Obama: GOP is the 'only major party in advanced world' to deny climate change

President predicts Republicans' continued insistence that climate change is not real is a long-term political loser while touting US as 'key leader' in Paris talks

Barack Obama chided Republicans on Friday for standing apart from every other rightwing party in the developed world by denying the science of climate change.

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