Category Archives: ~ Adaptation

POLICY PAPER: Climate Change Act

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Climate Tasmania

What do we need in a Tasmanian Climate Change Act? The Climate Tasmania group has been focusing on the need for a new Climate Change Act for several years. There are several articles on this site covering this important and … Continue reading →

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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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A National Climate Change Act

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Climate Tasmania

For the past five years Climate Tasmania has been fostering the need for comprehensive new climate legislation for Tasmania, to replace the minimalist 2008 Tasmanian Act that now serves little purpose. To that end we have looked with interest at … 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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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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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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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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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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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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