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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act, 2011

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Summary

This Act aims to implement obligations that Australia has under the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, create incentives for people to carry on certain offsets projects and to increase carbon abatement in a manner that is consistent with the protection of Australia’s environment and that improves resilience to the effects of climate change.

Source
Issuer

Australia

Year

2011

Region

Oceania

Issuer (type)

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Government)

Instrument type

Act

Disclosure instrument

Yes

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.74%
    • Low 0.00%
    • E focus: climate change, conservation, deforestation, emissions, energy, environment, greenhouse gas, land use, restoration, soil, solid waste, waste, water, biodiversity
    • S focus: discrimination, social impacts, compensation
    • G focus: audit, corporate finance, corruption, risk management, accountability
    • Finance, Management, Manufacturing, Professional services, Public administration, Real estate