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The sunspots don't cause the pole shift. However, the Earth's field and the Sun's field could both be very weak at the same time. This would cause a huge number of cosmic rays to hit Earth. Essentially, it's double shields down.
Cosmic rays cause these cascades in the atmosphere which create large numbers of ions. The ions can trigger cloud formation. There is an oldschool radiation detection device called a cloud chamber. You can actually see cosmic rays leave streaks of mist in this thing.
Past sunspot cycles indicate we might be in for 100 years of weather cold and shitty enough to cause crop failures. That's not even counting the effects of the Earth's field.
https://youtu.be/nsqZJP54shg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxGBoTLzrOk