ATA Submission to CPRS National Carbon Offset Standard Discussion Paper
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the National Carbon Offset Standard Discussion Paper, prepared by the Department of Climate Change.
As Australia’s peak member-based organisation representing early-adopters of renewable energy systems and individuals and organisations who undertake voluntary action to reduce their carbon emissions, ATA is in a unique position to highlight the needs and concerns of this important sector of our community.
As a representative of individuals and communities seeking to make a difference with respect to climate change, ATA is concerned by the inability of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to respond to individual or community voluntary action – particularly where this action is clearly measurable, verifiable and additional to any mandated Government targets or price signals.
