he's head of climate impact research at the met office , and also a professor at the university of exeteryears ago when all of this has been discussed in paris that this figure of 1.5 celsius above preindustrial levels, we could not breach it and now we have breached it. so how alarming is this for the world, for the planet? it this for the world, for the lanet? , ., _, , planet? it is of course alarming. _ planet? it is of course alarming, although i planet? it is of course alarming, although toj planet? it is of course i alarming, although to be planet? it is of course - alarming, although to be clear, we have not gone past 1.5 degrees warming in the long term average. we have had one year at 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels and that is because of burning fossil fuels and greenhouse gases. 0f fuels and greenhouse gases. of course, we have also had a kick in global temperatures because natural cycles in the climate, especially el nino that is a phenomenon that comes and goes. so that extra cake on top of the long—term trend. —— extra kick. we are almost at 1.5 in the long term but