.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Environment Modification Solution, an EU agency, announced that in the year to January 31st the world's temp had been actually, on average, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial degrees. The Paris arrangement, an environment treaty of 2015, fully commited nations to keep the growth in "global standard temperature ... well listed below 2 u00b0 C over pre-industrial levels" and seek to confine it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals mention that the planet possesses exceeded some of the Paris breakthroughs? If it possesses not, what would be needed to make such a case?