Average temperature set to rise about 1.3°C over next five years

Geneva — The global average temperature is set to rise to at least 1.2°C to 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, a World Meteorological Organisation official said on Monday, close to a limit adopted in a global treaty.

The agreement, adopted by almost 200 nations, set a goal of limiting warming to “well below” a rise of 2°C above pre-industrial times while “pursuing efforts” for the tougher 1.5°C goal. “Basically we are on track to reach at least 1.2°C-1.3°C [above pre-industrial levels] over the next five years,” said Omar Baddour, WMO senior scientific officer, in response to a question at a Geneva news conference. “It needs drastic actions.”

“Not only are these statistics alarming, they dispel any false sense of security that maybe we will muddle through this,” said Maxx Dilley, director of the climate prediction and adaptation division of the WMO, told journalists. “There is going to have to be a dramatic scale up in the level of ambition, as well as in the level of actual follow through on the current policies intended to address this.

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