"WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas has stated the predicted temperature spike "will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment...."" by Egor Shapavalov via sputniknews The 2015 Paris Agreement set long-term targets for all countries to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of limiting global temperature below 2°C this century, while making efforts to ensure temperatures do not exceed 1.5°C; however, new findings suggest this ceiling may be breached soon. A new report filed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has revealed that global surface temperatures are more than likely to mark severely concerning records over the next five years. According to scientists, the average annual near-surface temperature of the Earth from 2023 to 2027 will surpass 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels - the threshold marked by the Paris Agreement - for at least one year. There is a 66% probability that this will happen,