Climate Tasmania

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

Taming the traffic: a Danish recipe for better cities

One way of cutting down on motor vehicle emissions is to make it more pleasant to visit the city without your car close at hand. Enter Jan Gehl, whose mission is liveable cities. [2 March 2010 | Peter Boyer]
When Jan Gehl was a green young architect finding his feet in Copenhagen in the early 1960s, his [...]

What price to keep the wheels turning?

The smart money says that a mineral oil price surge will happen sooner than most people think. We need to get ready for a very different world. [23 February 2010 | Peter Boyer]
If you think I might be a teeny bit alarmist in discussing the impact on Tasmania of coming changes in the supply of mineral [...]

The politics of climate in Tasmania

Concerned Hobart citizens have drafted an achievable set of strategies that would be an excellent basis for government policy for Tasmania. A campaign by Climate Action Hobart will seek to bring climate policy to the fore in the coming Tasmanian elections. [20 February 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Address to “Climate Solutions” rally, Parliament House, Hobart, 20 February [...]