The Climate Change Authority is an Australian statutory agency that began operations on 1 July 2012. Its role is to advise the government on the setting of carbon pollution caps to conduct periodic reviews of the carbon pricing process and to report on progress towards meeting national targets. These pollution caps will form the basis for the cap-and-trade structure to commence in 2015.The authority has a Board comprising nine members headed by Bernie Fraser.
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