Climate Law in AustraliaTim Bonyhady, Peter Christoff Federation Press, 2007 - 315 pages Climate Law in Australia provides the first extended account of Australia's new climate law. It examines key federal and state legislation and the main cases brought before Australian courts. It combines incisive legal analysis with a deep understanding of climate-related issues and policy. The authors include leading academics such as Professors Robyn Eckersley, David Farrier, Rob Fowler and Jan McDonald, and leading practitioners such as Charles Berger, Kirsty Ruddock, Chris McGrath, Allison Warburton and Martijn Wilder. The editors are Professor Tim Bonyhady, Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law at the Australian National University, and Dr Peter Christoff of the University of Melbourne and Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The book examines pivotal issues in Australian climate law and policy - the Kyoto Protocol and its alternatives, emissions targets, carbon trading, geosequestration, nuclear decision-making, adaptation to climate change and legal liability. It contains detailed analysis of the leading cases involving the Hazelwood power station, the Anvil Hill, Xstrata and Bowen Basin coal mines, and the Bald Hills and Taralga wind farms. Climate Law in Australia explores both the need for conventional legal regulation and the potential of economic responses to climate change. It shows how climate law has grown in Australia - and how far the law still has to go. |
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Page 11
... fact will be more like 0.5 per cent ; and enter into the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate which is a voluntary framework for coopera- tion rather than a formal treaty containing binding targets . While the ...
... fact will be more like 0.5 per cent ; and enter into the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate which is a voluntary framework for coopera- tion rather than a formal treaty containing binding targets . While the ...
Page 14
... fact . He stated it was ' widely recognised that the state of the global environment is in rapid decline , requiring an urgent response if the current quality of life enjoyed by most Australians is to continue and future generations are ...
... fact . He stated it was ' widely recognised that the state of the global environment is in rapid decline , requiring an urgent response if the current quality of life enjoyed by most Australians is to continue and future generations are ...
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... fact that global warming was occurring and that it was caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions'.31 The judge concluded that the tribunal did not give the Queensland Conservation Council ' a fair opportunity to test or refute ...
... fact that global warming was occurring and that it was caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions'.31 The judge concluded that the tribunal did not give the Queensland Conservation Council ' a fair opportunity to test or refute ...
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... fact , so small when even 0.1 per cent of the Stern review's estimated $ 9.1 trillion cost of climate change gives $ 9.1 billion'.41 When this issue arose in the Hazelwood case , Justice Morris found a sufficient nexus between the ...
... fact , so small when even 0.1 per cent of the Stern review's estimated $ 9.1 trillion cost of climate change gives $ 9.1 billion'.41 When this issue arose in the Hazelwood case , Justice Morris found a sufficient nexus between the ...
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... fact could close down existing coal mines if they were seeking to change their operations'.68 The NSW Minister for Planning , Frank Sartor declared , ' Don't underestimate how many industries could be touched by this ' . It ' could ...
... fact could close down existing coal mines if they were seeking to change their operations'.68 The NSW Minister for Planning , Frank Sartor declared , ' Don't underestimate how many industries could be touched by this ' . It ' could ...
Contents
Anvil Hill in | 189 |
Pyhrric victory or harbinger? | 214 |
Chapter 14 | 230 |
Chapter 15 | 256 |
Chapter 16 | 277 |
References | 293 |
Table of Statutes | 308 |
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