Tasmania will only get hotter and drier: Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben.

In his first visit to Tasmania, world renowned US environmentalist Bill McKibben has given a stark warning to the Tasmanian Government.

The state is in the midst of an unprecedented energy crisis due to falling hydro-electric dam levels and a broken Basslink cable, which means power cannot be imported from the mainland.

The former is being blamed on a dry summer, but climate change activist Mr McKibben warns the weather will only get hotter.

"Unfortunately, it's not going to be the new norm, the new norm is going to be worse and more dramatic with each passing few years," he said.

Read the ABC story - “Bill McKibben: US environmentalist sounds warning on Tasmanian energy crisis.”