Climate Tasmania forum on Climate Change Risks for Tasmania plus "Unburnable Carbon Report"

Post date: Sep 3, 2015 6:19:04 AM

Monday 24th August, 5.30 - 7 pm, in the Aurora Lecture Theatre of IMAS in Salamanca Place

Hear from experts on bushfire, sea level rise and health risks for Tasmania and ask your questions.

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The Climate Council has released their newest report, called Unburnable Carbon: Why we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground. Pollution from Australia’s coal resources, particularly the enormous Galilee coal basin planned in Northern Queensland, are alone enough to change the world’s climate, and take us two-thirds of the way to a two degree rise in global temperature.

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