.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Environment Improvement Company, an EU firm, revealed that in the 12 months to January 31st the planet's temperature level had actually been, generally, 1.52 u00b0 C greater than pre-industrial amounts. The Paris deal, a temperature treaty of 2015, fully commited nations to keep the surge in "worldwide standard temperature ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial amounts" and seek to confine it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can people point out that the planet possesses gone beyond some of the Paris milestones? If it has not, what would be required to create such a case?