Tony Abbott certainly outflanked the climate-liar Obama, in Obama’s attempt to promote the climate change fraud in the agenda, to the detriment of the true purpose of the G20.

Abbott is a very effective politician, and has put Australia in the forefront in combating the AGW fraud.

Humans contribute 3% of atmospheric CO2, and the science, ignored by the fraud promoters, shows that human emissions have a trivial effect, which is not measureable. There is no constructive basis, in science, for reduction of human emissions.

"Self-appointed pressure groups that breed around controversial questions".

That is very funny, does the author not understand the irony.

Leo one can only imagine you’re either trolling or you’re a pseudonym of Runner's, but you're certainly bringing the stupid.

‘morning Tom,

Thanks for the article although I’m curious as to how this was published in the Guardian? Not from their normal self referential network, are they now moving to “bob each way bet”?

Whatever is achieved by TA seems destined to be trashed by much of the media. Since winning that last election our media has set out to divide Australian’s by vexatious and contentious debate. Perhaps because those of the left feel threatened and losing their relevance? But they are winning their PR battle.

If we take into account what is presented by MSM to the public as information, then public opinion seems to be accurately reflected in public sentiment. If however, we were to make the public aware of what is actually happening it might be very different.

One of the best examples is that “we are being left behind by the rest of the world on climate change action”. What we never hear is just who it is that is leading?

The EU is the last bastion of binding emissions targets. The EU Commissioners recently announced a commitment to significantly increase emissions targets. These will be proposed in Paris at the 2015 round of talks. Sounds encouraging until one reads the small print “providing the rest of the major emitters sign up for binding commitments in Paris”? The EU is now isolated and they know it.

When are we going to hear about Germany’s proposal to withdraw from 2020 climate targets?

http://www.thegwpf.com/germany-announces-withdrawal-from-binding-2020-climate-targets/

China has already made is clear they will not agree to anything until 2030, The USA cannot and has already voted down Kyoto in 1998 by 95 to NIL, Russia and India won’t if China won’t, so there goes the EU commitment.

Given that the declared position from Japan, Australia, Canada and NZ is that they will not be signing up for binding targets, any hope of exhuming Kyoto seems more dependent on magic rather than reality. I’m with you and Ladbrokes.

So where are all these world leaders of climate change action?

Perhaps the well informed Cobber the Hound can tells us?

Abbott and the Coalition are playing the corporate game of delaying the inevitable and protecting the profits of their supporters, it's a tactic as old as the Industrial Revolution, whether it's cigarettes, asbestos or pollution really doesn't make any difference.

Actually Abbott looks like a pawn of big business.

I am not a great admirer of the US but one thing I envy them for is the ability to impeach a president which would be good to apply to a maverick Prime Minister.
Unfortunately we will have to suffer for just over another 3 years and hope that too much damage is not done in the meantime.

"Even as he continues to win plaudits from visiting Chinese and Indian leaders".
Well of course he would. He is intent on handing over the country to them on a plate.
If "Abbott will look like a genius for keeping Australia on the margins of yet another climate summit fiasco."
The rest of us must be ready for the funny farm.