.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Temperature Change Service, an EU agency, revealed that in the one year to January 31st the globe's temperature level had been actually, on average, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial degrees. The Paris agreement, an environment negotiation of 2015, committed nations to always keep the growth in "global standard temperature ... effectively listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial degrees" and look for to limit it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can people claim that the planet possesses exceeded one of the Paris breakthroughs? If it possesses not, what will be needed to have to make such an insurance claim?