# Enhancing Resilience to Extreme Climate Events: Lessons from the 2015-2016 El Niño Event in Asia and the Pacific

> An OCHA report reviews the 2015-2016 El Niño, one of the strongest on record, and its impacts on Asia and the Pacific. It draws lessons for building resilience to extreme climate events.

- Date: 2017-09-01 · published 2017-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Asia-Pacific · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69377-enhancing-resilience-to-extreme-climate-events-lessons-from-the-2015-2016-el
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The report is a retrospective on past impacts and does not describe a current supply event, so it has no direct effect on near-term feed grain or oilseed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-12-03 | [Striking a Balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55498-striking-a-balance-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific.md) | -3.7% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-08-28 | [Impacts of El Niño and La Niña to intensify as climate warms \| NCAR & UCAR News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63458-impacts-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-to-intensify-as-climate-warms-ncar-and-ucar-news.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2025-07-01 | [Trade war and grain import resilience: evidence from China’s response to U.S. Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14656-trade-war-and-grain-import-resilience-evidence-from-china-s-response-to-u-s.md) | -3.3% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2020-11-10 | [How will climate change change El Niño and La Niña?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50062-how-will-climate-change-change-el-nino-and-la-nina.md) | +9.7% | +8.7% |
| CORN | 2020-01-15 | [Federal Crop Insurance: Record Prevent Plant (PPL) Acres and Payments in 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55063-federal-crop-insurance-record-prevent-plant-ppl-acres-and-payments-in-2019.md) | +0.3% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2019-12-03 | [Striking a Balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55498-striking-a-balance-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific.md) | +3.1% | +8.3% |
| SOY | 2018-08-28 | [Impacts of El Niño and La Niña to intensify as climate warms \| NCAR & UCAR News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63458-impacts-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-to-intensify-as-climate-warms-ncar-and-ucar-news.md) | -0.3% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2020-11-10 | [How will climate change change El Niño and La Niña?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50062-how-will-climate-change-change-el-nino-and-la-nina.md) | +4.4% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- unocha.org: https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/world/enhancing-resilience-extreme-climate-events-lessons-2015-2016-el-ni-o-event-asia-and

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