.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Environment Change Service, an EU organization, revealed that in the 1 year to January 31st the world's temperature had been, on average, 1.52 u00b0 C greater than pre-industrial amounts. The Paris agreement, a temperature negotiation of 2015, focused nations to always keep the rise in "worldwide average temperature level ... effectively listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial levels" as well as find to limit it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can people claim that the globe has exceeded some of the Paris landmarks? If it has not, what will be actually required to make such a claim?