Petteri Taalas

Petteri Taalas (born 1961) is a Finnish meteorologist . He has been Michel Jarraud's successor as General Secretary of the World Weather Organization (WMO) since 2016 .

Life

Taalas received his PhD in meteorology from Helsinki University in 1993 . He also completed a management degree at the Helsinki University of Commerce . From 2007 to 2015 he was the head of the Meteorological Institute in Finland.

Act

Taalas is seen as a warning for swift action against climate change . In 2018 he said: “Without a reduction in CO ₂ and other greenhouse gases , climate change will have devastating and irreversible consequences for the earth. [...] The chance to intervene is almost wasted. "

Publications (selection)

P. Taalas, J. Kaurola, A. Kylling, D. Shindell, R. Sausen, M. Dameris, ... and B. Steil: The impact of greenhouse gases and halogenated species on future solar UV radiation doses. In: Geophysical Research Letters . Volume 27, No. 8, 2000, pp. 1127-1130.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Petteri Taalas - World Meteorological Organization. In: public.wmo.int. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
↑ No reduction in greenhouse gases in sight. In: faz.net. dpa / jom, November 22, 2018, accessed on November 25, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Taalas, Petteri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1993

[wmo-taalas-1] Petteri Taalas - World Meteorological Organization. In: public.wmo.int. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .

[faz-15903477-2] No reduction in greenhouse gases in sight. In: faz.net. dpa / jom, November 22, 2018, accessed on November 25, 2018 .