General 

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3.1 Adaptation in the agriculture and forestry sectors, Garnaut Climate Change Review   - Submission prepared by Peter R. Grace,  Professor of Global Change & Director of the Institute for Sustainable Resources Queensland University of Technology 

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In November 2010, Ross Garnaut was commissioned by the Australian Government to provide an independent update to his 2008 Climate Change Review. The update 2011 released a series of papers in February and March 2011 addressing developments across a range of areas including climate change science and impacts, international mitigation progress, carbon pricing, land,innovation, and the electricity sector.

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Appetite for change - Global warming impacts on food and farming regions, 2015, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

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The first section by Professor David Karoly, outlines the impact that global warming is having on the following regions: •Dry interior • Mediterranean • Temperate sub-humid and sub-tropical sub-humid •Sub-tropical moist and tropical warm-season moist • Tropical warm-season wet and tropical wet • Cold wet and temperate cool-season wet.

The section section looks at the impacts of global warming on a list of 55 household food items. This comprehensive list has been compiled for the first time and covers everything from wheat, seafood and dairy products to poultry, meat, grains, and fruit and vegetables.

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Resilience in the Australian food supply chain, 2011, Commonwealth of Australia

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Report addressed improving the resilience of the supply chain. These included: disasters, the vital role played by communications networks; the risks associated with concurrent disaster events; and the need for greater understanding, especially among younger and/or socially vulnerable consumers, of alternative food sources and cooking methods.

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