What Safeguard Mechanism Reform: Declining Baseline Trajectories, Safeguard Mechanism Credits and Trade-Exposed Assistance requires
This regulation requires Australia's largest industrial facilities (over 100,000 tonnes CO2-e direct emissions annually) to progressively reduce their net emissions by adhering to declining baselines, with a default annual reduction rate of 4.9%. It establishes Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) for facilities emitting below their baseline, as detailed in the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Rule 2023.
Pillar: Energy & Utilities · Authority: Australian Government Clean Energy Regulator (CER) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/The-safeguard-mechanism
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- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015, Part 3, Division 2 - Applications for baseline determinations
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015, Section 11 - Meaning of covered emissions
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