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Rio Tinto will receive free permits worth more than $400 million in 2010, says a league table prepared by Innovest identifying companies that would receive the most free permits under green paper rules.

Australia should begin emissions trading with a carbon price of about $45 a tonne and should aim to reduce emissions to at least 30% below 1990 levels by 2020, says the Australian Conservation Foundation's response to the Rudd Government's emissions trading green paper.

Australia risks pushing low-emissions industries to grow at unsustainably high rates if it fails to jettison its industry-neutral, least-cost approach to industry development, says a new WWF report.

The Coalition should stop 'bleating and moaning' about not having the economic modelling on emissions trading because they had 10 years to get it done while in office, WWF chief Greg Bourne tells CE Daily.



Bourne also warns the Greens that seeking to impose their idea of a perfect scheme could jeopardise efforts to put something in place quickly.

The investment community has a key role to play in "creating wealth worth having" by dramatically redirecting investment away from carbon and towards activities that don't undermine the natural wealth of the earth's atmosphere and biological systems, Climate Change Capital founder James Cameron has told a Sydney forum.

The Australian Conservation Foundation tells the Wilkins review the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target scheme is an essential policy measure, while the Business Council of Australia suggests more precise targeting.

There is still a tendency to indulge in 'trophy cabinet' reporting on sustainability and climate change, despite dramatic improvements in the quality of reporting, says Colonial First State's Amanda McCluskey.



Meanwhile, the Carbon Disclosure Project sets out best practice measures to encourage supply chain reporting of emissions and carbon strategies.

Speaking on behalf of the world's trade unions, CFMEU national president Tony Maher told Bali heads of delegation their talks constitute 'the biggest trade and employment treaty process ever attempted by the nations of the Earth'.



Plus 'what people are thinking overseas'. Some come to a UN climate conference to negotiate. Others come to lobby negotiators. But everyone comes to learn, as the best and brightest in climate policy gather together.



For those who haven't already had a Bali bellyful, CE Daily sorts through webcast Bali side-events to guide you to the pick of the bunch. And we tell you where to find even more.

WWF Australia chief Greg Bourne says a range of laws – not just the federal EPBC Act – must be changed so large greenhouse gas emitters undergo regulatory scrutiny. Plus ACF calls for tax subsidy phase-outs, BCA cautions on meshing renewables and trading schemes, EBA calls for 'war council' approach. (with audio)