Climate change threats to supply chains in Australia's food bowl

Vivienne Reiner and Arunima Malik

Chapter 19 in The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development, 2026, pp 255-261 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter analyses the food-supply impacts of a range of climate and extreme-weather scenarios, including cyclones and heatwaves, emissions increases under business-as-usual, and strong climate action alone and in various combinations across Australia. It also analyses the supply-chain impacts on nutritional security. To account for not only direct but also indirect impacts, and to unravel hotspots, the methodology of input–output analysis is used. The authors analysed spillovers from disruptions in terms of socio-economic (jobs, income) and health impacts. The post-disaster impacts were wide-ranging and diverse because of the interconnected nature of supply chains. People in rural areas were found to be less resilient because of proximity to disaster zones and a reduced ability to pay more for food in short supply.

Keywords: Disaster Analysis; Input–Output Analysis; Climate; Supply Chains; Consumption-based Accounting; Footprinting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332847
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