.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Temperature Adjustment Solution, an EU company, revealed that in the twelve month to January 31st the planet's temp had been actually, on average, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial levels. The Paris deal, a weather treaty of 2015, committed nations to maintain the rise in "international standard temp ... well below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial degrees" and seek to limit it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can folks point out that the globe possesses surpassed some of the Paris milestones? If it possesses not, what would be actually required to make such a claim?