Daily Advertiser: THE Prime Minister has played down the chances of gaining a significant international commitment on tackling climate change this year because of the global financial crisis. Talking to a think-tank in Washington on Thursday, Kevin Rudd said a global consensus at the Copenhagen climate conference in December would be difficult. “That’s just the truth of it. It’s the reality.” Nor could he predict what would happen at Copenhagen. “To be real about it, the degrees of difficulty …