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Oil and gas companies should disclose the climate research and advocacy organisations they fund and their 'strategic goals' for that funding, say new guidelines prepared by an international investor alliance.

In a market where coking coal is forecast to sell for about $200 per tonne and thermal coal for $80 in 2010-11, most coal mines will face a carbon cost of only 80 cents to $1.60 per tonne if they remain liable under the CPRS, according to a Citi analysis.

Compensating investors in coal-fired power stations means the costs of their failure to properly consider risks would be borne by taxpayers, the Investor Group on Climate Change has warned.

• Woodside a winner in a carbon-constrained world, Citi analysis suggests
  
• ACF costs industry pleas for extra assistance
  
• Inefficient road use charging costing $9bn a year: Ken Henry
  
• Garrett suspends Solar Schools program

The Australian Conservation Foundation has asked Australia's corporate watchdog to investigate 'potential breaches of the Trade Practices Act' relating to public statements on the effects of the CPRS made by six major companies.

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.

Many bilateral investment agreements and free trade agreements give foreign investors broad powers to seek compensation for legislative changes – and these could prove a major global stumbling block to efforts to introduce climate change legislation, according to lawyer and academic Kate Miles.

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.

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.

• Tests finds patchy compliance with energy performance standards
  
• Emissions should peak in 2010, say WWF and IAG
  
• Productivity Commission floats chemicals reforms