Climate law in Australia / editors Tim Bonyhady, Peter Christoff.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007

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Global warming -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Environmental law -- Climate -- Australia.

Climatic changes -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. The new Australian climate law

3. Kyoto and the Asia Pacific partnership on clean development and climate

4. The greenhouse trigger: where did it go and what of its future?

5. Carbon trading markets: legal considerations

6. Can the invisible hand adjust the thermostat? Carbon emissions trading and Australia

7. Emissions reduction targets legislation

8. The adaptation imperative: managing the legal risks of climate change impacts

9. Geosequestration law in Australia

10. Hazelwood: a new lease on life for a greenhouse dinosaur

11. The Bowen Basin coal mines case: climate law in the Federal Court

12. The limits of judicial review: Anvil Hill in the Land and Environment Court

13. The Xstrata case: pyhrric victory or harbinger?

14. The Bald Hills wind farm debacle

15. Gobal or local interests? The significance of the Taralga wind farm case

16. Nuclear law making.

This book 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862876736

xi, 315 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm