Climate Tasmania

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

Fleshing out the climate-health connection

A 2009 Lancet study put climate change at the top of the list of health threats this century, but the finding has yet to resonate with public health authorities. A Tasmanian public health specialist aims to change all that. [21 September 2010 | Peter Boyer]
The frog in the simmering pot is one of the enduring metaphors [...]

Climate: the biggest health issue of all

The “clear and present danger” of climate change poses the biggest health threat of the 21st century, according to a UK study. A Hobart seminar explores the ramifications for rural Tasmania.