ETS Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Labor “safeguard mechanism 2.0” likely to be short, but cheaper than EU ETS
A scaled up ALP baseline-and-credit scheme for industry is modelled to be short from day one, with domestic offsets the marginal source of emissions reductions.
Reputex

Dec 10, 2018

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Policy & Planning

CCA report will sanction further delay and slow pace of action
CCA report on government’s emissions targets ignores the carbon budget, is politically expedient, and brushes aside concern about current measures. Worst, it ignores the science.
Clive Hamilton and David Karoly

Sep 5, 2016

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How will carbon markets help the Paris climate agreement?
Call for a global carbon price a central theme on the sidelines of COP21. So what does the Paris agreement say on carbon markets?
Katherine Lake

Dec 14, 2015

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Too big to fail: China to set up world’s biggest carbon market
A Chinese cap-and-trade carbon pricing program is scheduled to begin in 2017, and will be the world’s largest carbon market.
Alex Lo

Sep 28, 2015

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Commentary

Abbott may have delivered the ETS’ last rites, but what did Bernardi’s G8 do?
Many revelations have come out with the carbon tax repeal, including disclosures about an inner core or ‘Group of 8’ within the Coalition who have worked tirelessly to kill the carbon tax, the reporting of Rupert Murdoch’s views on climate change and a rearguard pitch by News Corp tabloids to turn the repeal into a rejection of the science.
David Holmes

Jul 28, 2014

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How will China’s carbon markets work in a non-market economy?
Unlike Australia, China is forging ahead with emissions trading, with two pilot schemes launching this week. But how will they differ from western models?
Alex Lo & Michael Howes

Nov 28, 2013

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The rise and rise of traded carbon
The first in a three-part series: how carbon is traded between where fuels are extracted, emissions produced and products consumed.
Lindsay Wilson

Aug 28, 2013

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From fixed price to ETS: the complications of reducing emissions
Kevin Rudd’s plan to bring forward the internationally linked ETS might be a smart political move, but it complicates progress on reducing emissions.
Alan Pears

Jul 16, 2013

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EU ETS fix wins approval, raises carbon price
The approval of plans to fix the glut of cheap permits dogging the EU carbon market has given prices a boost, and earned mixed reviews.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 4, 2013

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