Australia environmental offset audit an ‘important exercise’, webinar hears, though govt refuses to release full findings
The Australian government learned important lessons from its environmental offset audit process, officials told a webinar last week, but is refusing to publicly release the full report on its findings.
Read MoreAustralian companies sign up to Qantas SAF programme
Multiple Australian companies have joined Qantas’ Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Coalition, opting to contribute to the cost of SAF rather than relying on carbon offsets, the airline said Tuesday.
Read MoreAustralia Market Roundup: Capacity Investment Scheme targets 6 GW of renewables in May, ACCU issuance increases
The federal government has announced 6 gigawatts of new variable renewable energy projects will go out for tender in May, as part of its Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS).
Read MoreSBTi boss “regrets distress” caused by proposed change to carbon offset use policy
The CEO of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has reaffirmed the organisation’s dedication to robust science-based decarbonisation standards, saying he “deeply regrets the concern and distress” caused by a proposed change in its policy regarding offsets.
Read MoreAustralia’s Clean Energy Regulator writes to Safeguard entities over ACCU compliance concerns -source
The Clean Energy Regulator has written to entities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism raising concerns that they are not implementing strategies fast enough to meet their compliance obligations ahead of the February surrender deadline, a source has told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreAustralia’s Queensland legislates emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035
Australia’s state of Queensland on Thursday passed legislation to reduce the state’s emissions by 75% by 2035, as well as to achieve 80% renewable energy generation by the same date.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Australian landfill gas method rework consultation ‘imminent’ as ERAC assessment deemed litmus test for overhauled body
The Australian government is expected to ‘imminently’ release a discussion paper on the rework of its landfill gas methodology and likely finalise it by the end of the year, but market participants are still left guessing what will be done with one of the market’s biggest-yielding project types.
Read MoreCCS won’t solve steel emissions -report
Carbon capture and storage has been passed by for better technologies to decarbonise the steel sector, according to analysis released this week.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Australian biodiversity credit developer plans huge scale up, sees tradable units as “inevitable”
Australian biodiversity credit developer Wilderlands has just passed 100,000 units sold, each of which protects one square metre of land, but wants to increase that ten-fold within the next year.
Read MoreAustralia, Singapore looking to clean, green maritime operations
Singapore and Australia plan a A$20 million ($12.85 mln) spend via the Australia-Singapore Initiative on Low Emissions Technologies (ASLET) for maritime and port operations, the two said Wednesday.
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