Climate Tasmania

A leading climate agency presents more powerful evidence that the world is rapidly warming. [3 August 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Earth has just experienced its hottest decade since we began measuring such things, and 2010 is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded. That’s the official word from the world’s leading national climate agency.

These observations [...]

In the wake of Copenhagen’s failure to reach agreement on how to curb rising greenhouse emissions, Australian climate policy is on a knife-edge. [29 December 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Copenhagen has opened up a Pandora’s Box of possibilities for Australia’s political leaders. The summit’s disappointing conclusion may lead to some positive policy opportunities, but there are disturbing [...]

On paper, as an attempt to meet the climate change challenge Copenhagen was a failure. But in bringing into the spotlight the urgent need to address our carbon emissions, it was an outstanding success. [22 December 2009 | Peter Boyer]
How are we to judge the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on [...]