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Reforming Environmental Law for Responsiveness to Change

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posted on 2023-05-24, 06:06 authored by Janet McDonaldJanet McDonald
Law reform is about change. This contribution argues that such change needs to be about change itself. The earth’s life support systems are experiencing profound and potentially devastating change. Anthropogenic interference with the earth’s atmosphere, nitrogen cycle, biodiversity, and water resources fundamentally challenge the adequacy of current environmental laws, but the forces of change in environmental law are not limited to environmental or climatic conditions. They are also influenced by the ways humans react to change, through large-scale demographic shifts as well as through altering behaviour. Other significant changes either militate or facilitate environmental law reform. These include developments in our understanding of the environmental impacts of human activities and interactions and alterations to the impacts of particular activities when they are modified. Societal values relating to environmental and other priorities are also in a state of constant evolution.

History

Publication title

New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform

Editors

R Levy, M O'Brien, S Rice, P Ridge, M Thornton

Pagination

243-252

ISBN

9781760461416

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

ANU Press

Place of publication

Acton, ACT

Extent

51

Rights statement

Copyright 2017 ANU Press

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)

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