Tony Abbott faces pressure within the Liberal Party not to sign a new climate agreement at a Paris summit later this year.
One of the motions being put forward for the Liberal federal council meeting this weekend in Melbourne calls on the government not to sign "any binding agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year".
The party's regional and rural committee says the science around climate change is "uncertain" and requires a parliamentary inquiry.
The inquiry should "examine the scientific evidence that underpins the man-made global warming theory and investigate the reasons for the failure of computer models, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and prominent individuals to predict, among other things, the pause in global warming this century".
The prime minister has said any new emissions target for Australia will safeguard economic growth while taking action on climate change.
It's yet to be confirmed whether Mr Abbott will attend the Paris summit or send ministers.
Party president, former minister Richard Alston, will be returned unopposed to the position.
But the party's controversial honorary treasurer Philip Higginson will lose his job.
Mr Higginson earlier this year said it was a conflict of interest for the prime minister's chief of staff to be married to the party's federal director.
He will be replaced by tourism businessman Andrew Burnes, who is a close friend of Treasurer Joe Hockey.
Another controversial executive member, vice president Tom Harley, will also step aside to be replaced by ex-MP Bruce Baird.
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