Anita Foerster

Associate Professor, Business Law and Taxation, School of Business, Monash University Anita.Foerster@monash.edu

Biography

Anita specialises in environmental and climate change law, regulation and governance. She works on issues of public policy importance, including the roles and responsibilities of the private sector in addressing climate change and transitioning to clean energy; approaches to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Australian settlements; and the sustainable allocation of scarce natural resources (such as water) between competing users.

articles

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COP29: Defining indicators for climate adaptation progress

At COP29, focus shifts to climate adaptation, balancing mitigation efforts with local resilience strategies.

COP – The global forum for climate change

A nature positive Australia: What does it mean and what will it take?

We all need to take steps to stop the alarming rates of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

Sustainability

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Holding corporations to account on climate finance

There’s still more we can do within the Australian Sustainable Finance Strategy to help meet critical company sustainability goals.

Business

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‘Mainstreaming’ climate change

Can legislated obligations improve the way governments consider climate change in their decision-making?

Business

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Clearer rules on reporting could put us on a path to decarbonising corporate Australia

Until February 17, 2023, the public can have your say on the government’s plan for standardised company reporting of climate‑related risks, which would start in 2024-25.

Politics and society

Australia signed the Paris Agreement. Then what?

Five years after the pivotal Paris Climate Accords, a new report looks beyond the numbers to ask what’s really happening in key countries – including Australia.

Environment