Rocky Hill: a legal breakthrough in the consideration of climate change and social impacts of coal mines

Title: Rocky Hill: a legal breakthrough in the consideration of climate change and social impacts of coal mines
Creator: Aydos, Elena; Charlton, Belinda; Cornett, Gabrielle; Gray, Kelsey; Scott, Nita
Relation: Carbon & Climate Law Review Vol. 14, Issue 2, p. 98-106
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2020/2/5
Publisher: Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: A Superior Court in the Australian state of New South Wales refused consent to a coal mine because of its future contribution to global climate change. Rocky Hill illustrates a watershed moment in the consideration of climate change and social impacts in Australia, representing a significant step beyond what the Courts had previously ruled in relation to those matters. The significance of the decision extends beyond its progressive approach to the recognition of the causal link between coalmining and the impacts of global climate change. The case recognises that lay people still play a part in the democracy of planning decisions, giving voice to minority groups such as Aboriginal people and their views on their living culture and heritage.
Subject: Rocky Hill, NSW; climate change; social impacts; coal mines; SDG 13; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1441795
Identifier: uon:41536
Identifier: ISSN:1864-9904
Language: eng
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