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This is the Australia Institute’s response to the Climate Change Authority’s (CCA) Issues Paper Setting tracking and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets. We are concerned that both the potential of this review and the quality of advice the CCA provides to government in general are undermined by two fundamental problems:
- Conflicts of interest in the membership of the Authority (and the poor management of these conflicts); and
- The Authority failing to meet its obligations under the Climate Change Authority Act 2011.
The Climate Change Authority must make clear to government that continued fossil fuel expansion is incompatible with national and global goals as laid out under the Paris Agreement. However, both the independence of the Climate Change Authority and the quality of advice it provides to government are currently in question.