A climate Act for Queensland / Environmental Defenders Office, Australian Conservation Foundation, Queensland Conservation Council.

Brisbane : Environmental Defenders Office, 2020?

200036

Human rights -- Australia.

Climatic changes -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Liability for environmental damages -- Australia.

Climatic changes.

Environmental law -- Climate -- Australia.

Environmental protection -- Australia.

We all want to live in a world that is safe and healthy for present and future generations. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the lives, rights and prosperity of people today and of the generations to come. The current pandemic is having a significant impact on lives and economies globally. If we contemplate the level of impact we are now suffering, multiply that impact across all ages, countries, species and ecosystems that we depend on, and envisage it getting increasingly worse as decades pass, the impact of the pandemic begins to pale in comparison to the threat we are facing from climate change. Queensland is particularly vulnerable to the dangers of climate change. Our State is already experiencing hotter summers, more frequent natural disasters and impacts on our natural environment, such as coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. - Extract from report introduction.

Real action on climate needs a Climate Act to legislate emissions reductions targets, along with monitoring and reporting and a new Climate Authority to oversee whole-of-government action. The Environmental Defenders Office has joined forces with the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Queensland Conservation Council to release a new report outlining the many benefits that can be gained from legislating a solid governance framework to ensure Queensland does its bit to reduce emissions and therefore reduce the risks of dangerous climate change impacts. - extract from Environmental Defenders Office webpage.

Includes bibliographical references.

1 online resource (16 pages) : digital, PDF