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Changing Climate, Changing Laws: Legal Responses to the Climate Crisis - 2 June 2009 - Presentations |
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David Klingberg AO
Chairperson, Premier's Climate Change Council
Welcome
Katherine Wells
Climate Change Consultant, former Chair - Premier's Roundtable on Sustainability
Climate change science - how worried should we be?
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Rob Fowler
Adjunct Professor, School of Law
University of SA
The Post-Kyoto regime - from Bali to Copenhagen
Wendy Bell
Planner
Bell Planning Associates
Where does climate change fit into planning schemes?
Suzanne Dickey
Partner, Finlaysons Solicitors
What can large emitters do? - the CPRS legislation
Melissa Ballantyne, Solicitor Environmental Defenders Office
Evyenia Adamopoulos, Solicitor DLA Phillips Fox Lawyers
What can individuals do? What are the incentives to go green?
Paul Leadbeter
Partner, Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
What can landholders do? - legal options including carbon "offsets"
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Proposed causeway to Pomanda Island – for Wellington Weir |
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On 23 December, the South Australian Government referred a new project under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to Mr Peter Garrett, the Federal Minister for Water, Heritage and the Arts. In the referral, the State government sets out a proposal to construct a road on the western shoreline of the narrow, sandy stretch of land, separating Pomanda Island (on the shores of Lake Alexandrina) from the mainland. This is so that the proposed weir near Wellington (which has not yet been approved) can be built. The Referral provides that construction would need to commence in mid February.
The full submission made by the EDO can be read  here 112.35 Kb
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Release Fresh Water to the Lower Lakes, not Salt Water! |
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On 28 November 2008 the Honorable Minister
Maywald referred a proposed action under the Environment Protection
Biodiversity Conservation Act to allow seawater to enter Lake Alexandrina, an
action which will also affect Lake Albert.
Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, and the
Coorong, were listed under the Ramsar Convention of 1985 as Wetlands of
International Importance. Under Ramsar
the Lower Lakes are listed as freshwater to brackish water (slightly salty) but
the introduction of seawater potentially invalidates this listing.
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EDOs submission to the Federal Minister with respect to the referral under the
EPBC Act can be downloaded here
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Latest Issue of GreenLaw April 09 |
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Featuring:
Climate Change & the Law Seminar
Lower Lakes & Coorong
New Dwellings & Site Contamination Requirements
Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary
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