.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Temperature Change Company, an EU firm, introduced that in the one year to January 31st the planet's temperature level had been actually, usually, 1.52 u00b0 C higher than pre-industrial levels. The Paris arrangement, an environment negotiation of 2015, dedicated countries to keep the rise in "international average temp ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial levels" as well as look for to limit it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can people say that the planet has exceeded one of the Paris turning points? If it has certainly not, what would be needed to make such an insurance claim?