Publications
CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME: Australia's low pollution future
Updated 19 February 2009
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Reports
FACT SHEETS
- Impacts of climate change (151 KB)
Impacts of climate change (Word 140 KB) - The benefits of early action (157 KB)
The benefits of early action (Word 140 KB) - Economic impacts of tackling climate change (173 KB)
Economic impacts of tackling climate change (Word 139 KB) - Climate change and the global financial crisis (141 KB)
Climate change and the global financial crisis (Word 137 KB) - Australia's greenhouse gas emissions (226 KB)
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions (Word 387 KB) - Australia's national emissions target (185 KB)
Australia's national emissions target (Word 388 KB) - Taking international negotiations into account (227 KB)
Taking international negotiations into account (Word 403 KB) - Australia committed to shaping a global solution (174 KB)
Australia committed to shaping a global solution (Word 144 KB) - What the rest of the world is doing on climate change (168 KB)
What the rest of the world is doing on climate change (Word 153 KB) - Emissions trading — how it works (141 KB)
Emissions trading — how it works (Word 139 KB) - Carbon prices (142 KB)
Carbon prices (Word 138 KB) - Scheme coverage (148 KB)
Scheme coverage (Word 139 KB) - Assistance for EITE industries (148 KB)
Assistance for EITE industries (Word 146 KB) - New investment in EITE industries (146 KB)
New investment in EITE industries (Word 138 KB) - EITE assistance program: allocations for electricity use (140 KB)
EITE assistance program: allocations for electricity use (Word 156 KB) - EITE assistance program: eligibility for assistance (131 KB)
EITE assistance program: eligibility for assistance (Word 138 KB) - EITE assistance program changes from the green paper position (151 KB)
EITE assistance program changes from the green paper position (Word 153 KB) - EITE industries — what you need to do (141 KB)
EITE industries — what you need to do (Word 137 KB) - Electricity sector adjustment scheme (148 KB)
Electricity sector adjustment scheme (Word 141 KB) - Energy security and the Scheme (142 KB)
Energy security and the Scheme (Word 138 KB) - Climate Change Action Fund stream 1 — information (161 KB)
Climate Change Action Fund stream 1 — information (Word 138 KB) - Climate Change Action Fund stream 2 — investment (177 KB)
Climate Change Action Fund stream 2 — investment (Word 139 KB) - Climate Change Action Fund stream 3 — structural adjustment (165 KB)
Climate Change Action Fund stream 3 — structural adjustment (Word 137 KB) - Climate Change Action Fund stream 4 — coal sector (187 KB)
Climate Change Action Fund stream 4 — coal sector (Word 139 KB) - Taxation treatment of emissions permits (133 KB)
Taxation treatment of emissions permits (Word 140 KB) - Scheme impact on the cost of living (157 KB)
Scheme impact on the cost of living (Word 139 KB) - Creating new low pollution jobs (145 KB)
Creating new low pollution jobs (Word 151 KB) - Fuel Tax Adjustments (185 KB)
Fuel Tax Adjustments (Word 151 KB) - Budget impact of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (143 KB)
Budget impact of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Word 151 KB) - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: what happens next (178 KB)
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: what happens next (Word 151 KB) - Australia's National Emissions targets(479 KB)
Australia's National Emissions targets (Word 184)
- All fact sheets (890 KB)
Green Power
Exposure draft of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper Fact Sheets
- Fact Sheet 1 - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Overview
- Fact Sheet 2 - Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - 10 Key Commitments
- Fact Sheet 3 - Scheme Coverage
- Fact Sheet 4 - Transport
- Fact Sheet 5 - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and Farmers
- Fact Sheet 6 - Scheme Caps and Gateways
- Fact Sheet 7 - Households and the Scheme
- Fact Sheet 8 - Businesses and the Scheme
- Fact Sheet 9 - Assistance for Emissions-Intensive Trade-Exposed Industries
- Fact Sheet 10 - Strongly Affected Industries
- Fact Sheet 11 - Emissions Trading in the Rest of the World
- Fact Sheet 12 - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Price Impacts
- Fact Sheet 13 - Reforestation
Discussion papers
- Discussion paper - Assessing emissions intensity using a value added metric (PDF - 212KB)
- Discussion paper - Detailed design issues relating to coverage of reforestation (PDF - 303KB) (RTF - 5121KB)
- Discussion paper - Coverage of Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF - 171KB) (RTF - 162KB)
- Discussion paper - Coverage of landfill emissions (PDF - 171KB) (RTF - 162KB)
Consultants reports
- Assessment of the international carbon market (October 2008) (PDF - 617 KB)
- Management of carry-over restrictions, the commitment period reserve and banking, price caps and export restrictions (PDF - 524 KB)
- A National Production, Trade and Emissions Database
- Supplementary Data
- Options for covering waste facilities under an emissions trading scheme (PDF - 384KB)
Hyder Consulting, June 2008 - Review of Methane Recovery and flaring from landfills
Garnaut Review
Roundtable consultation presentations
Fourth Industry, Environment and NGO Roundtable - Canberra, 5 June 2008
- Download Agenda Paper: Options for Coverage of Agriculture
- Download Agenda Paper: Coverage of Forestry
- Download Agenda Paper: Overarching Design Principles - Coverage and Scope for Offsets
- Download Agenda Paper: International Accounting Rules Relating to Emissions from Landuse: Implications for Scheme Design
- Download Agenda Paper: Characteristics of Tradable Compliance Units in the Emissions Trading Scheme
- Download Agenda Paper: Auction Design Policy
- Download Agenda Paper: Compliance and Enforcement under the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
First Land-Based Sector Consultative Group meeting - Canberra, 19 May 2008
- Download Options for Coverage of Agriculture
- Download Coverage of Forestry
- Download International Accounting Rules Relating to Emissions from Landuse: Implications for Scheme Design
- Download Overarching Design Principles - Coverage and Scope for Offsets
Third Industry, Environment and NGO Roundtable - Canberra, 15 May 2008
- Download Setting the Emissions Trajectory and Market Design Parameters
- Download Defining Liable Entities under the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
- Download Australian Key Operational Elements of the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
Roundtable 2 Papers
- Download International Linking and the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
- Download Establishing a National Registry for Emissions Trading in Australia
- Download Initial Coverage Issues in the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
Roundtable 1 Presentations
- Download Role of the Roundtable
- Download Government approach to ETS design
- Download Domestic and international developments in ETS design
