.ON FEBRUARY 8TH the Copernicus Environment Change Company, an EU agency, announced that in the one year to January 31st the planet’s temperature had actually been, generally, 1.52 u00b0 C more than pre-industrial degrees. The Paris agreement, an environment treaty of 2015, fully commited nations to keep the increase in “international standard temperature level … properly below 2 u00b0 C above pre-industrial levels” and also seek to confine it to 1.5 u00b0 C.
Can individuals mention that the planet has exceeded some of the Paris landmarks? If it has not, what would be actually required to make such an insurance claim?