Business Group Says Climate Trigger May Complicate Renewable Projects Approval

Published on June 2, 2024

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) said that the plan of the Albanese government to possibly include “climate trigger” in its Nature Positive reform may lead to more difficult approval processes for renewable energy projects in Australia. This comes amid the Australian Greens saying the prime minister’s rejection of media reports that he had given an ironclad commitment to not allow climate trigger to stop more coal and gas in environmental laws. Introduced by Senator Hanson Young last September 2022, the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Act seeks to introduce requirements for approvals of activities that lead to significant emissions. The bill introduces two thresholds: significant impact on emissions and prohibited impact on emissions....

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