World News in Brief: El Niño’s $11 trillion price tag, Mozambique and Yemen updates
What was announced
The El Niño extreme weather pattern could cost the global economy up to $11 trillion and seriously impact food security, said the UN agency tackling rural poverty in developing countries on Monday.
Figures in this announcement
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- “The El Niño extreme weather pattern could cost the global economy up to $11 trillion and seriously impact food security, said the UN agency tackling rural poverty in developing countries on Monday.”
Who and where
Global and regional bodies
- United Nations (Level 8 of 10) · more news
Countries
- Mozambique (Sub-Saharan Africa) · more news
- Yemen (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
- Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies · news at this level
- Level 6: National government · news at this level
Receipt
- Original: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/11/1168768
- Published 2026-11-09 12:00:00 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-11-09 23:00:46 UTC from UN News
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