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Australia

Sydney and Melbourne vow to ditch coal power

Sydney and Melbourne vow to ditch coal power

Australian cities joined global alliance to end coal-fired power, while the federal government proposes using taxpayer cash to underwrite new plants

End of coal power in Australia 'inevitable' - report

End of coal power in Australia ‘inevitable’ – report

Market forces alone will see huge drop in coal use over next decade, academics find, adding that planning for a future without coal is ‘prudent risk management’

Australia's new PM risks climate trade-off with EU

Australia’s new PM risks climate trade-off with EU

Scott Morrison is not expected to quit the Paris Agreement, as it could jeopardise ongoing trade talks with the EU, although he has no plan to meet climate targets

Ousted Australian PM: This government cannot address climate change

Ousted Australian PM: This government cannot address climate change

Turnbull says party is captured by ideologues with views not based in ‘engineering and economics’. He is replaced by treasurer who brought lump of coal to parliament

Australian leadership spill brings Paris climate exit into play

Australian leadership spill brings Paris climate exit into play

A challenge against Malcolm Turnbull, triggered by the collapse of a key energy policy, shows an anti-Paris faction is on the rise in Australia’s governing party

South Australia to hit 100% renewable power by 2025 - market operator

South Australia to hit 100% renewable power by 2025 – market operator

Contrary to federal government modelling, as old gas turbines switch off in the next decade, renewable electricity share will soar

Why is tiny Nauru getting $26.9m in climate finance to build a port?

Why is tiny Nauru getting $26.9m in climate finance to build a port?

Nauru’s biggest donor Australia lobbied for a project that raises tough questions over how climate finance differs from traditional development aid

Tasmania to reach 120% renewable electricity in five years, Labor pledge

Tasmania to reach 120% renewable electricity in five years, Labor pledge

An election policy from the state opposition would provide a boost to rooftop solar and see more clean energy shipped to the mainland

Another blow for giant Australian coal mine as rail company steps back

Another blow for giant Australian coal mine as rail company steps back

Freight company Aurizon has withdrawn its application for a federal loan to build a rail line to link proposed coal mines with ports on the coast

Kevin Rudd: 'I don't know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids'

Kevin Rudd: ‘I don’t know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids’

Australia’s former prime minister talks about the failure of his country’s climate policy, the rise of China and the Carmichael coal mine

Australia: Labor victory a 'death knell for Adani' coal mine

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

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

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

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

Climate change 'probably doing good', says former Australian PM Abbott

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

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?

Tony Abbott to address London climate sceptic group

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’

Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks

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

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

UN committee urges Australia to rethink support for Adani coal mine

UN committee urges Australia to rethink support for Adani coal mine

Human rights review finds Australia’s coal production ambitions will contribute to dangerous climate change and asks government to reconsider

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