.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Temperature Modification Company, an EU firm, revealed that in the twelve month to January 31st the world's temperature level had been actually, usually, 1.52 u00b0 C more than pre-industrial levels. The Paris agreement, a weather treaty of 2015, committed countries to keep the growth in "international average temp ... properly below 2 u00b0 C over pre-industrial degrees" and look for to restrict it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals state that the planet possesses exceeded one of the Paris milestones? If it possesses not, what would be actually needed to make such an insurance claim?