The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water will inquire into and report on the 2009 and 2013 amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Protocol), with regard to:

1. the environmental benefits and impacts of exporting and importing carbon dioxide streams for the purpose of sub-seabed sequestration
2. the environmental benefits and impacts of marine geoengineering activity, such as ocean fertilisation, for scientific research
3. the international market for carbon dioxide streams
4. the interaction of the proposed amendments with greenhouse gas inventories and regulatory and reporting streams.