If you want to know which way the climate is going, watch the ice.
Tell me northern hemisphere ice is not headed for a minimum in September above 4 million square km. (Dare I think above 5 million square km?)
Tell me southern hemisphere ice is not headed for an October maximum above 17 million square km.
(That is a long shot, but the trend seems to be there. The southern peak ice has increased every year for the last five.)