Category Archives: Tasmania’s carbon emissions

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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Climate change can’t remain unregulated

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

In the wake of numerous shocking and costly tragedies, like the Australian bushfires, pressure is mounting on all governments everywhere to regulate climate change through meaningful sets of laws. Continue reading →

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What do we want the Tasmanian Parliament to do?

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Chris Harries

Climate Tasmania wants the Tasmanian Parliament to pass an ambitious, comprehensive, and detailed Climate Change Act. We want the Act to provide: # strong action to minimise climate disruption and # a stable policy framework – both of which are … Continue reading →

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Reducing the carbon footprint of Tasmania’s cities

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Climate Tasmania

A significant component of the energy and carbon footprint of our cities stems from commercial buildings. To date, three states – Victoria, NSW and South Australia – have taken steps to tackle this problem through a innovative type of financing … Continue reading →

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Hobart Public Meeting – Sept 25

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Climate Tasmania

The decoration at top and bottom of poster represents the barcode of climate change for Australia – from 1910 to 2017 (left to right). Dark Blue = coolest year.  Dark Red = warmest year. Please download poster HERE and share … Continue reading →

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Launceston Public Meeting: Sept 16

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Chris Harries

Please download the poster HERE and share it with your network.

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Beefing up Tasmania’s climate legislation

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Climate Tasmania

This Summer’s weather and bushfire calamities along with the marine heatwave that is debilitating marine habitats and affecting our commercial fisheries have brought to the fore once again Tasmania’s acute vulnerability to climate change and the need for our state … Continue reading →

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Can Tasmania provide leadership on climate change?

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Political turmoil in Canberra in recent weeks has once again thrown the spotlight on Australia’s response to the Paris COP Agreement – whereby individual nations have agreed to take leadership in order to help restrain global emissions.

The following is text of a letter sent to all forty Tasmanian MPs on 18 September 2018. Continue reading →

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Don’t try to fix traffic congestion

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Speakers at Climate Tasmania’s well attended July 5 transport forum warned that trying to fix traffic congestion by catering for more cars is a costly and never ending, futile exercise. Dr Eliot Fishman (Institute for Sensible Transport) and Professor Jason … Continue reading →

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Where do Tasmanian emissions come from?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Climate Tasmania

Sustainable Living Tasmania has done a wonderful job converting our state greenhouse emissions profile into a visual display. The wheel here represents greenhouse emissions coming from the four primary sectors shown. Emissions are based on 2014 official data. Click on … Continue reading →

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