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Australia’s climate effort falling behind in ‘critical decade’

While progress has been made internationally, Australia’s domestic climate effort is mired in ignorance and suspicion Warning five years ago that decarbonising the economy had to start immediately, the Australian Climate Commission designated 2010-20 as “the critical decade.” Here’s a … Continue reading

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Tasmania’s energy-vision deficiency

Will it take a full-blown energy crisis for Tasmania’s leadership to shake off its complacency? We expect a lot of our leaders. We want them to fix today’s contingencies while also thinking ahead to long-term solutions. And we want them to … Continue reading

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CSIRO starts its new journey by smashing the headlights

A Hobart meeting discussing the biggest global issue of them all highlights our dire need for more climate knowledge. If the Turnbull government still needs convincing that we need all the climate modelling and analysis we can get our hands … Continue reading

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