A precise statement and proof of the relationship between stability and the existence of Calabi-Yau metrics is in: 1. arXiv:1302.0282, Xiuxiong Chen, Simon Donaldson, Song Sun, *Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds, III: limits as cone angle approaches 2π and completion of the main proof* 2. arXiv:1212.4714, Xiuxiong Chen, Simon Donaldson, Song Sun, *Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds, II: limits with cone angle less than 2 π* 3. arXiv:1211.4566, Xiu-Xiong Chen, Simon Donaldson, Song Sun, *Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds, I: approximation of metrics with cone singularities* 4. arXiv:1210.7494, Xiu-Xiong Chen, Simon Donaldson, Song Sun *Kahler-Einstein metrics and stability* 5. arXiv:1211.4669, Gang Tian, *K-stability and Kähler-Einstein metrics* (so I understand; I haven't read all of this)