| The Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny
Wong, yesterday announced seven new ‘adaptation
research networks’ to foster research into the effects of climate
change. The ANU Centre for Cliamte Change and Policy
was part of the successful bid led by the University of Melbourne to run
the Social, Economic and Institutional Dimenstions Network (October 2008)
Dr James Prest gives evidence to Senate Inquiry into
Renewable
Energy Feed-in Tariff Bill
PUBLIC LECTURE hosted by the CCLP & the Embassy of the United States
of America
A New Architecture for Domestic Climate Change Policy: Trading,
tax or technology
by Prof W. Michael Hanemann (University of California)
13 August 2008 Audio
MP3
Adapting to Change,
the first Australian law and policy conference of its
kind was held in Canberra on 19-20 June 2008.
Rudd's
climate target 'will fail', interview with Andrew Macintosh
(Canberra Times, July 2008)
PUBLIC LECTURE
The Greenpeace Energy Strategies
Modelling Project
Sven Teske, Director of the Greenpeace International Renewable Energy
Campaign
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Launch of The Centre for Climate Law and Policy
Friday 6 June 2008
- information
Don Anton has been invited to speak on Climate Justice
for Low-lying Island States at a conference on Climate Law and Developing
Countries, hosted by the IUCN
(World Conservation Union) Academy of Environmental Law at the University
of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
CCLP Working Paper Series 2008/2
Overcoming
the barriers to international aviation greenhouse gas emissions abatement
by Andrew Macintosh
Book Review
New book, Climate Law in Australia, receives excellent
review (May 2008).
- Review by Federation
Press (June 2008)
CCLP Working Paper Series 2008/1
International
aviation emissions to 2025: Can emissions be stabilised without restricting
demand?
by Andrew Macintosh and Lailey Wallace
Recent Events
Andrew MacIntosh speaks at the Switch to Green Conference,
Friday 4 April 2008.
National Convention Centre, Canberra
Topic: "International Emission Targets
for the Second Commitment Period: what should we aim for?".
Public Lecture: Dr Bill Hare
Bill Hare, Australian scientist and IPCC Fourth Assessment Report lead
author, gave a public seminar on the meaning of 'dangerous anthropogenic
interference with the climate system' on Wednesday 12 March 2008
- event flier (PDF)
- Slide
Show (PPT 2007, 20mb) - Slide
Show (Adobe PDF, 6mb)
Recent Media
Brad Jessup comments on UK
planning process for wind farms (EDEM, 10 April 2008)
Dr James Prest held an ABC radio interview on solar
feed-in law (27 February 2008)
Dr James Prest, “Hesitancy
on feed-in law adds to climate miseries”, Opinion Piece (Canberra
Times, 5 March 2008)
Dr James Prest was an invited speaker at three public
forums on the ACT Electricity Feed-in (Solar Premium) Bill 2008.
Dr James Prest presented a paper at the 6th Annual Conference
of Australian Network for Japanese Law, School of Law, Ritsumeikan University,
Kyoto, Japan on 16 February 2008.
Climate change poses a serious test for all governments. In the ACT,
we face the same test. It is one which Professor Ross Garnaut, the Stern
review and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have each warned
us is now far more serious than was previously believed.
- more
A. Macintosh, Climate Warnings Ignored, Oped, Canberra Times,
18 December 2007, p. 13.
A. Macintosh, Politicians Wouldn’t Dare Lead in Australia’s
Climate of Fear, Oped, Canberra Times, 5 November 2007, p. 17.
High Carbon Emissions put Australian in 'Weak Position', Andrew
Macintosh on ABC Radio AM (2 November 2007)
S. Howden, Biggest greenhouse polluters, The Daily Telegraph,
2 November 2007, p. 11.
Aussies worst for greenhouse gases, The Daily Telegraph –
City Edition, 2 November 2007, p. 23.
R. Beeby, Our emissions worst: UN; Australia tops list of polluters,
Canberra Times, 2 November 2007, p. 1.
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