Climate Tasmania

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

Is this the future we had to have?

The Age of Stupid is not some flight of fancy. It’s sobering to realise that the frightening scenarios presented in this 2009 feature film are firmly rooted in real, current scientific research. [21 August 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Remarks to the audience before the Tasmanian premiere of The Age of Stupid, State Cinema, Hobart, Friday 21 August [...]

What’s the worst that could happen?

Our changing climate is likely to produce some nasty shocks unless we can change some deeply ingrained habits, as a new film dramatically illustrates. [18 August 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Last week I reflected that we’ll do well to ask ourselves “What if we’re wrong about climate change?” If you saw this as a sign that I [...]