Abbreviations and acronyms

ACCR
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
ACCUs
Australian Carbon Credit Units
ACF
Australian Conservation Foundation
Ai Group
Australian Industry Group
AIGN
Australian Industry Greenhouse Network
ANREU Act
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011
ANU-UNSW ERF research team
Australian National University and the University of New
South Wales, Canberra Emissions Reduction Fund research team
AWU
Australian Workers' Union
BCA
Business Council of Australia
The bill
Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022
CAIC
Carbon Abatement Integrity Committee
CANA
Climate Action Network Australia
CBAM
carbon border adjustment mechanisms
CC Act
Climate Change Act 2022
CCS
Carbon Capture and Storage
CER
Clean Energy Regulator
CER Act
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011
CFI Act
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011
Chubb Review
Independent review of carbon credits undertaken by Professor Ian Chubb
Climate Council
Climate Council of Australia
CMI
Carbon Market Institute
DEA
Doctors for the Environment Australia
The Department
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
EDO
Environmental Defenders Office
EITEs
emissions-intensive, trade-exposed businesses
ERAC
Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee
ERF
Emissions Reduction Fund
EU
European Union
HIR
Human Induced Regeneration
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
IEA
International Energy Agency
IGCC
Investor Group on Climate Change
IPA
Institute of Public Affairs
King Review
Expert panel report on low-cost abatement opportunities to provide incentives for industry to reduce emissions, led by Mr Grant King
LGA
Lock the Gate Alliance
MCA
Minerals Council of Australia
MEU
Mining and Energy Union
MtCO₂-e
million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
NDC
Nationally Determined Contribution
NELA
National Environmental Law Association
NGER Act
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
NGER scheme
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting scheme
PRF
Powering the Regions Fund
Safeguard Rules
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015
SEC
Smart Energy Council
SMCs
Safeguard Mechanism Credits
tCO₂-e
tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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