.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Climate Modification Company, an EU organization, announced that in the 1 year to January 31st the globe's temperature level had actually been, generally, 1.52 u00b0 C greater than pre-industrial levels. The Paris agreement, an environment negotiation of 2015, fully commited nations to keep the increase in "international average temperature level ... effectively below 2 u00b0 C over pre-industrial amounts" and seek to restrict it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals claim that the planet possesses exceeded one of the Paris turning points? If it possesses certainly not, what would be actually needed to have to make such a case?