Category Archives: Energy

Our Climate Pledge

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Climate Tasmania

For organisations who want to show climate leadership.

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Tasmania’s transport emissions

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Our submission on policy initiatives needed to abate carbon emissions from Tasmania’s transport sector Submission in PDF is below. To turn pages please hover mouse over lower part of page and click on arrow. Or you may download the submission … Continue reading →

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Transport Forum – Aug 2

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Next stop for reducing carbon emissions in lutrawita / Tasmania Transport, Tasmania’s second highest emitting sector at 21%, needs to be decarbonised if we are to reach our net zero by 2030 target. But with electric vehicle ownership at less … Continue reading →

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“Plug it in: Change the world”

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Accelerating electric vehicle uptake in lutruwita / Tasmania Read our report, outlining a transport transition plan for Tasmania, below. “With transport sector emissions reduction plans in development, there’s no better time than now for the Tasmanian Government to put the … Continue reading →

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FIREWOOD DISCUSSION PAPER

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Air Quality and Climate Change Impacts of Firewood UseA Climate Tasmania Discussion Paper Note: To advance the pages please hover over the PDF below and click the turn page arrow lower left. Or you can download the PDF file by … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian State Election – climate facts

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Climate Tasmania

This week Climate Tasmania is releasing a series of Fact Sheets to help clarify the need for appropriate, well considered climate policies in the state election context. We are not politically aligned and are not recommending specific policies for the … Continue reading →

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Tasmania’s 200% Renewables Target

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Climate Tasmania

A Briefing paper by Climate Tasmania On 13 October 2020, the Tasmanian Government introduced a Bill in state parliament to legislate the previously announced target (the Tasmanian Renewable Energy Target – TRET) whereby Tasmania would set a goal of delivering … 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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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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Transport Forum – July 5

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Many factors mesh together to create liveable, vibrant, sustainable cities and regions. We need to get beyond simplistic engineering solutions to today’s traffic problems. Here’s an opportunity to think • community health • social equity • climate change • technology … Continue reading →

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