April 2023
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Australia will need to find its own path on carbon border taxes
Border adjustment mechanisms could become an important part of global climate co-operation. But following the EU’s lead is not an option for us.
February 2023
How to negotiate a safeguard mechanism, and other climate conundrums
Experience at the heart of the climate wars of the past two decades has shown the mechanism is a high-wire act for all political parties.
January 2023
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Companies still lack bankable incentives to invest in net zero
Business leaders talk a great deal about climate change and sustainability. But what happens in the boardroom and shop floor can be a very different story.
October 2022
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Big emitters can’t keep getting a free pass
How hard the big baseline buffers of large emitters are squeezed will be the symbolic and substantive signal of the government’s climate ambition says one of the designers of Australia’s scrapped carbon tax.