However, WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in today’s announcement.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/earth-now-on-track-to-reach-1-5-degrees-of-warming-by-2-1850445235

“If there would have been a normal operating meteorological service, they could have issued the warnings,” World Meteorological Organization head Petteri Taalas told reporters in Geneva.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/09/libyan-city-buries-thousands-in-mass-graves-after-flood-while-mayor-says-death-toll-could-triple/

Professor Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General, says, "In 2022, many countries in western and south-western Europe had their warmest year on record."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-europe-fast-continents-climate.html

We need to be prepared,” said Petteri Taalas.

Source: https://stluciatimes.com/154574/2023/05/global-temperatures-set-to-break-records/