Global temperatures will continue to warm over the next five years, and may even temporarily rise to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization are pictured before a news conference on the Special Report on Climate Change and Land of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Geneva, Switzerland, August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The WMO said there was a 20% chance that average annual temperatures, which fluctuate from year to year, could hit the 1.5C mark in any year between 2020 and 2024. Meanwhile, each of those years is “likely” to be at least 1C above pre-industrial levels, with nearly every region feeling the effects. However, the world will probably not reach the long-term 1.5C warming threshold for at least another decade.
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