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Both the Planning Institute of Australia and the Property Council of Australia voiced strong backing for the bill during the inquiry, which Steggall said had received about 6,200 submissions. Simon O’Connor, the chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, said policy uncertainty was risking a loss of billions of dollars in investment across multiple sectors. The association has 350 members, including superannuation funds and investment managers, which collectively manage about $9tn of assets globally. O’Connor said parliament should consider the bill, which was ...

Jan 20, 2021 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged that his country will become carbon neutral by 2050. “Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth,” he said in October, “I declare we will aim to realize a decarbonized society.” While this promise is both welcome and ambitious, Japan’s pledge comes nearly a year after the European Union, which in 2019 proposed a climate law that would create a legally binding target of net zero carbon by 2050. Further, despite its green rhetoric, Japan’s climate change record at home and abroad ...

THE MOVE TO NET ZERO SHOULD BE WELCOMED BY UK BUSINESS, BUT CERTAINTY IS KEY TO SUCCESS Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed the Government will adopt the Committee on Climate Change's recommendations and legislate for the UK to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. As the first major economy to commit to such a target, major business groups and leaders have backed the law - which will see an amendment to the 2008 Climate Change Act - demonstrating a wider commitment across UK industry to reducing greenhouse emissions. If you're interested in THE MOVE TO NET ZERO SHOULD...

All Models Are Wrong Morning sun, 28th December 2020, Hastings You’re tired. You’re burned out. You don’t know how you keep getting up in the morning, keep switching on the news, keep looking after everyone around you – or asking for help, again and again. What keeps you going? Maybe it’s the friend who sends you just the right message at just the right moment. Maybe it’s seeing the tireless efforts of others, and the sense of community in working together. Maybe it’s the energy and creativity of young people, and our duty of care. I’m talking, of course, about Covid-19. But t...

[co-author: Brendan Sigalet, Articling Student] U.S. courts have often relied on the political question doctrine to dismiss climate change actions. The Canadian equivalent of the political question doctrine, justiciability, has recently been considered by Canadian Court in cases involving Charter-based climate change claims. To be justiciable, claims must be within the authority and ability of the judiciary to decide, considering the Canadian constitutional system of government. It is generally recognized that it is not the function of the courts to establish what policy or law best advances...