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2011

  • Minister Ferguson delivers Kevin McCann lecture - Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism, The Hon Martin Ferguson MP, spoke at the University of Sydney on how resources and energy are at the heart of structural change in Australia's economy and how government policy must support that transition. read more
  • ACCEL 2010 Annual Report is now available - see Governance
  • ACCEL News - August 2011
  • The Future of Environmental Law - The Law Council of Australia presents a Symposium to mark the contributions of Ben Boer, Rob Fowler and Mahla Pearlman AO in the field of environmental and planning law - 25 November, Westin Hotel, Sydney. For more information please refer to the brochure and registration form
  • Emeritus Professor Ben Boer et al publish Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio click here for more information.
  • 28 July 2011 - The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, visited the University of Sydney to address students and staff at the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law on the importance of legislation to establish a carbon price in the Australian economy. The Minister outlined how the Bills to implement the Federal Government’s Clean Energy Plan will set out a robust market framework for pricing carbon pollution and transitioning to a clean energy future. Further details about the Government’s plan can be found at Clean Energy Future
  • A Philosophical Approach to Climate Change by Prof. Rosemary Lyster
  • Carbon Price Plan to strengthen Australia's hand by Dr Tim Stephens
  • Asia-Pacific Journal of Environmental Law (APJEL), Vol. 13 (1) is now available. Please refer to the APJEL page or email ACCEL for further information.
  • On 23 May 2011 Prof. Rosemary Lyster chaired 'Deepwater Horizon: What happened, why and where do we go to from here?' presented by Associate Professor of Political Science at New College of Florida, co-hosted by Sydney Law School and Sydney Ideas
  • On 23 May 2011 Prof. Rosemary Lyster co-hosted day-long Energy Dialogue between University of Texas and University of Sydney academics at the Law School with US Studies Centre.
  • In May 2011 Kate Miles presented a paper 'Perpetuating Myths in International Investment Law' at a workshop 'Towards a Radical International Law' at the London School of Economics.
  • May 2011 - Whaling in the Antactic by The Dean, Professor Gillian Triggs
  • On 8 April 2011 Prof. Rosemary Lyster was Keynote speaker on 'Rescuing climate science from politics: on whose authority?' and part of a four-person panel in a public event hosted by Paul Willis on 'Is science just another voice in the policy debate?', The Authority of Science Conference', Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science, University of Sydney, Australia, Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Read more
  • On 23 March 2011 Prof. Rosemary Lyster was Keynote speaker on 'Women and Climate Change' at International Conference on Women in Science and Engineering, Perth.
  • In March 2011 Kate Miles presented a final draft of a book chapter at the International Law Association workshop of the ILA Study Group on the Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law at the University of Vienna.
  • The New Zealand Law Foundation has awarded Emeritus Professor Ben Boer its 2011 Distinguished Visiting Fellowship. read more
  • At the request of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Emeritus Professor Ben Boer, travelled to Wuhan to assist the with the first ‘Advanced Training the Teachers’ (TTT) course for professors from some 20 Law Schools across China. On the basis of this course, selected Chinese senior scholars will carry out successive training programmes for more junior colleagues and submit proposals to host the TTT. For more information click here.
  • On 21 February 2011, Prof. Rosemary Lyster attended lunch at Government House for Mongolian Prime Minister and mining industry delegation to discuss ACCEL support for the improvement of Mongolian Environmental Impact legislation
  • February 2011 - Battle over Whaling - Dr Tim Stephens
  • January 2011 - 'A Whale of a Story' by Dr Tim Stephens on ABC's The Drum TV
  • ACCEL's Environmental websites page now includes a link to ECOLEX.
  • ACCEL is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Jonathan Verschuuren as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Sydney Law School between January-August 2011. Professor Verschuuren plans to undertake collaborative research with members of ACCEL that seeks to identify existing legal barriers to climate change adaptation measures in Australia and north and central Europe. Read more
  • Dr Kate Miles has been appointed as Deputy Director of ACCEL and Dr Andrew Edgar and Susan Shearing will act as the MEL Co-cordinators as from 2011.
  • Rosemary Lyster has recently published 'Smart Grids: Opportunities for Climate Change Migration and Adaptation' (2010) 36(1) in the Monash University Law Review 173. For more information see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/monlr/2010-special-issue.html

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