Climate change in Tasmania
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Climate change in Tasmania affects various environments and industries, including agriculture.
The state's emissions amounted to 15.5 million tonnes in 2005 compared to -4.34 million tonnes in 2022.[1] Due to dry conditions, the Tasmanian government imported more fossil fuel energy in 2024.[2]
Tasmania reached net-zero in 2015.[3] Tasmania is of the world's few jurisdictions which removes more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than it emits.[4] A reduction in the rate of logging was a major factor in the reduction of emissions.[5]
Impacts of climate change
Eucalypt forests
Climate change is reducing the rate at which carbon can be sequestered by eucalypt trees.[6]
Reduced precipitation
Total summer rainfall decreased by 43%.[7]
Bushfires and bushfire risk
In the "worst-case" scenario, the risk of a bushfire occurring would "double".[8] Potentially, mercury pollution from previous decades and stored in trees may have been released during the 2019-2020 bushfire season.[9]
Viticulture
Tasmania would become more amenable to grape farming as temperatures rise, compared to mainland Australia which would become less amenable to grape farming.[10]
