The Sh*t Show: what will this El Niño really deliver?

Send us Fan Mail El Niño warnings are in the news every day, with some declaring a super or even Godzilla event is coming, and then someone else will say it won’t be that bad, while others declare that even if it isn’t a record event, an El Niño landing on an already overheated planet (it was just announced we had the hottest May since 2024) is not good news, regardless. It’s confusing, isn’t it? But the even bigger story, which is often reported separately, is there’s a double impact on our horizon, and this is where it becomes a polycrisis. We are moving into even hotter conditions at a time when infrastructure, energy systems, food systems, trade routes, and political systems are all under strain. It speaks to the essential truth that climate risk and geopolitical risk do not sit in separate boxes; they interact and compound. Yet the media keeps reporting it all separately, so how can we prepare if we do not know? The war in Iran will have a profound impact on our food supply. Farmers are either not planting crops because they can’t afford fertilizer or are paying much higher costs, which means we – the consumer - will experience significantly higher food prices and inflation. However, with extreme temperatures and extreme weather events (like extreme flooding) coming, how much food will even make it to market? Just rice, which more than 50% of humanity relies on as a staple, doesn’t grow above 40°C, and we’ve seen months above that recently in Asia – where most of the world’s rice is grown! It’s getting serious. We are very happy to welcome our very special guest, Jan Umsonst, the Earth System Nerd, and he’s promised he’ll join us this time! One of the great benefits of listening to Jan is he sees the whole system, starting with the ocean, and he educates on how the changes in our oceans ripple out and impact the world. He will provide an insight into what he is seeing developing right now, and what it means to us across the globe. Jan is an earth system consultant, and we encourage you to follow him on social media, as he is a great educator on the state of the planet, especially as someone with the systemic view, which is so critical right now. Please do join us this Friday for a not to be missed show. We’ll be going live Friday, 12th June 2026, kicking off at 8am UK, 9am EU, 11am UAE, 12.30pm IN, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support. The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show. #TheShitShow #UncommonCourage You can find me Andrea T Edwards | The Digital Conversationalist and Welcome - Uncommon Courage - An Invitation. My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar