Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023

REPORT - June 2024

List of recommendations

2.135 The committee recommends that the bill not be passed.

2.137The committee recommends that the Australian Government consider the utilisation of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Child Rights Impact Assessment Tool to assist in policy development and decision making.

Members

List of recommendations

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Background to the bill
Health effects of climate change on children
Conduct of the inquiry
Scrutiny of Bills and Human Rights committees examination
Structure of the report
Acknowledgements

Chapter 2 - Key provisions of the bill

Overview
Key definitions
Proposed duties
Other provisions
Commonwealth policies to reduce emissions and manage climate risk
National Health and Climate Strategy
Committee comment

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

Introduction
The fight for a duty of care
The urgent need for a statutory duty of care
A gap in Australian climate policy
A framework to deliver intergenerational equity
Concluding comments
Summary of Senator Pocock’s dissenting report for children

Appendix 1 - Submissions and Additional Information

Appendix 2 - Public Hearings and Witnesses

Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023

Recommendations

Contents

Chapters