Book chapter
Carbon policy in Australia: a political history
Green fiscal reform for a sustainable future: reform, innovation and renewable energy, Vol.XVII, pp.31-52
Critical issues in environmental taxation, 17, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
2016
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Abstract
Australia had actively participated in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, endorsing the Summit goals that were formed by the desire for sustainable development. Australia also joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and much later signed the Kyoto Protocol, enthusiastically supporting greenhouse gas reduction. A range of measures aimed at reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have been on the agenda at the federal and state level for the last two decades. Until recently, successive Australian governments have been committed to the introduction of a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme designed to mitigate climate change. This chapter examines the historical progress of Australian climate change policy including the implementation of the present Australian government’s Direct Action Plan. The chapter in particular observes several interesting and significant aspects of Australian climate law, highlighting governmental approaches and processes leading to the introduction of those laws. The historical perspective is necessary to identify most common features of the climate law implementation procedures and to identify what political factors influence these processes in Australia. Examination of the Australian climate change regime indicates how different actors influence policy proposals to achieve their own goals, rather than to cooperate in a process of generating the best overall legal option. This chapter concludes that the development of climate law in Australia required some innovative and responsive law initiatives. However, the practical implementation of various climate change laws had been constantly impacted by various economic and political factors.
Details
- Title
- Carbon policy in Australia: a political history
- Creators
- Evgeny Guglyuvatyy - Southern Cross UniversityNatalie P Stoianoff
- Contributors
- Natalie P Stoianoff (Editor of compilation)Larry Kreiser (Editor of compilation)Bill Butcher (Editor of compilation)Hope Ashiabor (Editor of compilation)Janet E Milne (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- Green fiscal reform for a sustainable future: reform, innovation and renewable energy, Vol.XVII, pp.31-52
- Series
- Critical issues in environmental taxation; 17
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing Limited; Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA, USA
- Identifiers
- 1458; 991012821939902368
- Academic Unit
- School of Law and Justice; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter