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Malcolm Turnbull addresses the opening of the Paris climate summit. EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson

Australia’s leader sets his sights low in opening conference gambit

When newly minted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd rose to speak at COP13 in Bali in 2007 and announced that Australia would ratify the Kyoto Protocol, he received a standing ovation from the world community…