Good month for those who enjoy our habitable planet

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t’s been a good month for people who enjoy living on a habitable planet.

As the world marches towards the UN summit in Paris in December, two of the biggest thorns in the side of the fight against climate change have been removed – the former leader of Australia in Tony Abbott last month, followed by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week.

In the Climate Change Performance Index 2015 Results assessment of OECD countries – the 34 rich, democratic nations that in theory are leading the decarbonisation push – Australia ranked at the bottom of the climate action table, with Canada placed second-last.

Read The New Daily story - “Beyond Abbott: climate villains who need to go.”