Shanae Streeter

The COP28 climate conference concluded on Wednesday night, with Parties finally agreeing their response to the first Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement. The decision – termed the ‘UAE Consensus’ – notes that despite significant collective progress toward aligning with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emission trajectories are not on track.

Introduction As the 1 July 2023 date for reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism looms closer, on Friday 5 May, the Federal Government registered a set of final legislative rules setting out the detailed design elements of the reforms.

Introduction On Monday 19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ended, culminating in the adoption of the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, which sets out a series of global targets to address biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems by 2030.