Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Former US vice-president and environmentalist Al Gore says there is a proven link between climate change and bushfires.
This week, a United Nations official said the devastating fires in New South Wales proved the world is "already paying the price of carbon".
Prime Minister Tony Abbott today dismissed the comment, accusing the official of "talking through her hat".
He argued that "fire is a part of the Australian experience" and not linked to climate change.
"Climate change is real,...