Australia has avoided being labelled the villain - but it hasn't come away with glowing climate credentials
Analysis by Siobhan Robbins, South East Asia correspondent
In many ways, the diluted promise to "phase down" unabated coal power will be welcomed by Australia's coal communities.
There is no date in which action is required, no pressure to immediately shut mines.
In the first week of COP26, Australia deliberately avoided adding its name to a list of more than 40 countries pledging to phase out coal power in decades.
Reacting to the final agreement, miner Stuart Bonds told me he didn’t think it would mean any real changes to the industry.
"It's good. It's a bit softer language so that it's not forcing them to commit to it if they cannot possibly do it," he said.
"You know, it's a fine line between balancing your economy and it's better than walking away and having no agreement... but it will be business as usual and we'll still be taking coal out of the ground in 30 years, I can guarantee you."
Australia is the world’s second-biggest exporter of thermal coal, the type used in power stations.
Labelled by climate campaigners as an environmental laggard, Australia hasn’t got off scot-free. There’s now enormous pressure on it to step up its 2030 emissions target.
"The Glasgow Climate Pact has made it very clear that our government must come back to the table next year with a stronger 2030 target. It’s time to slash carbon pollution this decade, as if our futures depended on it – because they do," said Dr Simon Bradshaw, head of research at the Climate Council.
Australia hasn’t come away from the conference with glowing climate credentials but it’s avoid being labelled the villain. India has taken that crown.