Environmental policy
International agreements
- Kyoto ProtocolSets emissions targets for developed countries which are binding under international law.
- Paris AgreementAn agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance concluding in the year 2020.
- United Nations convention on the law of the seaAn international convention attempting to regulate all aspects of the resources of the sea and uses of the ocean.
Databases
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)Indexes and abstract journals and other publications covering all aspects of environmental science, with a focus on human interaction.
- ScopusAbstracts and indexes journals, books and conference proceedings for all disciplines. Includes tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
- Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International LawContains full-text online editions of reference works and treatises published by Oxford University Press, such as Oppenheim, and the Oxford Commentaries on International Law.
- Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia (via Westlaw Australia)Earlier title Local Government Reports of Australia (1956-1992). The local and environmental report series for the High Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and the NSW Land and Environment Court, covering relevant case law in Australia since 1956. The service includes detailed interpretive headnotes setting out the relevant points of law in each case.
- AustLII: Australasian Legal Information InstituteProvides free access to Australian legal materials. The AustLII collection contains full text databases of most Australian decisions and legislation. Current databases include Commonwealth and State legislation and regulations, most federal courts and many state courts and tribunals.
- Planning Law in Australia (via Westlaw Australia)The content of this service covers the planning systems that operate in each State and Territory. The commentary explains the law and practice of environmental planning law in Australia, with a focus on the practice of planning, conservation of historical and natural places and new appeal structures to enforce planning law.
- Oxford Reports on International LawBrings together decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals.
- Ecolex environmental law databaseA comprehensive global database on treaties and environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
