officials say they expect the administration of U.S. They are responsible for 50 percent of global emissions. But, he said China, the European Union, Japan and South Korea have made commitments to become carbon neutral by 2060. Taalas said it is unlikely this goal will be reached by then. The 2016 Paris Climate Agreement aims to limit global temperature rise to one-point-five degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050. We have done it within four years,вЂќ said Tarasova. вЂњWe have seen such changes, but those changes happened when the whole climate changed from glacial to interglacial and that change happened within 100 to 200 yearsвЂ¦We humans did it without anything - just with our emissions. Oksana Tarasova head of the WHOвЂ™s Atmospheric and Environment Research Division, said the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions is dramatic.

вЂњThis year, we have seen drops of emissions by four- to seven percent because of the COVID lockdowns but that is not going to change the big picture because the lifetime of carbon dioxide is so, so long,' he said.Д¬arbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for centuries and in the ocean even longer. While carbon dioxide emissions have fallen during lockdown, he told VOA this will have little impact on global warming and climate change. WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said the COVID-19 pandemic is not a solution for climate change. Increasing temperatures are causing more extreme weather events, ice melt, sea-level rise and ocean acidification. Appointed in 2015 by the World Meteorological Congress, the supreme body of the Organization, he took up the four-year Secretary-General term on 1 January 2016, and was re-elected to a second four-year term on 13 June 2019.

The World Meteorological Organization, however, says the measures have failed to curb the relentless rise in greenhouse gas emissions, trapping heat in the atmosphere and accelerating global warming. Petteri Taalas (born 3 July 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is the Secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WMO has just released its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on atmosphericД¬oncentrations of carbon dioxide and other major greenhouse gases.Д¬OVID-19 lockdown measures have reduced air pollution levels in major cities in India, China and elsewhere. The World Meteorological Organization reports greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere continue to reach record levels despite COVID-19 lockdowns.

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