India has pushed G20 leaders to make sure $100 billion worth of technology and finances is made accessible to countries so they can utilise renewable energy, and proposed an alliance of nations rich in solar.

The United States is pushing through with its plan to include climate change as one of the talking points for this year’s G20 summit. The Australian federal government however is not very keen on including this topic on the agenda this coming November.

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has said that the Coalition Government’s plan to scrap funding for clean energy programs is juxtaposed to its pledge to unite the world’s largest polluters in a G4 deal.