Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Commonwealth of Australia
Publication Year:
2011
Publication Place
Canberra
Physical Description:
59p. : tables, graphs ; 29cm.
Call Number
363.738740994 GAR
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41010
Legacy PEIN ID:
81092
General Notes
1 copy
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Garnaut review - Australia
Climatic changes - Rural land - Australia
Abstract
Australia has always been a country of climate extremes. The health of Australian farming will continue to depend on effective management of weather and climate uncertainty. It is increasingly clear that the world is moving towards more rapid and severe climate change. The science is telling us that climate change will be associated with significant warming, which will change optimal planting and harvesting times and the crops, cultivars and animal types that do well in each region. It will reduce water run-off even if there is no general effect on rainfall, and so reduce water available from rivers and streams for irrigation. It is likely to increase the intensity of extreme events: heatwaves and associated bushfires; cyclones in tropical regions; episodes of exceptionally high rainfall; and drough. The impacts of accelerating climate change will intensify the climatic challenge to rural Australia. The scientific evidence is considered in Update Paper five.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Commonwealth of Australia
Publication Year:
2011
Publication Place
Canberra
Physical Description:
59p. : tables, graphs ; 29cm.
Call Number
363.738740994 GAR
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41010
Legacy PEIN ID:
81092
General Notes
1 copy
Record Created: 22-Dec-2016
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022