Annual 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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