Darren has researched and published widely on environmental regulation, in particular, water governance. His major research contributions are: regulatory pluralism in an environmental context, including ‘smart regulation’ and instrument choice; ‘next generation’ environmental regulation, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises and diffuse sources of pollution, such as in agriculture; and the regulation (compliance and enforcement) and governance of non-urban water use in the Murray-Darling Basin. Darren has been a consultant to government and industry and authored many policy reports. He has represented Australia at the United Nations International Framework Convention on Climate Change (Geneva 1993 and 1994), and co-designed the self-regulatory and trading scheme to phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances in Australia under the Montreal Protocol. More recently, Darren has been involved in development-related applied environmental research in Pakistan, South East Asia and the Pacific. He also has an ongoing interest in the supply, trade and use of critical minerals and the adoption of electric vehicles.

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https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/persons/darren-sinclair