The Tasmanian Department of Economic Development & Tourism, with support from the Tasmanian Climate Change Office, the Environment Protection Authority and WMAA, would like to extend their invitation to attend the Managing Waste in a Changing Climate Conference & Exhibition in Launceston from 4 to 6 March, 2009.

Successive findings by the international scientific community have demonstrated the urgency of addressing global climate change. Research continues to show the very real impacts climate change is likely to have here in Australia, including worsening drought conditions, increased storm intensity, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss and rising sea levels.

If we are to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we will need to take urgent global and national action. The Commonwealth Government’s commitment to introduce the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to limit Australia’s contribution to greenhouse gas pollution demonstrates the need for all governments and industry sectors to be accountable.

This year, the Tasmanian Government became the second state government in Australia to take specific responsibility for contributing to a climate change solution, by enacting legislation to set an emissions target to reduce the State’s emissions to at least 60% below 1990 levels by 2050.

That we need to act is now clear.  The real question now is how we can move forward in a carbon-constrained world, in the smartest and most equitable way possible.

Wendy Spencer
Executive Director
Tasmanian Climate Change Office

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The Managing Waste in a Changing Climate conference provides a valuable opportunity for industry, state and local government and the community to examine our waste management practices and the importance this has in addressing the impacts associated with climate change. The conference will focus on behavioural change, addressing barriers to adopting modern practices and promoting key initiatives, such as resource recovery and innovation in waste management. I encourage you to join us and share your experience and ideas, and help make this a valuable event for the waste management industry.

Peter Sheldon-Collins, Conference Chairman
Tasmanian Department of Economic Development and Tourism