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Direct Action

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First auction, first success?

First auction, first success?

Last Thursday concluded the first auction of the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), the centrepiece of their Direct Action climate policy. It awarded 144 projects from 43 participants to deliver 47 million tonnes of carbon-equivalent abatement over a ten-year period at an average price of $13.95 (Clean Energy

Making the best of Direct Action - Part 2

Making the best of Direct Action - Part 2

Consultation with the Department of Treasury & Finance (DTF) and Centre for Market Design (CMD) was gratefully undertaken in research for this article, however any views, opinions and shortcomings are strictly those of the author and do not reflect either organisation or their personnel. Part 1 highlighted a few pertinent pitfalls