Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to double government spending on clean energy R&D, but has ignored a New Zealand-led campaign against fossil fuel subsidies.
BHP Billiton's demerger would parcel many of its coal assets into the proposed South32 spin-off, and the resources giant concedes that action to combat climate change might reduce their value.
An $850 billion pension fund with major investments in fossil fuels should exclude 'the worst cases of climate offenders', says a landmark report prepared for the Norwegian Government.
A new Australian Conservation Foundation report says the nation's big four banks can't finance Galilee Basin coal projects while meeting their obligations under the Equator Principles.
A group of shareholders will put a resolution to the Commonwealth Bank's AGM in November requiring the company to disclose the quantity of greenhouse gas that will be emitted by the projects it has financed.