Garrett opens climate law and policy centre

A legal research centre devoted to climate change will be officially opened at The Australian National University by Environment Minister Peter Garrett. The ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy (CCLP) has been established in response to a growing awareness of the legal dimensions of global warming.

It will be headed up by director Tim Bonyhady and associate director Andrew Macintosh and carry out research on the full range of climate law and policy issues including energy law, regulation of transport and forestry emissions, international climate law and climate litigation.

Bonyhady said the centre would play a vital role in meeting the challenges of a fast-evolving sector.

“The ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy will be at the forefront of climate law,” he said.

“For too long questions of climate change have been dominated by scientists and economists. But climate change also raises profound legal questions for all levels of government who need to address not just how we go about reducing our greenhouse emissions, but how we adapt to climate change. The centre has been created to explore and research these issues."