LEGAL ALERT The New Commonwealth Climate Change Legislation
The passage of the Climate Change Bill 2022 (Climate Change Bill) and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 (Consequential Amendments Bill) through the Australian Parliament will create legislative certainty in relation to Australia’s commitment to a minimum 43% carbon emissions reduction target by 2030 and net zero by 2050 under the Paris Agreement. WEB2210N05Z
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Legal Alert! The new Commonwealth Climate Change legislation: what this means for government, business, investors and environmental groups
What does this mean for government, business, investors and environmental groups?
What are the obligations of government and its agencies to set out its own execution plan?
This seminar will step you through the key legislative provisions in the Climate Change Bill and new functions under the Consequential Amendments Bill for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Infrastructure Australia and Export Finance Australia. Changes to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) functions, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting and Carbon Credits will also be examined together with proposed changes to the Safeguard Mechanism and the Chubb review of the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Presented by Elisa de Wit, Partner Norton Rose Fulbright
Presenters
Elisa de Wit, Partner Norton Rose Fulbright
Elisa de Wit is an environment and planning, and climate change lawyer based in Melbourne. She heads the Australian climate change practice. Elisa’s environmental experience includes advising on various environmental permitting regimes, including waste management, pollution control and discharge consents, representing clients in connection with environmental offences or breaches of environmental legislation and undertaking substantial due diligence exercises. She also has significant experience advising in relation to contaminated land, both in the context of property and corporate transactions and in relation to liability issues. Elisa’s expertise also extends to town planning and covers strategic advice, legal representation at tribunal and court hearings and negotiation of contractual documents for a wide range of developments including retail, residential, commercial, mixed use renewable energy facilities, landfills, incinerators, waste transfer stations, industrial plants, quarries and mining sites.Elisa has a detailed understanding of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS), the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI), Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and the Safeguard Mechanism and has provided extensive advice to a wide range of clients on the obligations and opportunities which flow from NGERS, ERF and RET. In conjunction with RAMP Carbon, Elisa authored “Implementing the Carbon Farming Initiative – A Guide For Business” on behalf of the Carbon Market Institute. Elisa is the author of the CFI chapter for the Lexis Nexis Clean Energy Law in Australia service and was also an author of the CFI Legal and Contracts Guide prepared with funding from the Commonwealth Government’s CFI Extension and Outreach program, which was published in February 2014.