Category Archives: Climate science

Climate Change Act Review

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Climate Tasmania

Below is information that we provided to the Tasmanian Climate Change Act review, February 2021. Introduction Climate Tasmania is pleased to have been asked to provide information to Jacobs, the consultants tasked with the independent review of the Tasmanian Climate … Continue reading →

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TASMANIA’S POST-COVID RECOVERY

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

Online Public consultation is now open. Although multiple scholarly articles and media reports have been explaining how covid-19 and the climate crisis are part of the same battle – and therefore must be dealt with in tandem – there’s a … Continue reading →

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Online Zoom forum

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

Please click here to register in advance for this webinar.You will be sent the details by reply email. About the speakers.

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Is Tasmania really a world leader in climate action?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

What does this actually mean?

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The best ways to stop climate change?

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

It’s probably not what you think. Most people think of this question through the simple meme – replace fossil fuels with renewables. Problem fixed. Therein lies a thorny problem. Despite exponential growth of renewable energy during the past three decades … Continue reading →

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The Global Climate Emergency in 5 charts

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Climate Tasmania

These 5 charts have been compiled by members of Climate Tasmania in an effort to distil the climate change challenge in an easy-to-digest form. Continue reading →

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Geo-engineering forum at UTAS

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Geoengineering technologies are proposals to counteract climate change by removing CO2 from the atmosphere, or by reflecting sunlight away from the earth. This forum brings together scientists, philosophers, international lawyers and members of civil society to discuss the potential role … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Sequel – now showing

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Climate Tasmania

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change into the heart of popular culture now comes the follow-up film: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017). Amongst other things it shows what has elapsed in the past ten … Continue reading →

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How to communicate climate change

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Climate Tasmania

BOOK REVIEW: By David Hamilton “What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming ― towards a new psychology of climate action” I have just finished reading this book by Per Espen Stoknes. The book explores the … Continue reading →

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