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:
- 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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