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

• 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

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.