Elena Aydos

The University of Newcastle, Australia · Newcastle Law School

Der anthropogene Klimawandel ist nach wie vor eine der größten Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Und trotz vielfältiger – zum Teil ungerechtfertigter – Kritik hat sich der Emissionshandel als ein sehr gut geeignetes Instrument zur Begrenzung der Treibhausgasemissionen erwiesen –nicht nur, aber insbesondere auch aufgrund seiner Effizienzvortei...

Emissions from the transport sectors remain to be the Achille's Heel of climate policy. In spite of emissions reductions in industry and power generation in climate pioneer jurisdictions such as California and Germany, transport sector emissions have not been significantly reduced. So how can this Achilles Heel of modern climate policy be cured? Th...

A bacia hidrográfica de Murray-Darling, localizada no sudeste da Austrália, compreende 14% do território Australiano. O presente artigo examina os discursos ambientais que informaram a regulamentação ambiental da Bacia nos últimos 120 anos. Contrariando práticas indígenas locais, os discursos ambientais predominantes nos últimos 120 anos destacam a...

“All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome”, is a line made famous by Tina Turner in the title song of the 1985 Mad Max movie. In Thunderdome, a gladiatorial arena in a post-apocalyptic world, conflicts are resolved by duels to death. Not as violently, but certainly as fiercely political battles have been fought in Australia over greenhouse gas (G...

“Where Did All the Markets Go?”1 was a question prominent amongst environmental economists in the 1990s when they realized the lack of market-based approaches in environmental policy practice with despair. Public Choice, the economic analysis of politics, answered that question by claiming a “market tendency for the political process to resist mark...

O artigo consiste em um estudo do histórico da "gripe suína"-novo subtipo de vírus da gripe "A/H1N1"-tendo como marco teórico a teoria da sociedade de risco, do sociólogo Ulrich Beck. Abordou-se o desenvolvimento da Biotecnologia aplicada ao agronegócio, enfatizando a questão das incertezas quanto aos riscos e ameaças dessa atividade. Demonstrou-se...