Climate Tasmania

Departing thoughts from the inaugural chair of Tasmania’s Climate Action Council [21 February 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Time is speeding up — have you noticed? As a child, a couple of hours in a classroom was an eternity, but now I’m still getting used to a year (or a decade) when we arrive at the next [...]

The Tasmanian government’s program to deal with carbon emissions has started well with an audit of its operations, but its omission of forestry activities throws some doubt on the accuracy of its findings.

Local action is the real test of our response to climate change. Local government can’t do this on its own — it needs state and national support.