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Conference: Adapting to Climate Change - Law and Policy

CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE VENUE CHANGE
The CCLP convenes an annual climate law conference. The inaugural conference,
Climate Law in Australia, was held in 2007 at the National Museum
of Australia in Canberra. The papers from the conference are available
in T. Bonyhady and P. Christoff (eds.), Climate Law in Australia, The
Federation Press, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007.
The 2008 conference, Adapting to Climate
Change – Law and Policy, is being organised by Prof.
Tim Bonyhady and Andrew Macintosh in collaboration with Prof. Jan McDonald
of Griffith University.
Organised by ANU Centre for Climate Law & Policy and the Griffith
University Socio-Legal Research Centre.
Supported by Baker
& McKenzie lawyers - founding sponsor of the ANU Centre for Climate
Law & Policy.
Date: 19 and 20 June 2008
The conference will consider adaptation law and policy in the Australian
context. Topics that will be covered include:
- developments in adaptation case law;
- designing policy frameworks for optimal levels of adaptation;
- the capacity of the law to adjust to abrupt climatic changes;
- urban planning laws and adaptation;
- adaptation and water law; and
- restructuring biodiversity laws for a warming world.
- Full Program and Registration
Form (PDF)
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE EXTENDED TO
12 MAY 2008
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