Petteri Taalas | Facing Climate Change with Optimism
To continue our 2017 Speaker Spotlight series, we welcome our Finnish representative at the WMO, Petteri Taalas! Speaker Spotlight Petteri Taalas is not your average climate change expert. Since January 1st, 2016, he has served as Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This prestigious position calls for him to support both R&D institutions and the private sector with their efforts in Weather, Climate and Water Services. One of the avenues to do this has been increased investments in weather and climate early warning systems. These offer a powerful means to adapt to climate variability, where people can react to atmospheric changes in shorter time frames, ranging from minutes to decades. Over his career, Taalas has been an adept of