Climate change, forests and federalism : Australian experience / Evgeny Guglyuvatyy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guglyuvatyy, Evgeny, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation--Australia.

Forestry law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges facing humankind. Climate change has enormous environmental and economic implications, and finding a solution is a daunting task. The purpose of this book is to look at the global problem of climate change through the prism of an individual country's attempt to tackle this problem. This book begins with a discussion of the origins of climate change and the evolution of the international response to climate change. Key climate change mitigation actions and policies are considered to provide the necessary framework for analysing Australia's approach to climate change. Australia's climate change policy development is considered from a historical perspective. The book traces the evolution of the response to climate change, focusing on Australia as one of the Federal countries unable to adequately reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to the systematic failure of the Australian government to develop a common and effective approach to the problem of climate change. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of environmental law and the contemporary International and Australian climate change law.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1: Climate Change and International Response

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Climate Change Origin

1.3 The International Response to Climate Change

1.3.1 The Kyoto Protocol

1.3.2 CDM and JI

1.4 Paris Agreement

1.5 Summary

References

Chapter 2: Climate Change Mitigation

2.1 Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation

2.2 Economic System and Environmental Problems

2.3 Policy Responses

2.3.1 Command and Control Regulations

2.3.2 Economic Incentive Instruments

2.3.3 Tax Incentives for Forest Conservation in Australia

2.3.4 Environmental Education

2.4 Environmental Taxes

2.4.1 Taxes and Climate Change

2.5 Emissions Trading

2.5.1 Methods of Emission Permits Allocation

2.6 Adverse Effects of Taxes and ETS

2.7 Carbon Taxes in Practice

2.8 Emissions Trading in Practice

2.8.1 European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

2.9 Summary

Chapter 3: Australia and Climate Change

3.1 Australia and the Climate Change Agenda

3.1.1 Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme

3.2 Climate Change Mitigation 1990s-Early 2000s

3.3 Climate Change Mitigation 2007-2013

3.3.1 Carbon Pricing

3.4 Climate Change Mitigation 2013-2021

3.5 Emissions Reduction Fund Operation

3.6 Summary

Chapter 4: Australian Forests and Climate Change

4.1 Australian Forests

4.1.1 Deforestation in Australia

4.2 Regional Forest Agreements

4.3 Deforestation in New South Wales and Victoria

4.4 Deforestation in Queensland

4.4.1 Queensland Forest Regulation

4.4.2 The 2018 Amendments to the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Qld)

4.4.3 Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Qld) and Reef 2050 Plan

4.5 Australian Governments' Forest and Climate Policies Dichotomy

4.6 Australia's International Climate Commitments

4.7 Conclusion

References.

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Guglyuvatyy, Evgeny Climate Change, Forests and Federalism

ISBN:

9789811907425