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Environmental groups are calling for a national carbon price to be implemented by 2012, ahead of parliamentary climate change talks in Canberra.

A second meeting of the federal government’s multi-party climate change committee, set up to discuss the prospect of an Australian carbon tax, will take place on Wednesday.

In a statement released to coincide with the talks, the Southern Cross Climate Coalition has called for a national carbon pollution limit and price to be legislated for in 2011 and instigated the following year.

The coalition also wants better support for low-income and climate-vulnerable households, improved energy efficiency programs and the identification of clean, green industry development opportunities.

It said Australia’s domestic pollution levels will be declining by 2013 and are able to be reduced by at least 25 per cent by 2020 from 1990 levels.

Source: Ninemsn.com.au