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Format: 1 online resource (490 pages)

ISBN: 1-107-30095-9 , 1-107-30603-5 , 1-299-27627-X , 1-107-31158-6 , 1-107-30823-2 , 1-107-31378-3

Content: Provides a comprehensive guide to climate change law in Australia and internationally, focusing on Australia's implementation of climate-related treaties.

Note: Cover -- Australian Climate Law in Global Context -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and definitions -- Figures, tables and boxes -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of treaties and other international instruments -- Introduction: Arguments, themes and overview -- Introduction -- Arguments and themes -- A global-scale problem -- Fragmentation of the problem -- Interdisciplinary character of a developing legal field -- International climate law: Weak and non-directive -- A principle of 'globally sustainable development'? -- Entrenched climate politics in a fast-changing world -- A weak climate law into the future -- Little appetite for strong domestic regulation -- Slow pace of domestic climate law -- Integration and regulatory coordination -- Chapter overview -- 1 Climate law: Meaning and context -- Introduction -- A 'global-global' problem -- First-mover constraints -- The context of Australian climate law -- Discovering climate law -- Is there a foundational principle of climate law? -- Climate law is both 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' -- Interdisciplinarity -- Human values and competing interests -- Environmental values in developing countries: The case of Africa -- Is popular apathy a result of misinformation? -- Our continuing dependence on fossil fuels -- A very brief introduction to the science of climate change -- 2 Legal elements and ongoing development of the international climate change regime -- Introduction -- Background to the UNFCCC -- Legal principles and rules of the UNFCCC -- Preamble -- Objective and principles -- Commitments -- Extending the Convention -- Legal principles and rules of the Kyoto Protocol -- Introduction -- Capping Annex I emissions -- Commitment periods fuel the Kyoto Protocol -- Reporting, review and compliance obligations -- Emission allowances and market mechanisms. , Outlook for the international climate change regime -- 3 Measurement and verification of state emissions and legacy of the Kyoto Protocol's compliance system -- Introduction -- Treaty provisions on reporting and compliance -- Direct measurement versus state reporting -- Reliability of state emission reports -- State regulation of inventory compilation -- Verification (review) procedures -- Role of Expert Review Teams -- The Kyoto Protocol's compliance system -- Determining a 'question of implementation' -- The Kyoto Protocol's Compliance Committee -- Procedure before the Enforcement Branch -- Historical workload of the Compliance Committee -- Assessment of the Kyoto Protocol's compliance system -- Limitations of the Kyoto Protocol's review function -- Could international reporting of greenhouse gas emissions be improved? -- The future: Transparent reporting by all states -- 4 Development of climate law in Australia -- Introduction -- Factors in the genesis of Australian climate law -- Developments in climate change science -- Economic costs of inaction on climate change -- Public opinion on climate change -- Judicial rulings in climate change cases -- Massachusetts v EPA -- Hazelwood case -- Anvil Hill case -- Assessment of the case law -- Development of Australian climate law and policy -- Australian climate change regulation: The international context -- Australia's Kyoto 'deal' -- Climate policy outside the Kyoto framework -- International climate change negotiations -- Early national policy measures: Climate change and ESD -- 'No regrets' climate policy -- Mandatory Renewable Energy Target -- Action by states and territories -- Proposals for national emissions trading -- Carbon pricing -- Conclusion -- 5 Putting a price on carbon: Regulatory models and emissions trading schemes -- Introduction -- Regulatory models for climate change mitigation. , Market-based mechanisms -- Direct regulation -- Carbon pricing: Carbon taxes and ETS -- The rise of cap-and-trade ETS -- The 'global' carbon market: ETS around the world -- European Union ETS -- Emissions trading in other jurisdictions -- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- Californian ETS -- New Zealand ETS -- Voluntary carbon markets -- Carbon pricing in Australia -- NGER Act: Reporting by liable entities -- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme -- National Carbon Pricing Mechanism -- Coverage of the CPM -- Setting the carbon pollution cap -- Operation of the Carbon Pricing Mechanism -- Offsets for compliance flexibility -- Assistance measures -- Assessment -- Conclusion -- 6 The regulatory network of the Clean Development Mechanism -- Introduction: Offsets under the Kyoto Protocol -- A case study in CDM practice and principle -- Healthier living with reduced emissions -- Upholding CDM values under pressure of financial interests -- Project development and the test for additionality -- Project validation and registration -- Project verification and the issuance of tradable allowances -- Persisting concerns about the CDM's environmental integrity -- The CDM's performance on sustainable development -- CDM project distribution and equity of access -- Administrative review of CDM Executive Board decisions -- What future for the CDM? -- 7 The emerging scheme for the protection of forests in developing countries (REDD) -- Introduction: REDD's place in the international climate regime -- Deforestation: Some facts and figures -- Rescaling the deforestation problem -- Causes of deforestation and REDD's fractious social context -- Steps towards the international regulation of REDD -- REDD funding for the preparatory stage -- Monitoring, reporting and verification of REDD projects -- Australia's involvement with REDD -- Conclusion: Will REDD be effective?. , 8 Climate finance, technology transfer and capacity-building for sustainable development -- Introduction -- Green finance and technology for countries in need -- The existing international regime on finance and technology transfer -- Role of the Global Environment Facility -- Breathing life into neglected treaty provisions -- The new institutions of the Cancun COP -- Roles and responsibilities of the Cancun institutions -- 'Paradigm shift': The Green Climate Fund -- Technology mechanism -- Big UN governance? -- Australia's contributions to finance and technology transfer for developing countries -- The lurking issue of intellectual property rights -- Intellectual property law and politics in the climate change arena -- Conclusion -- 9 Legal and regulatory frameworks for transition to a low-carbon economy -- Introduction -- Transition to a 'low-carbon' economy -- Technological options and their economic feasibility -- Technological options in the Australian context -- Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan -- Low Carbon Growth Plan -- Australian Government Energy White Paper -- Improving energy efficiency: 'Picking the low-hanging fruit' -- Federal policy and regulatory context -- National energy saving initiative -- Measures targeting energy efficiency in the transport sector -- Dealing with peak demand -- Efficiency standards for appliances and buildings -- Energy efficiency and buildings -- Energy-efficient appliances -- Other initiatives -- State-based energy efficiency schemes -- Energy efficiency: the path not (yet) taken -- Promoting renewable energy -- Renewable energy regulation at the federal level -- Renewable Energy Target (RET) -- Direct funding and support -- State-based renewable energy regulation -- Barriers to renewable energy deployment -- Grid access and transmission planning -- Planning law barriers. , Carbon capture and storage -- CCS around the globe -- CCS in Australia -- CCS risks and regulatory responses -- Legislative and regulatory framework -- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) -- Fragmentation in onshore CCS laws -- CCS under the Clean Development Mechanism -- CCS under the Carbon Pricing Mechanism -- Nuclear power -- Nuclear power in the Australian context -- Legislative and regulatory framework -- Integration of regulatory measures for technology innovation -- Conclusion -- 10 Biosequestration and emission reduction regulation in the Australian land sector -- Introduction -- Land sector abatement: Concepts and technical requirements -- Land use activities in Australia under the Kyoto Protocol -- Scope for biosequestration in Australia -- Integrity standards for carbon offsets -- Measurement and verification -- Additionality -- Permanence -- Legal issues in biosequestration rights -- Federal regulation of biosequestration and offsets: The Carbon Farming Initiative -- Origins of the CFI -- Creation and surrender of credits under the CFI scheme -- CFI integrity standards -- Measurement and verification: The determination of eligible offsets projects -- Additionality: The 'positive list' -- Permanence and enforceability -- The 'negative list' and additional safeguards -- Ownership, transfer of credits and compliance -- State-based regulation of biosequestration and offsets -- Federalism constraints -- State-based carbon rights legislation -- Interaction of the CFI Act and state biosequestration regimes -- Ensuring integration -- Land use planning and registration -- Additional incentives for biodiversity plantings -- Conclusion -- 11 Adaptation to climate change through legal frameworks -- Introduction -- Nature of climate change adaptation -- Definitions of adaptation and the role of law. , Legal and policy development.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-14210-5

Language: English