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Fighting the future: the politics of climate policy failure in Australia (2015–2020)
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Crowley, K, Fighting the future: the politics of climate policy failure in Australia (2015-2020), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12, (5) Article e725. ISSN 1757-7780 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1002/wcc.725
Abstract
This Focus review provides an overview of climate politics and policy under
the Turnbull (2015–2018) and Morrison (2018) conservative Coalition governments
following the dismantling of carbon pricing in 2014. Without effective
policies to reduce emissions in place, Australia will fail to meet its 2030 Paris
emissions reduction target. Climate policy failure is framed in these terms. The
paper outlines Australia's climate policy challenge and the macroconstraints
upon action, before detailing commentary and analysis of climate politics and
policies post 2015. In reviewing accounts of the Turnbull and Morrison government's
climate policy efforts, the paper draws attention to the handbrake of
conservative politics upon decisive action. It finds that Australia's climate policy
is not only structurally constrained by its reliance upon fossil fuels, but has
been politically constrained by conservatives within the Coalition government
since 2015.
This article is categorized under:
Policy and Governance > National Climate Change Policy
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | climate policy failure Australia, national energy guarantee, Turnbull climate policy, Morrison climate policy, climate policy analysis, conservative climate policy |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Environment policy |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards |
Objective Field: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Crowley, K (Associate Professor Kate Crowley) |
ID Code: | 145527 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2021-07-26 |
Last Modified: | 2021-10-20 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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