Australia's safeguard mechanism deal is only a half-win for the Greens, and for the climate
- Written by: Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania
Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions.
But the Greens failed in their bid to force Labor to ban new coal and gas projects.
Labor did give ground in setting a hard cap on emissions which should – if it works...