NEWS: Australia’s coal industry is costing $8.3 billion a year in medical costs, as lung and heart disease rise
NEWS: Climate diplomats welcome US-China targets and call for action from other major economies at Brisbane G20 summit
NEWS: Overseas Development Institute says countries are continuing to support uneconomic fossil fuel exploration
NEWS: Tony Abbott grudgingly inserts paragraph on climate change, in line with international demands
NEWS: Australia lacks gravitas to cast off climate talk, with US and China likely to put pressure on Tony Abbott
BLOG: Medical scientists urge Australian prime minister Tony Abbott to put climate change on Brisbane G20 agenda
Countries agree to work with Montreal Protocol to target consumption and production of warming gases
Morning summary: Obama met the Nordic leaders, who together agreed to cooperate on clean energy issues ahead of G20 Summit
Syria crisis and economic growth likely to dominate St Petersberg summit as climate change drops off agenda
Barroso and Van Rompuy letter to EU leaders calls for progress on oil and gas subsidies, climate finance and green growth policies
G20 leaders call for “balanced outcome in Durban” and set sights on eradicating fossil fuel subsidies but makes no statement on Kyoto Protocol
With no further talks scheduled on limiting plastic production before final negotiations in November, the treaty may focus instead on recycling
Germany wants all high-emitters, especially among G20 countries, to pitch in. But China and Saudi Arabia say the responsibility lies with developed nations
Changes are afoot at the IMF and World Bank – but debt-squeezed developing nations need far faster access to more finance for climate action
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief
The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems
Simon Stiell says far more money is required for developing countries to submit bold new climate plans, which would benefit all economies
The World Bank and IMF have a big part to play in raising the $3 trillion needed to help countries meet global development goals and the Paris accord
A new wave of climate litigation is targeting state institutions that are still providing public finance for fossil fuels, despite pledges to turn off the funding tap
France has abandoned plans to phase out tax breaks on agricultural diesel in efforts to appease its increasingly disgruntled farmers