The Albanese Government’s reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism will determine whether Australia meets its 43% emissions reduction target.
A strong Safeguard Mechanism will force Australia’s biggest polluters to actually cut emissions at their facilities, not on paper. But the Albanese Government's draft reforms have loopholes that will let big polluters like Woodside and Santos buy unlimited offsets and avoid actually cutting emissions.
In addition, the draft reforms allows new fossil fuel projects into the scheme when the science tells us that there can be no new projects if we are to keep warming ...
The Albanese Government’s reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism will determine whether Australia meets its 43% emissions reduction target.
A strong Safeguard Mechanism will force Australia’s biggest polluters to actually cut emissions at their facilities, not on paper. But the Albanese Government's draft reforms have loopholes that will let big polluters like Woodside and Santos buy unlimited offsets and avoid actually cutting emissions.
In addition, the draft reforms allows new fossil fuel projects into the scheme when the science tells us that there can be no new projects if we are to keep warming to below 1.5 degrees.
The Albanese Government must close the loopholes now.
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Background information
DEA's submission on the Safeguard Mechanism
Climate Council and ACF - Safeguard Mechanism briefing paper #2 - February 2023
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