EDO Webinar: Empowering the EPA to Prevent Climate Pollution
Channel: Environmental Defenders Office
Date: 2020-11-27

Urgent and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are required to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The NSW Environment Protection Authority is the lead environmental regulator in NSW and is responsible for protecting the quality of our environment and human health.

In line with its key objectives and functions, the EPA can and should ensure GHG emissions are reduced in line with the climate science, using its existing powers to control pollution and waste. In doing so, the EPA would modernise the regulatory framework and set price signals consistent with the polluter pays principle, assisting in an orderly transition to a zero-carbon economy.

Speakers:
EDO CEO David Morris
Head of Policy and Law Reform Rachel Walmsley
Senior Policy and Law Reform Solicitor Cerin Loane