ANALYSIS: Snap election offers unique opportunity to halt developments that menace the Great Barrier Reef and the climate
NEWS: New figures from Beijing government shows China’s hunger for coal is waning
NEWS: Experts warn coal use is growing unsustainably, in the absence of effective regulation or support for low carbon development
NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands
NEWS: US special envoy for climate change spells out what his country hopes to achieve in the UN’s climate change deal
NEWS: Policy action needed by Beijing government for China to reach renewables potential next decade, says new report
NEWS: Ben van Beurden calls for gas and renewables to replace coal, argues Shell wants to be part of solution to climate challenge
NEWS: Australia’s coal industry is costing $8.3 billion a year in medical costs, as lung and heart disease rise
COMMENT: Synergies between climate action and top domestic priorities are driving leaders to back green economy, argues Per Klevnas
NEWS: Analysts, youth and religious leaders rubbish industry claims that coal can solve energy poverty, ahead of G20 summit
In a surprise breakthrough, presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama have set goals for climate cooperation. We liveblog the details and reaction
NEWS: President Obama says countries have “historic responsibility” to lead international effort against global warming
NEWS: Energy minister targets a billion tonnes of coal in 2019 to meet soaring electricity demand
ANALYSIS: Climate change is high on the agenda for presidents Obama and Xi next week, but the hard outcomes remain hard to predict
NEWS: LGS chief executive cites increased risks of fossil fuel assets as reason for divestment
NEWS: Canberra’s climate approach branded “weak” and “risk” by influential German scientist
NEWS: Statoil and Saudi Aramco use New York summit to sell gas as a lower carbon climate change solution
NEWS: Australia’s controversial Galilee Basin project will lose money as global demand flatlines, finds Carbon Tracker
NEWS: Climate Bonds Initiative rejects idea that coal companies could use the green label to raise finance
NEWS: Race to exploit shale gas resources could be hit by low levels of freshwater supplies, critical for drilling