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Introduction
Glossary
Climate Change - legal framework
International – national – New South Wales – carbon neutrality: a case study on the need for regulation – timeline: the history of climate change
Introduction to emissions trading
How emissions trading works – proposed Australian schemes – existing emissions trading schemes – key elements of emissions trading schemes – conclusion
Climate change and Torres Strait Islander communities
Culture – health issues – adaptation options – legal responses – legal liability – human rights – conclusion
Climate change and Pacific Islanders
The future – Tuvalu – climate refugees – reducing greenhouse emissions – Australia’s role in the Pacific – Australia’s obligations under the UNFCCC – United Nations Millennium Development Goals – climate change refugee visas?
Climate change and Australia’s world heritage areas
The ‘world heritage in danger’ list – legal response – case study: impacts of climate change on the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area – case study: impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef
What might climate-friendly laws look like
New climate change legislation – amendments to existing laws
Contacts and further reading
This is the sixty-third in the series Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language, published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC). Hot Topics aims to give an accessible introduction to an area of law that is the subject of change or public debate.
AUTHOR: Environmental Defender’s Office NSW
EDITOR: Cathy Hammer
DESIGN: Bodoni Studio
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The publisher wishes to thank the Environmental Defender’s Office NSW for providing the text for this edition.
PHOTOS: D W Stock Picture Library – Cover image & pp 1, 10, 19, 20, 23 & 25; AAP – pp 2, 4, 13 & 15; Fairfax Photo Library – pp 9 & 28; Lonely Planet Images – pp 11 & 13; Auscape International Photo Library – p 22.
State Library of NSW
Cataloguing-in-publication data
Hot Topics, ISSN 1322-4301, No. 63
1. Climatic changes. 2. Climatic changes – International cooperation. 3. Climatic changes – Pacific Area. 4. Climatic changes – Government policy – Australia. 5. Environmental law, International. 6. Environmental law – Australia. 7. Environmental law – New South Wales. 8. Emissions trading. 9. Emissions trading – Australia.
I.Hammer, Cathy. II. Environmental Defender’s Office (Sydney, N.S.W.). III. Legal Information Access Centre. (Series: Hot topics (Sydney, N.S.W.); no. 63)
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Hot Topics is intended as an introductory guide only and should not be interpreted as legal advice. Whilst the Legal Information Access Centre attempts to provide up-to-date and accurate information, it makes no warranty or representation about the accuracy or currency of the information it provides and excludes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of this information. If you are looking for more information on an area of the law, the Legal Information Access Centre can help – see back cover for contact details. If you want legal advice, you will need to consult a lawyer.