Greens MP Michael Berkman will table legislation in parliament to wind down the fossil fuel industry by 2030 in a bid to meet Australia's Paris Agreement obligations to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
He says the proposed laws will also force the state government to draw up a clear plan to transition coal and gas workers into other industries by the end of the decade.
"Resource workers deserve a long-term plan for their future, yet they've been excluded from the government's climate policy," Mr Berkman said in a statement on Tuesday.
"It's time for a real conversation about what's on the other side of coal and gas for Queensland.
"Fossil fuels are on the way out and denying this won't put food on the plates of coal miners - not in this generation, or the next."
The Greens MP said the transition for coal and gas workers could be backed by a government diversification fund, such as that proposed by the Australian Greens.
He said he expected the Queensland Resources Council to reject his bill, but he was more interested in acting on the science rather than pressure from the lobby group.
Mr Berkman said the state government had a plan for fossil fuel power generation workers, so it was essential for other fossil fuel workers to have a clear future.
"We dragged the government kicking and screaming to deliver a closure timeline for Queensland's coal-fired power stations, but they're silent on the challenges facing the inevitable climate transition in the resource industry," he said.
"Labor's climate plans are worthless if they continue to support new coal and gas."
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