Policy Briefs
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Offsets: problems and possibilities in environmental policy
Environmental offsets help balance the negative impact of development by creating environmental benefits elsewhere. They are essential for managing cumulative damage—small, individual impacts that add up over time. Offsets help protect ecosystems by compensating for unavoidable harm and supporting long-term environmental sustainability.
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Trending up: How clean energy agreementmaking in Australia is raising the bar on benefit and co-ownership arrangements for Australian Traditional Owners
The clean energy transition is reshaping the Indigenous Estate, similar to the 2000s mining boom, with major projects planned on Traditional Owners’ lands. Both established and new international companies are driving large-scale developments, often with vast land footprints and significant power output, impacting Indigenous communities and Country.
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What are the implications of the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion for EIA in Australia?
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its much-anticipated Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion) (ICJ 2025). What does this international ruling mean for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Australia?
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Regulating a Thousand Cuts for Researchers, Regulators and Policy Makers
Environmental and natural resources regulators, policy makers and researchers often confront a common type of problem: finding solutions to deal with the “death by a thousand cuts” of interacting harms to environments and people caused by multiple contributors over space and time.
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Managing Bank Exposure to Climate-Driven Credit Risk
Climate disasters are accelerating across Australia. Consequently, home insurance is increasingly unavailable or unaffordable. There is no government-sponsored ‘insurance of last resort’ for the natural disasters of flood or fire, in contrast to government plans across the United States, Canada and many European countries.