Bill
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2023-03-20.
- Sponsor
- Adam Bandt
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-09-05
- second reading — 2022-09-05
- other — 2023-03-20
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-09-05.
This bill is part of a package that would create a new climate trigger under the EPBC Act for assessing greenhouse gas emissions from projects.
It would set two emission thresholds: a significant impact level for emissions between 25,000 and 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, requiring ministerial consideration, and a prohibited impact level above 100,000 tonnes, forcing the minister to reject approval.
The bill would also require the Climate Change Authority to produce a national carbon budget to 2050 and update it annually, against which the minister must assess projects.
- Establishes a new class of controlled action for greenhouse gas emissions.
- Creates two emission thresholds—25,000 to 100,000 tonnes (significant impact) and above 100,000 tonnes (prohibited impact).
- Requires the Climate Change Authority to develop and annually update a national carbon budget to 2050.
- Bans the minister from using alternative approval processes for actions with a significant impact on emissions, except for limited exceptions.
Proponents of emissions-intensive projects and the Minister for the Environment would be affected.
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