.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Environment Improvement Solution, an EU organization, revealed that in the 1 year to January 31st the globe's temperature level had actually been, on average, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial levels. The Paris deal, a climate negotiation of 2015, dedicated nations to keep the increase in "global average temperature ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial degrees" and also find to limit it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals state that the world has surpassed one of the Paris milestones? If it has not, what would be needed to have to create such an insurance claim?