Climate Tasmania

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

BZE Hobart launch rated a great success. Now to get parliament interested…

The Hobart launch of the Beyond Zero Emissions energy plan last night got many more people than organisers had bargained for. If only the interest could extend to State Parliament. [12 November 2010 | Peter Boyer]
On a humid Thursday evening (11 November) in Hobart, Climate Action Hobart hosted two key people behind the much-talked-about Beyond Zero Emissions [...]

How climate change is changing us

Keynote address to plenary session 2010 School Conference, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2 July 2010. View YouTube video here and here. [3 July 2010 | Peter Boyer]
[Professor] Elaine Stratford [head, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania] showed impeccable timing when, a few weeks ago, she asked me [...]

A letter to the Prime Minister

Our new Prime Minister looks and sounds the goods. But climate action needs more than smart looks and the right words. [29 June 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Dear Julia
You have shown that in this land of opportunity, women can rise to the top. You showed grace, intelligence and true grit in your first public grilling as Prime [...]