Christian Science Monitor: On the eve of Australia’s landmark federal election, the man widely predicted to become the country’s next leader has declared the fight against climate change as his No. 1 priority. Kevin Rudd, a bookish former diplomat who heads the opposition Labor Party, has pledged to sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, a move which would leave the US as the only developed nation not to have ratified the treaty. Mr. Rudd, a fluent Chinese speaker, has also promised to withdraw …