'It took hard work, grit and guts' 

Bill Leak cartoon for the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper, drawn following the Paris climate conference, sparks outrage at its "provincial ignorance"

These are the measures agreed in the final draft

Government accused of hindering attempts to become greener through a series of subsidy cuts since taking office

There is no guarantee it will effect the necessary cuts in emissions

Like the addict who will sacrifice his family to feed his addiction, western foreign policy has for decades supported tyrants who have oppressed the peoples of oil-producing states across the Middle East

After two weeks of challenging talks, Laurent Fabius' quotations from Nelson Mandela were too much for many observers

The professor and environmental activist said denounced the draft deal agreed on Saturday saying 'there is no action, just promises'

The Marshall Islands are already seeing the effects of rising sea levels - with the graves of islanders' loved ones being washed away by the encroaching waves

The draft text of the agreement was released early this afternoon

The politican said the agreement paved the way towards renewable energy becoming 'totally competitive' with fossil fuels

The draft text of the treaty acknowledges 'climate change is a common concern of humankind' and tackling it 'requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries'

Expected reduction in the long-standing official global warming target has been broadly welcomed as major breakthrough 

Talks are expected to spill into the weekend as tensions about remaining sticking points threaten to become rows

Politicians and NGOs call for the developed world to provide cash to help deal with the consequences of a warming planet

US emissions could rise, so long as developing countries make deals that trap themselves in poverty cycles. This is hardly the situation we envisioned