Department of Climate Change

{{Short description|Australian government department, 2007–2010}}

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|formed = 3 December 2007{{citation|title=CA 9189: The Department of Climate Change|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9189|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=9 December 2013}}

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|dissolved = 8 March 2010

|superseding = Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

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| chief1_name = Martin Parkinson

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|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090625152531/http://www.climatechange.gov.au/ climatechange.gov.au]

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The Department of Climate Change was an Australian Government department that existed between 2007 and 2010.

Operational activities

The functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters:{{cite web|title=Administrative Arrangement Order of 3 December 2007|publisher=Government of Australia|date=3 December 2007|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/aao_2007_tcm16-45274.pdf|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428122442/http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/aao_2007_tcm16-45274.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2013}}

  • Development and co-ordination of domestic and international climate change policy
  • International climate change negotiations
  • Design and implementation of emissions trading
  • Mandatory renewable energy target policy, regulation and co-ordination
  • Greenhouse emissions and energy consumption reporting
  • Climate change adaptation strategy and co-ordination
  • Co-ordination of climate change science activities
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Greenhouse gas abatement programs
  • Community and household climate action

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