Problems Down Under

Australia, the only country that puts more CO2 in the air per capita than the United States, is rumbling about environmental issues. An ABC local radio interview with Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull reported "In its chapter on Australia, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [report published in January] predicts more intense and more frequent heatwaves and fires, along with floods, droughts and storms."
Turnbull's response: "We have a whole climate change adaptation framework underway, we are very focused on adapting to climate change. And you have to remember that the changes to our climate over the next ... well, most of this century for all of our lifetimes in any event, the changes in our climate are built into the systems." (What?)
Then the reporter reveals: "The Auditor-General has assessed the protection of threatened species . . . [and] finds the Environment Department hasn't been resourced . . . despite asking four times for more funding." No money for threatened species.
An Aussie environmentalist says: "There's been a failure to implement this legislation. It's not doing the job of protecting our threatened species and our biodiversity in Australia."
Australia is the only other major country that didn't sign the Kyoto Protocol.