澳大利亚不会要求根据新的环境法进行气候影响评估, 而是选择排放披露和减排计划。 Australia won’t require climate impact assessments under new environmental laws, opting for emissions disclosure and abatement plans instead.

澳大利亚经修订的环境法将不包括气候触发因素,环境部长Murray Watt证实了这一点,其中排除了要求根据《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》对气候变化影响进行评估的规定。 Australia’s revised environmental laws will not include a climate trigger, Environment Minister Murray Watt confirmed, ruling out requiring climate change impacts to be assessed under the EPBC Act. 相反,政府将遵循塞缪尔审查的建议,授权项目提议者披露范围一和范围二的排放量并提交减排计划。 The government instead will follow the Samuel review’s recommendations, mandating project proponents to disclose scope one and two emissions and submit abatement plans. Watt说,现有政策,如保障机制,已经涉及主要项目的排放。 Watt said existing policies, like the safeguard mechanism, already address emissions from major projects. 预计到2025年底,议会将出台新的EPBC立法,以加快清洁能源和住房的审批,但能否通过取决于绿党或联盟的支持。 New EPBC legislation is expected in parliament by end of 2025 to speed up clean energy and housing approvals, but passage depends on support from the Greens or Coalition. 四个州正在进行区域规划试点, 以确定发展“发展区”和“禁区”。 Regional planning pilots are underway in four states to identify development "go zones" and "no-go zones."