Australian Climate Change Law: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same?

Australiawill have a national electionwithin the nextsix months which provides an opportunity to resetemissions reduction law to drive a more ambitiousdomestic agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Stronger domestic action is needed for Australia to be on track to meet its nationally determinec...

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Published in:Carbon & Climate Law Review
Main Author: McGee, J
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 2018
Subjects:
Law and Legal Studies
Law
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Carbon and Climate Law Review
Online Access:https://cclr.lexxion.eu/article/CCLR/2018/4/9
https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2018/4/9
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/129683
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Summary:Australiawill have a national electionwithin the nextsix months which provides an opportunity to resetemissions reduction law to drive a more ambitiousdomestic agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Stronger domestic action is needed for Australia to be on track to meet its nationally determinecontribution(NDC)underthe 2015ParisAgreement.It istherefore timely to reflect on past initiatives andconsider future possibilities for Australian climatechange law, to illustrate some of the challenges of developed country legislative approaches on emissionsreduction.

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