Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Abetz, move:

(1)

That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Climate Policy, be established to inquire into and report by 14 May 2009 on:

(a)

the choice of emissions trading as the central policy to reduce Australia’s carbon pollution, taking into account the need to:

(i)

reduce carbon pollution at the lowest economic cost,

(ii)

put in place long-term incentives for investment in clean energy and low-emission technology, and

(iii)

contribute to a global solution to climate change;

(b)

the relative contributions to overall emission reduction targets from complementary measures such as renewable energy feed-in laws, energy efficiency and the protection or development of terrestrial carbon stores such as native forests and soils;

(c)

whether the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is environmentally effective, in particular, with regard to the adequacy or otherwise of the Government’s 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in avoiding dangerous climate change;

(d)

an appropriate mechanism for determining what a fair and equitable contribution to the global emission reduction effort would be;

(e)

whether the design of the proposed scheme will send appropriate investment signals for green collar jobs, research and development, and the manufacturing and service industries, taking into account permit allocation, leakage, compensation mechanisms and additionality issues; and

(f)

any related matter.