Climate Change Coalition Believes

Australia is one of the biggest per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the world. We should help restrict the world's temperature increase to less than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels by leading the way with emission reductions consistent with that global environmental objective more. The Climate Change Coalition believes Australia must:

• The prime minister should immediately establish a risk assessment team, managed like a war cabinet, and include the opposition leader and premiers.
• Ensure Australia's emissions peak well before 2020.
• Aim to meet the following binding targets relative to 1990 levels:
  • 40% by 2020
  • 70% by 2050 (excluding offsets generated offshore).
• Take global leadership by proposing initiatives to encourage developing countries to accept targets.
• Set a mandatory target of 30% electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020.
• Oppose nuclear power.
• Establish a nationwide moratorium on new coal fired power stations and new coal export projects until their carbon emissions can be safely sequestered.
• Implement an internationally linked emissions trading scheme.
• Auction emission permits, using the revenue to encourage new low emission technologies, efficiency & conservation.
• Do not compensate existing carbon emitters.
• Include the agricultural sector in carbon trading at the earliest opportunity.
• Include aviation and shipping in emissions reduction and trading at the earliest opportunity. More
• Introduce energy efficiency standards for motor vehicles, requiring improvements consistent with the emissions reduction targets and world's best practice.
• Emphasise energy efficiency and conservation by expanding mandatory energy performance standards to cover all energy-using appliances and equipment in line with world's best practice.
• Eliminate perverse subsidies which promote emissions. More