The Aboriginal Carbon Fund says the task of administering Australia's carbon-neutral scheme should be taken out of the government's hands and given to the Carbon Market Institute.
A new Climate Change Authority issues paper seeks views on the performance of the Carbon Farming Initiative, and on the type of activities it can best support.
The Federal Environment Department has released draft rules for earning credits by improving building energy efficiency and protecting native regrowth.
The Emissions Reduction Fund would increase opportunities to create carbon credits, but Shadow Environment Minister Mark Butler says the scheme is too flawed to save the offsets sector.
The viability of the carbon offset sector would be at risk if there is an extended period with no carbon price in place and no replacement program enacted, a Senate inquiry has heard.
The Federal Government today repealed the Energy Efficiency Opportunities regulations ahead of the repeal of the main Act, and gazetted changes to the Carbon Farming Initiative.
A decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal could force the Clean Energy Regulator to approve pre-existing projects that have so far been excluded from the Carbon Farming Initiative.
The Federal Government should specify a default carbon sequestration rate for soil-based projects, so they can get going quickly, an offsets consultancy has recommended.