More proof that Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott are out of touch with reality

China and the UK declare global warming is 'one of the greatest challenges facing the world'

The leaders of China and the UK have declared the threat of global warming to be “one of the greatest challenges facing the world”, and have called on all nations to reveal their action plans well ahead of a major climate summit set for Paris in late 2015.

In a joint statement released on Tuesday by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his visiting Chinese counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang, the leaders said climate change was already happening, “much of it as a result of human activity”.

“The odds of extreme weather events, which threaten lives and property, have increased,” the statement said, citing the recent reports by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “Sea levels are rising, and ice is melting faster than we expected.”

In a nod to the severe pollution frequently enveloping many Chinese cities, the statement added: “In addition, the burning of fossil fuels creates serious air pollution, affecting quality of life for millions. Both sides recognise that climate change and air pollution share many of the same root causes, as well as many of the same solutions.”


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Just a couple of short weeks ago the Commonwealths idiots extraordinaire were calling on David Cameron to join them on the psychotic side of Global Warning, fortunately for Great Britain Cameron is the only one of the three with a brain.

Tony Abbott's climate change policy makes me cringe

Americans who travelled abroad during the George W. Bush years have some sympathy for Australians and Canadians right now – it’s not easy being citizens of countries run by international laughing stocks. People laugh at you, then get angry: just remember Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo or referring to Australia as Austria.

Americans have a slightly easier time of it at the moment. Barack Obama is no Winston Churchill, and there’s still plenty of reason for the rest of the world to look askance (drone attacks, the NSA collecting your Gmail). But at least he’s a serious human being with a wide-ranging intellect.

Less so Tony Abbott, who is Bushian to the max. Last week he journeyed to Texas, where he gave a talk to some oilmen who awarded him a ten-gallon Stetson hat. Upon donning it he said 'yee ha'. Really.

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