Feeding a hungry nation: climate change, food and farming in Australia

Lesley Hughes; Will Steffen; Martin Rice; Alix  Pearce

Feeding a hungry nation: climate change, food and farming in Australia

Lesley Hughes, Will Steffen, Martin Rice, Alix Pearce

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Abstract

The price, quality and seasonality of Australia’s food is increasingly being affected by climate change with Australia’s future food security under threat, our new report has revealed.

Australia’s food supply chain is highly exposed to disruption from increasing extreme weather events driven by climate change, with farmers already struggling to cope with more frequent and intense droughts and changing weather patterns.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	Climate Council of Australia
Commissioning body	Climate Council of Australia
Number of pages	88
ISBN (Electronic)	9780994419569
ISBN (Print)	9780994419552
Publication status	Published - 2015

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