Environmental law assignment: Portfolio Analysis On Climate Change

Question

Task: For this assessment, each student will be analysing two news articles for tutorial discussion and submission on two separate weeks (3 & 5). The emphasis is on identifying the marketing implications for the events or incidents described in the article.

Students are required to choose ONE of the news articles (from the list below) that focuses on one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and write marketing implications of the news. The first two tutorial weeks are designed to discuss how to analyse the sample news articles that focuses on UNSDGs. Specific questions that students need to answer include:
(1) Which of the UNSDGs does the new article relate to?
(2) Who are the important stakeholders?
(3) What potential marketing issues can be identified from the article?
(4) How would you respond to these issues and why?
For the last question students are required to include minimum of 5 references for each submission. This is an individual assessment with a maximum word limit of 1000 for each article analysis.

Only references used in text should be included in your reference list. The references should consist of published academic and research papers and textbooks in the write-up to support key points. Ensure that your references are relevant to the issues discussed. Referencing should follow the APA style.

Each article analysis submission is worth 10% equating to a total of 20% of the mark for the unit. Tutorial class activities in weeks 1 and 2 are designed to assist students in preparing for 1a assessment (due on Friday, week 3) and 1b assessment (due on Friday, week 5). Tutors will take note of the participants in class. Distance/online/flex students will discuss their analysis of articles 1a and 1b in the allocated Moodle discussion forum in weeks 3 and 5, respectively.

Any assessment with a ‘Turnitin’ score of more than 25% will be checked by the marker and unit coordinator for potential plagiarism issues although it may not necessarily mean that you have plagiarised. If there is a substantial similarity score in the ‘Turnitin’ report, your assessment could be forwarded to an appropriate office/authority.

Following are the list of articles for assessment 1a and 1b. You only need to choose one article for each of the assessments. Choosing a different article than the ones listed below can result in no mark given for the assessment.

Answer

Introduction & UNSDG identification
In this part of this environmental law assignmentit has been possible for me to analyse portfolio articles from the given list and justify them with UNSDGs. For suitability climate change unseen in environment laws’ news article has been taken into consideration for portfolio review. The news article described the Barrier Reef ecosystem and how they suffered in a bleaching event caused by global warming. This third article has also referred to the climate action and related key environmental laws for wildlife & biodiversity conservation.

It can also be suggested in the environmental law assignment that Sustainable goal number 13 and 14 of UNSDGs that referred to Climate action and Life below water is acquired correctly for this case study of news articles. Furthermore, we are broadly discussing it in the following sections of this assessment.

2. Stakeholder Identification
Relevant key stakeholders who are responsible for the external environment and the climate change & laws news article has been identified herein environmental law assignment.

• Stakeholder I: Federal Government, Australia- Miller, (2017), stated that, Federal government is Responsible for protecting the wildlife and coral ecosystems and maintaining the key environmental laws from which they are failing. They are considered as external but sometimes they act as internal stakeholder. The governing laws to protect Australia's unique fauna & flora are responsible by the federal government. Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) is the related law.
• Stakeholder II: World Heritage-
  They are purely considered as external stakeholders for this selected case and give the suggestive reports and stats about the coral ecosystem which may be beneficial for the research purpose and finding the necessary similarities to meet the UNSDGs (Madichie & Madichie, 2018).
• Stakeholder III: Commonwealth government-
  For this particular species i.e. reef ecosystem this external stakeholder provides an outlook report that shows how global warming has deteriorated the climate process and underwater lives.
• Stakeholder IV: Australian Research Council-
  Throughout the news article it has been possible for me stakeholder like them who are the leading contributors to find out the reason for diminished reefs and related legislation that mitigate its impacts (Ohdedar, 2017, p. 695). They are the key internal stakeholder.

3. Reflective Analysis
3.1. What are the potential marketing issues mentioned in the environmental law assignment?
The analysis illustrates excellent identification of key issues that are derived from the newspaper article related to the topic undertaken in the context of environmental law assignment.

Table 1: Key Issues within the newspaper article (Source: Cullet & Stephan, 2018)

3.2. Respond to these Issues
According to Gulliver, Fielding & Louis, (2019, p. 13), identifying the problems from the news article selected in the environmental law assignment about climate change and actions which are dangerous for reef ecosystems it has been possible for me to take significant steps against those problems and mitigating those risks.

• It is necessarily required to take major steps by the Federal government, environment minister of Australia to stand against these issues.
• I would like to suggest that increasing communication with the stakeholders can meet the expectations and get out from these issues.
• According to me introducing new environmental laws & legislation for the underwater lives, wildlife is necessary to take actions because the previous laws don't work properly to save their lives (Ohdedar, 2017, p. 705).
• It has been possible for me to recommend surrounding people and government to moving towards sustainability so that major climate actions & change (i.e. Global warming) does not occur and is harmful.
• Use of plastics, bags, polyethene and throwing to the sea, river needs to be controlled and for this plastic prohibition act must be taken into consideration by the Australian government.
• Addressing the potential marketing issues and risks, I would respond to these issues because if the problems still continue all the underwater lives are in major threats in upcoming days.
• On the other hand, my suggestion towards UNSDGs and recommend to meet them without harming the potential markets, aquarium lives, barrier reef ecosystem naturally (Madichie & Madichie, 2018).
• Finally, not yet importantly, controlling the proper use of environmental laws is necessary in this case to mitigate the risks in potential markets and climate changing actions.

4. Summary
After discussing key stakeholders, potential marketing issues this portfolio article analysis on environmental law assignment can be concluded as to give some recommendations to meet the UNSDGs based on the news. In future, how it has been possible for me to identify those issues and mitigate them with proper controlling actions with the help of federal government and concerned environmental laws in Australia.

5. Reference List
Books:
Cullet, P., & Stephan, R. M. (Eds.). (2018). Groundwater and Climate Change: Multi-level Law and Policy Perspectives.

Environmental law assignmentRoutledge, Retrieved 29-July-20 from, https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PC2NDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT14&dq=Climate+change+unseen+in+environmental+laws+in+Australia&ots=z3T7yZ4hzB&sig=QOZxIyup3vl1xrUcz0YvBQZVCxE

Miller, T. (2017). Storming the wall: Climate change, migration, and homeland security. City Lights Books, Retrieved 29-July-20 from, https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mL9dDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT11&dq=Climate+change+unseen+in+environmental+laws+in+Australia&ots=oP1e8_p1CE&sig=gu6kyd30ybs0YWByAGHbISXFGik

Journals:
Gulliver, R., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. (2019). The characteristics, activities and goals of environmental organizations engaged in advocacy within the Australian environmental movement. Environmental Communication, 1-14, Retrieved 29-July-20 from, http://www.activismresearchhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Accepted-Manuscript-Australian-Environmental-Advocacy-Groups.pdf

Madichie, N. O., & Madichie, C. (2018, April). Changing Dynamics of Migrant Entrepreneurial Activities: Implications for the African Diaspora and the UN SDGs (Presentation Slides). In Migration, inter-connectivity and regional development (MICaRD) Symposium. Regional Studies Association, University of Lincoln (Vol. 26), Retrieved 29-July-20 from, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nnamdi_Madichie/ publication/324522097_Changing_Dynamics_of_Migrant_Entrepreneurial_Activities_Implications_ for_the_African_Diaspora_and_the_UN_SDGs/links/5ae1fc2fa6fdcc9139a02b62/Changing-Dynamics -of-Migrant-Entrepreneurial-Activities-Implications-for-the-African-Diaspora-and-the-UN-SDGs.pdf

Ohdedar, B. (2017). Groundwater law, abstraction, and responding to climate change: assessing recent law reforms in British Columbia and England. Water International, 42(6), 691-708,environmental law assignmentRetrieved 29-July-20 from, http://repository.essex.ac.uk/25286/1/Ohdedar_Groundwater%2520Law%252C%2520Abstraction %252C%2520and%2520Responding%2520to%2520Climate%2520Change.pdf