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Australia: Labor victory a ‘death knell for Adani’ coal mine
Queensland Labor looks certain to form government promising to veto a public loan, observers say that puts the southern hemisphere’s biggest coal project in serious doubt
Former UN climate chief lobbies against $1bn loan to Australian coal train
Christiana Figueres warns subsidising Adani’s controversial Carmichael mega-mine would damage Australia’s reputation abroad
Video: Palau to raise Adani coal mine with Australia
“The future of our planet cannot tolerate us continually burning coal,” said the minister for environment of the tiny Pacific state
Australian state premier promises to veto funding for giant Adani coal mine
Prospects of massive Indian-owned coal development take a dip after Queensland Labor leader makes surprise announcement
Jacinda Ardern commits New Zealand to zero carbon by 2050
New leader says government will be “absolutely focused on the challenge of climate change” and sets out goal that puts country at forefront of emissions cuts
Bonn climate talks raise tough questions about German coal
Chancellor Angela Merkel, with no concrete plans to curtail its huge coal industry, will be exposed as her country plays host to Fiji’s climate presidency
Climate change ‘probably doing good’, says former Australian PM Abbott
Former Australian prime minister likens treatment of climate sceptics to the Spanish Inquisition and says the government lost seats by not campaigning on energy prices
Australia only wealthy nation still breaking energy emissions records
How did a country that launched one of the world’s first major carbon pricing schemes become a rogue polluter in just five years?
Lead diplomat: Bonn climate talks must ‘restate vision of Paris’
Fijian negotiator Nazhat Shameem Khan says upcoming talks must make a strong political statement in the face of Donald Trump’s antagonism
Fiji’s climate leadership: ‘We are all in the same canoe’
Prime minister Frank Bainimarama urged leaders in New York to look beyond narrow self-interest as he outlined plans for COP23 climate talks presidency
Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama’s speech to the UNGA – in full
The president of COP23, the next round of UN climate talks, calls for solidarity with hurricane victims and sets the scene for negotiations
Jerry Brown’s climate coalition now covers 39% of the global economy
California governor’s list of city, state and national governments nears 200 and is shifting climate diplomacy beyond the caprices of national leaders
Tony Abbott to address London climate sceptic group
Abbott becomes second former Australian prime minister to address Global Warming Policy Foundation. His speech will be called ‘Daring to Doubt’
Tributes pour in for Marshallese ‘climate hero’ Tony de Brum
Friends and colleagues remember Tony de Brum as a fighter for nuclear justice and a safe climate future, after his death in Majuro aged 72
Obituary: Tony de Brum, Marshallese climate and anti-nuclear crusader
De Brum, who witnessed the destructive power of nuclear weapons as a child, won justice for his tiny country against formidable economic and political odds
Australian government ‘can’t be trusted to protect Great Barrier Reef’
Government loses vote on bill noting the government’s ‘failure to protect’ reef on day of chaos in Canberra
Mattlan Zackhras, Marshall Islands climate leader, dies aged 47
Tributes to Minister Zackhras highlight his work at home and abroad to defend islands threatened by climate change
Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks
Shareholders are taking the Commonwealth Bank to court, alleging that it is misleading investors about its financial position
Pro-Adani Australian resources minister quits over dual citizenship
Matt Canavan, who has strongly backed Adani’s Queensland mega-mine, is third senator in recent weeks to be caught out by dual citizenship rule
The tax-free shipping company that took control of a country’s UN mission
How the tiny, climate-threatened Marshall Islands came to be represented at UN shipping talks by a private company based in Virginia, 11,000km away