But this year there’s a major stumbling block to concerted global action. The most vocal climate change sceptic in the Group of 20 leading industrialised nations is its current host, Australia.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has tempered his public rhetoric since 2009 when he said the science behind climate change was “crap”. But he has left the issue off the agenda for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane on Nov. 15-16.

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