Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Collaboration and partnership are key to tackling climate change, which is a fundamental threat to humanity, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.

“There is a need for collaboration unprecedented in human history,” Rudd told reporters in New Delhi today. “There is a group of people who deny the science, the reality of climate change. They are the enemies of us all.”

Australia is at a key juncture before global climate-change talks next month, trying to pass a carbon pollution reduction plan. The United Nations will host delegates from 192 nations in Copenhagen in December to seek a new emission-reduction treaty for industrialized and developing economies.

The Australian government will fund A$50 million ($47 million) for a research fund with India, Rudd said. The investment will support research in energy, food and water, health and the environment, according to a statement issued today by the Australian High Commission in New Delhi.

To contact the reporter on this story: Gaurav Singh in New Delhi at gsingh31@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 12, 2009 00:03 EST