This study provides one of the first comprehensive assessments of the economic impacts of reduced water allocation levels (as a result of climate change) on the irrigation sector in the Australian Murray Darling Basin (MDB). It suggests that relatively low cost adaptation strategies are available for moderate reduction in water availability.

Following the November 2006 Summit on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin, the then prime minister and Murray-Darling Basin state premiers commissioned CSIRO to report on sustainable yields of surface and groundwater systems within the Murray-Darling Basin. This report from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project details the assessments for one of 18 regions that encompass...

This preliminary report, commissioned by the Agricultural Alliance on Climate Change, aims to help identify the potential, problems, and priorities for rural businesses and communities in contributing to Australian action on climate change. It focuses on the prospects for rural Australians becoming valued service providers in three important areas of Australia's low carbon future: *...

This report, developed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology through the Australian Climate Change Science Program, provides the most up to date assessment of Australia's changing climate. Climate Change in Australia provides: information on observed climate change over Australia and the likely causes; projections of changes to about 30 climate variables; information on how...

This reports the results of a three-year investigation which aimed to develop a measurement of prediction of community intended behaviour in relation to the reuse of different wastewaters for different uses. It has been apparent that communities support the concept of water reuse as a means of responsible water resources management. However, many technically sound...