 2015, UN reports
UNICEF expects 347 million children in about 100 countries to face unusually wet or dry conditions by year's end.
Rotting food waste causes up to a tenth of global emissions, UN says
UNEP says rotting food waste causes up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, five times aviation's share.