Food security
Alternative labels
Food self-sufficiency
Report
The rapidly emerging crisis on our doorstep
In this report, Robert Glasser, head of ASPI's new Climate and Security Policy Centre, documents the Southeast Asian region’s globally unique exposure to climate hazards and the increasingly significant cascading societal impacts they will trigger.
Report
The risks to Australia of a 3°C warmer world
The report synthesises the observed impacts of climate change on Australia and the risk to our future of the current global trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. It focuses on the consequences of 3°C of global warming in the absence of greater mitigation strategies for four areas of importance to Australia’s future: our ecosystems, food production...
Position paper
Position paper: rural health policy in a changing climate – three key issues
This position paper discusses specific impacts and risk factors facing the 7 million people living in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia, in relation to extreme weather events; impacts on agricultural output and food security; and debilitating insect-borne diseases.
Report
COVID-19 and food security in the Pacific: considerable challenges with an opportunity to "build back better"
This paper argues that for the most part, residents of Pacific Island Countries have managed to find ways to cope with the recent disruption to food supplies by turning to traditional coping mechanisms. That strategy is likely to work in the short-term. However, it is not viable in the long-term, as it will unnecessarily decrease...
Report
COVID-19 worsens food security in South-East Asia
This paper argues that pandemic-related lockdown measures and economic troubles have translated into poorer food and nutrition security in the South-East Asia region.