Commissioned reports |
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Reports commissioned by the Garnaut Climate Change Review
Page menu: | Impacts of climate change | Science of climate change | Adaptation | Emissions Trading Scheme | Modelling | Innovation |
| Sector | Sub-sector or area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: |
| Resource based industries and communities | Irrigated cropping in Murray Darling Basin | The implications for irrigation in the Murray–Darling Basin (PDF, 2.81MB) | School of Economics, University of Queensland. |
| Dryland cropping – wheat | Global climate change impacts on Australia’s wheat crops (PDF, 137kb) | CSIRO and Queensland DPIF. | |
| Livestock carrying capacity | Simulation of climate change impacts on livestock carrying capacity and production (PDF, 557kb) | Environmental Protection Agency and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. | |
| Forestry | The potential impacts of climate change on the forest and wood products manufacturing sector in Australia (PDF, 151kb) | ABARE. | |
| Fisheries | Preparing Australian fisheries and aquaculture to adapt to the potential impacts of climate change (PDF, 81kb) | ABARE. | |
| Mining | The potential impacts of climate change on the mining (minerals and energy) sector in Australia (PDF, 369kb) | ABARE. | |
| Horticulture | Defining the impacts of climate change on horticulture in Australia (PDF, 303kb) | Queensland DPIF. | |
| Viticulture and the wine industry | Viticulture, wine and climate change (PDF, 148kb) | University of Adelaide | |
| The Great Barrier Reef | The impact of climate change and ocean acidification on the Great Barrier Reef and its tourist industry (PDF, 2.15MB) | Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland and Economic Strategies Pty Ltd. | |
| Alpine zone of south-east Australia | Impact of climate change on Australia’s alpine areas (PDF, 85kb) | Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd. | |
| Australia’s World Heritage properties, | Impacts of climate change on Australia’s World Heritage properties and their values (PDF, 213kb) | Institute for Environment, Australian National University. | |
| South-west Western Australia | Tourism in south-west Western Australia: climate change vulnerability and adaptation (PDF, 259kb) | Tourism Western Australia and the Department of Environment and Conservation. | |
| Critical infrastructure | Infrastructure | Impact of climate change on infrastructure in Australia and CGE model inputs (PDF, 2.85MB) | Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd, in association with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. |
| Roads and bridges | Impact of climate change on Australia’s roads and bridge infrastructure (PDF, 335kb) | Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd. | |
| Telecommunications | Impact of climate change on Australia’s telecommunications infrastructure (PDF, 81kb) | Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd. | |
| Human health | Three health outcomes | The impacts of climate change on three health outcomes: temperature-related mortality and hospitalisations, salmonellosis and other bacterial gastroenteritis, and population at risk from dengue (549kb) | National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (Australian National University), and School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. |
| Ross River virus | Climate change impacts on the burden of Ross River virus disease (PDF, 274kb) | National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (Australian National University), and School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. | |
| Health of remote northern Australian Indigenous communities | Climate impacts on the health of remote northern Australian Indigenous communities (PDF, 490kb) | University of New South Wales | |
| Mental health | Rural mental health impacts of climate change (PDF, 443kb) | National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (ANU), and ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences. | |
| Ecosystems and biodiversity | Biodiversity and climate change (PDF, 428kb) | Australian Centre for Biodiversity, Monash University. | |
| Security | Climate change and security: managing the risk (PDF, 251kb) | Professor Alan Dupont, University of Sydney. | |
| Extreme events | Defining the impacts of climate change on extreme events (PDF, 235kb) | Monash University. | |
| Australia and international trade | Assessment of future global scenarios for the Garnaut Climate Change Review: An application of the GIAM framework (PDF, 8.03MB) | ABARE and CSIRO. | |
| Catastrophic events | Defining the impacts of climate change on catastrophic events (PDF, 96kb) | Monash University. | |
| Study area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: | |
| Science of Climate Change | The Science of Climate Change - An Overview (PDF, 5.67MB) | University of Melbourne, Climate Adaptation - Science & Policy Initiative (CASPI) | |
| Stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations | The science of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations (PDF, 1.35MB) | University of Melbourne, Climate Adaptation - Science & Policy Initiative (CASPI) | |
| Global temperature trends | Global temperature trends (PDF,130kb). | Breusch and Vahid, Crawford School of Economics (Australian National Univerity) | |
| Study area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: | |
| Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Adapation: Mapping the Context (PDF, 331kb) | Amanda Lynch, Monash University. | |
| Study area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: | |
| Agriculture and forestry inclusion | Inclusion of agriculture and forestry in a domestic emissions trading scheme - New Zealand s experience to date (PDF, 271kb) | Suzi Kerr and Andrew Sweet (Motu and Firecone) | |
| Greenhouse gas pricing tools and regimes | Greenhouse gas pricing tools and regimes (PDF, 435kb) | ACIL Tasman | |
| Study area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: | |
| Modelling climate change impacts | Modelling Climate Change Impacts using CGE Models – A Literature Review (PDF, 248kb) | Frontier Economics | |
| Modelling and market failures in the energy sector | Modelling Policies to Address Market Failures in the Energy Sector (PDF, 233kb) | McLennan Magasanik Associates (MMA). | |
| Study area | Title of paper | Study undertaken by: | |
| Energy technology innovation | Energy Technology Innovation: A Systems Perspective (PDF, 522kb) | Sustainability Research Insititute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. | |
| National Electricity Market Failures and Governance Barriers for New Technologies | National Electricity Market Failures and Governance Barriers for New Technologies (PDF, 265kb) | McLennan Magasanik Associates (MMA). | |
| Accelerating innovation | The challenge of environmental technology: promoting radical innovation in conditions of lock-in (PDF, 352kb) | Keith Smith, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania. | |