Climate change policy has always lagged well behind the science. The agreement in Bali provides a desperately needed accelerator to that policy, writes Clive Hamilton.
Climate change negotiations
Ratified recalcitrants: our gloss comes off in Bali
The glow around the Rudd Government at the Bali climate change conference is dimming by the day and there is now a danger that the diplomatic cachet that Kyoto ratification brought will be dissipated by the time the prime minister arrives.
Pearse: Ratifying Kyoto will be the easy bit
Kevin Rudd will get a hero’s welcome at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Bali and Australian ratification of the Kyoto Protocol will be warmly received by national leaders everywhere but Washington and Ottawa, writes Guy Pearse.
Bahnisch: Reading from the Karl Rove playbook
Maybe Australian journos don’t spend too much time following American politics. For reasons which are completely obscure, there was a bit of a “shock horror!” beat up about American pollsters advising the Labor Party, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Diplomatic foot in mouth: a key Aussie export to Asia?
How is Australia seen in the region? How does Australia’s relationship with the US get reported elsewhere? Differently to how you might think, reports Thomas Hunter.
