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BRIEFING: Familiar battlelines drawn over Safeguard Mechanism issues, reform options

Published 07:06 on July 17, 2026 / Last updated at 08:06 on July 17, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Insights (Briefings)

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Researchers and conservation groups have called on the government to use the imminent Safeguard Mechanism review to limit the use of carbon credits, while some fear the review could see the scheme weakened in the face of government inaction.
Researchers and conservation groups have called on the government to use the imminent Safeguard Mechanism review to limit the use of carbon credits, while some fear the review could see the scheme weakened in the face of government inaction.


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