The Australian Greens will move in the Senate to drive domestic and global climate action without the failed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme dragging it down.

"Since the Rudd Government refuses to work with the Greens to fix the CPRS, we want to see this 'agreement to fail' rejected and get Australia moving with real climate action," said Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne.

"The Greens will move a motion in the Senate to give the Rudd Government a mandate to negotiate the strongest possible global agreement at Copenhagen.

"The CPRS's unrealistically conditional 25% is Australia once again thumbing its nose at the global community, requiring strong action from everyone else but refusing to take it on at home. A motion from the Senate would give the Government a much more positive message to take to Copenhagen.

"The tens of thousands of jobs in renewable energy waiting to be created would be delivered by the Government fulfilling its election promise to lift the renewable energy target. Why is the legislation to do that still being delayed?

"Instead of holding back a jobs boom with the failed CPRS, let's get moving straight away with the Government's renewable energy target and the Greens' more ambitious feed-in tariff bill."

The Greens oppose the CPRS because:
• It locks in at least $16 billion in corporate polluter welfare in the first five years alone instead of investing now in helping the community reduce emissions;
• It locks out the option of Australia agreeing to an ambitious target in Copenhagen, dragging down the chances of an ambitious global agreement and undermining the chances of protecting the climate;
• It locks out the chances of a swift transformation of the Australian economy, with a low target driving short-sighted and unwise investments; and
• It locks out bold community action, encouraging apathy in the face of a crisis.

"The Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme is an agreement to fail on climate change and an agreement to fail in transforming the economy. Its only possible impact domestically and globally is to drag down our level of ambition.

"Transforming Australia into a zero carbon powerhouse would create at least 800,000 jobs, but the CPRS would lock out the potential to create more than a handful.

"Study after study has shown that a serious plan to transform Australia into a carbon neutral powerhouse would create a jobs boom, but a weak target and $16 billion in handouts to the biggest and noisiest polluters can only lock out that boom and deliver barely a trickle."