Sun shines through steam rising from the chimneys of a power plant in Moscow, Russia, Nov 13, 2019. GENEVA: 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 said on Thursday .
The WMO said there was a 20 per cent chance that average annual temperatures, which fluctuate from year to year, could hit the 1.5 degree Celsius mark in any year between 2020 and 2024. Meanwhile, each of those years is"likely" to be at least 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with nearly every region feeling the effects.
However, the world will probably not reach the long-term 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold for at least another decade. "Right now, we’re in the middle of a positive fluctuation that has global temperatures at about 1.4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level," Mann said."We don't expect that level of warmth to persist. We expect to see temperatures again fall towards or below the trend line over the next couple years."
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