.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Weather Change Solution, an EU agency, revealed that in the year to January 31st the world's temp had actually been, typically, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial levels. The Paris agreement, a temperature treaty of 2015, committed countries to keep the growth in "international average temp ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C over pre-industrial amounts" and look for to confine it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals point out that the globe possesses gone beyond among the Paris milestones? If it has not, what will be needed to create such a claim?