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Terms of Reference
The Treaties Committee shall inquire into and report on whether ratification
of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change is in Australia's national interest.
The Committee will examine:
- The implications for Australia of proceeding or not proceeding to
ratify the Kyoto Protocol and meeting its target emissions levels by
2008 with regard to anticipated and/or predicted economic, environmental
and social outcomes both nationally and in specific regional areas.
- The veracity of conflicting current scientific theories on global
warming and any solutions proposed for it.
- What definitions and criteria Australia should develop and actively
pursue in its national interest with regard to:
- - grandfathering,
- - trading credits,
- - carbon credits,
- - sequestration,
- - revegetation,
- - land management, and
- - definitions (eg "forest").
- The economic, environmental and social implications of a punitive
approach to any domestic regulation of industry including such proposals
as a carbon tax and an incentive-based approach.
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