HOW THE PARIS CLIMATE TALKS PLAYED OUT
* DAY ONE: Around 150 world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, China President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, descend on Paris. Delivered national statements. United States reveals Mission Innovation to double clean energy innovation spending. India reveals solar alliance of 120 countries.
* DAY TWO: Negotiations start. Make little progress. Environment Minister Greg Hunt represents Australia.
* DAY THREE: Conference president Laurent Fabius tells negotiators to hurry up.
* DAY FOUR: France and Germany become first developed countries to declare support for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
* DAY FIVE: Deal between St Lucia, South Africa and Australia revealed. Australia gets favoured accounting rules for Kyoto Protocol, pledges to help push for 1.5 degree reference in text.
* DAY SIX: Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum says he wants to speak with Australian counterpart over blunder over a sunken island. Fabius dictates new negotiating rules, appoints 14 ministers co-facilitators on different topics. New draft revealed, shaved from 54 to 43 pages.
* DAY SEVEN: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrives for high-level negotiations.
* DAY EIGHT: Bishop delivers national statement, focusing on innovation and technology. Chairs negotiating group of non-EU developed countries. High level negotiations begin.
* DAY NINE: Global carbon emissions report predicts small decline for 2015. Bishop delivers speech claiming coal is critical to alleviate hunger. Marshall Islands and others reveal 'high ambition coalition'. Australia not invited.
* DAY 10: Australia labelled 'fossil of the day' by environment group activists for Bishop speech. Streamlined draft released, shaved from 43 to 29 pages. Australia has serious concerns, deeply disappointed with some elements. Issues of climate finance, ambition and differentiation remain. Negotiators work through the night in closed meetings.
* DAY 11: New draft delayed slightly, released at 9pm. Bishop declares text 80 per cent there. Other countries admit it's OK. Issues of climate finance and differentiation remain. Negotiators work through the night.
* DAY 12: Fabius announces conference won't meet 6pm deadline, new draft expected next morning. Australia formally invited to high ambition coalition, joins. Negotiators spent day and night in informal group meetings and bilateral talks.
* DAY 13: Final draft presented, delayed from 9am to 1.30pm. Parties given several hours to study final text. Parties meet at 5.30pm, accept agreement around 7.30pm.
