Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has gazetted the latest annual update to the NGER Determination, which sets out requirements and procedures for reporting emissions and energy use.
Safeguard credits offer an important opportunity to quicken the pace of industrial decarbonisation and beat a 43% target, according to Thomas Hodgson of sustainability consultancy Ndevr.
Former assistant emissions reduction minister Tim Wilson says the Coalition's 2030 emissions target was realistic, and was designed to unite Australians.
The incoming government will be keen to complete its review of the ACCU regime before limits on large emitters start to decline next year, according to KPMG's energy transition leader Barry Sterland.
The election of a federal government that is more engaged on climate change will affect state government decision-making about interim targets, Victoria's Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio told Footprint today.
The introduction of Safeguard Mechanism credits would require legislation, and is likely to trigger a debate about a price collar, according to carbon and energy analyst RepuTex.
Australia's carbon offsets regime is crumbling because it is being asked to do too much, and a comprehensive, independent review is essential, according to a new Australia Institute report.
Reporting scope 3 emissions through NGER should be mandatory, and waste management needs much greater attention, according to a new decarbonisation report from Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.