Climate Tasmania

A Tasmanian take on the thorniest global issue since the dinosaurs. Based on Peter Boyer’s newspaper column in the Hobart Mercury.

The long and winding Climate Project road

The Climate Project: a 12-month commitment for four Tasmanians that has turned into years, without any end in sight.

We all must take responsibility for wildfires

No-one could have stopped the Victorian fires. Climate change is the principal cause; we need to assume that this isn’t a one-off event.

How semantics and self-interest can cloud our judgement

Those of us who question that humans need to change their ways are ignoring overwhelming evidence that — regardless of climate change — our impact on the planet’s natural systems threatens our own future.