On Thursday, the Greens finalised their position on the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method, agreeing to back the new method with additional protections, while also adopting a more interventionist position on Australia’s carbon market. Notably, the Greens stated that their proposed actions would “wipe out” 40% of ACCU supply over the coming years as a means to raise the Australian carbon price and increase costs for coal and gas companies.
While the risk of method disallowance and tighter crediting restrictions is real, a bigger political agenda is also at play, with the Greens strengthening their hand ahead of the
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