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Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... below the baselines. Those entities with emissions that fall below the baseline may have the opportunity to sell their abatement to the government. The EFR will serve as a financing pool for entities to bid for funding to support their emissions reduction ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... below the baselines. Those entities with emissions that fall below the baseline may have the opportunity to sell their abatement to the government. The EFR will serve as a financing pool for entities to bid for funding to support their emissions reduction ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent. The key driver in that reduction was the "continued improvement and adoption of nitrous oxide abatement technology at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers," along with efforts across the rest of the business, Wesfarmers ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Action Plan legislation that passed the Senate this week contains amendments that will extend the contract period for abatement activities and establishes a safeguard mechanism, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... voluntary carbon market. The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities. The CFI is set to remain - and even expand - if the government is ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Even though the government has repealed the carbon pricing ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... made. CEFC has made 40 direct investments and 25 projects co-financed under aggregation partnerships, and is delivering abatement estimated at more than 4.2 million tonnes of CO2e each year, Yates said. Separately, the CEFC has also announced several ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... below the baselines. Those entities with emissions that fall below the baseline may have the opportunity to sell their abatement to the government. The EFR will serve as a financing pool for entities to bid for funding to support their emissions reduction ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... certifies low carbon development projects in developing countries. "The main conclusion here is that voluntary carbon abatement projects can deliver additional value beyond the abatement," said Neil Salisbury, Net Balance director and director of this ...