From Bali to Poznan: An assessment of Australia's response to climate change in 2008

Leary, D

From Bali to Poznan: An assessment of Australia's response to climate change in 2008

Leary, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 2009, 26 (3), pp. 190 - 212
Issue Date:: 2009-11-12

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dc.contributor.author	Leary, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-4769	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-11-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 2009, 26 (3), pp. 190 - 212	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0813-300X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29834
dc.description.abstract	Australia has moved rapidly from being one of the coalition of the unwilling (that small group of countries whose policy response to climate change was directed by a group of self-confessed climate change sceptics) to a nation that is beginning to take its responsibility to act on climate change seriously and is now playing its part in shaping an effective international response to climate change, but much still remains to be done. This article examines major developments in climate change law and policy in Australia in 2008. This includes the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), outlined in the recently released White Paper on the CPRS; the positions adopted by Australia at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in developing countries, held in Poznan, Poland; and the role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the post-2012 climate change regime. Major structural defects in the CPRS, such as the low medium-term target for emission reductions, the exemption of significant polluters from the CPRS's initial start up phase, the emphasis on the unproven technology of CCS both domestically and in Australia's negotiating stance in the lead up to the crucial Copenhagen meeting in 2009, as well as the failure to engage with the significant opportunities presented by energy efficiency and renewable energy, are all significant weaknesses in Australia's new found engagement with climate change.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Environmental and Planning Law Journal	en_US
dc.title	From Bali to Poznan: An assessment of Australia's response to climate change in 2008	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	26	en_US
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utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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pubs.issue	3	en_US
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pubs.volume	26	en_US

Abstract:

Australia has moved rapidly from being one of the coalition of the unwilling (that small group of countries whose policy response to climate change was directed by a group of self-confessed climate change sceptics) to a nation that is beginning to take its responsibility to act on climate change seriously and is now playing its part in shaping an effective international response to climate change, but much still remains to be done. This article examines major developments in climate change law and policy in Australia in 2008. This includes the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), outlined in the recently released White Paper on the CPRS; the positions adopted by Australia at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in developing countries, held in Poznan, Poland; and the role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the post-2012 climate change regime. Major structural defects in the CPRS, such as the low medium-term target for emission reductions, the exemption of significant polluters from the CPRS's initial start up phase, the emphasis on the unproven technology of CCS both domestically and in Australia's negotiating stance in the lead up to the crucial Copenhagen meeting in 2009, as well as the failure to engage with the significant opportunities presented by energy efficiency and renewable energy, are all significant weaknesses in Australia's new found engagement with climate change.

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