A quick update for sea ice extent:
- Global Sea Ice is 194,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 1% above the mean.
- Antarctic Sea Ice is 835,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 25.6% above the mean.
- Arctic Sea Ice is 640,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is 4.2% below the mean .
Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
sunshine hours 
See, the Climate Industrial Complex really CAN fix the climate!
I have no idea how they made all that Chinese CO2 disappear …. but I know they are making 100 of billions of Euros/Dollars disappear every year,