.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Weather Modification Service, an EU agency, declared that in the year to January 31st the globe's temperature had been, typically, 1.52 u00b0 C more than pre-industrial levels. The Paris deal, a weather negotiation of 2015, dedicated nations to always keep the growth in "global average temperature level ... properly listed below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial amounts" as well as find to restrict it to 1.5 u00b0 C. Can individuals claim that the planet has exceeded some of the Paris breakthroughs? If it has not, what will be actually required to make such an insurance claim?