.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Weather Improvement Service, an EU firm, revealed that in the year to January 31st the globe's temperature level had been actually, typically, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial levels. The Paris deal, a temperature treaty of 2015, dedicated countries to keep the increase in "global standard temperature ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial degrees" and also seek to restrict it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals say that the globe has surpassed some of the Paris landmarks? If it possesses certainly not, what would be required to make such a case?