Real News and Action on Climate Change

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Real News and Action on Climate Change Guest: Professor Petteri Taalas Secretary-General of the World Meteorological             Organization Prof. Petteri Taalas is the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. He was appointed to serve as Secretary-General in 2015 by the World Meteorological Congress, the supreme body of the Organization. He took up his position in January 2016 for an initial four-year period and was duly re-elected in 2019 by Congress to serve for a second term of four years. Prior to his appointment as WMO Secretary-General, Prof. Taalas was Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute. during this period he represented Finland at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has a PhD in Meteorology from the Department of Physics at the University of Helsinki and is the author of around 50 peer-reviewed papers on satellite technology, global change, climate and atmospheric chemistry as well as numerous other publications and presentations. The show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG's worldwide to preserve the world for future generation. Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.