Report
Safeguarding the fossil fuel industry?
According to this report, Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably. Ahead of the Australian Government’s review of the scheme, this report explains why the permission to substitute real emissions abatement with offsets undermines the integrity of the policy, and how it benefits the fossil fuel companies.
Discussion paper
Fossil fuel free zones
This discussion paper explores how Fossil Fuel Free Zones (FFFZs) could contribute to action on climate change.
Article
Australia, China and the new carbon climate
As the dust settles after the US–China climate announcement and Australia’s G20 climate debacle, a closer look at the Abbott government’s approach to international cooperation on climate change and economic prosperity AUSTRALIA was once widely regarded as a nation that “punched above its weight” in international affairs. It’s a cliché, and not necessarily a helpful...
Article
Europe, Australia and the slow death of carbon trading
WITH last week’s federal budget slashing the forecast revenue from Australia’s carbon pricing scheme for the second half of this decade, it’s a good time to have a closer look at the Gillard government’s decision to link the scheme with its embattled European counterpart from 1 July 2015.
Article
Ghosts of politicians past
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green in Inside Story takes a trip down memory lane.