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The National Agriculture and Climate Change Action Plan provides the overarching framework for climate change policy for Australian governments and the agricultural sector.

The Australian agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change but has many options and opportunities to adapt,

The EcoClimate Report: Climate change and agricultural production New Zealand's climate is likely to change over this century in response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. We need to know how those changes will affect land managers and primary production systems.

This report, prepared for the National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries, provides an overview of climate change impacts and adaptation options for Australian agriculture.

The climate change research program at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

South West Western Australia (SWWA) has not escaped and is acknowledged as a highly vulnerable region to the impacts of climate change. Its temperature is already 0.8°C higher than in 1910; however, the most notable impact is a 10 to 15 per cent reduction in rainfall since 1975, which has had a major impact on water supplies and industries such as agriculture.

Australian Federal Government website on impacts and adaptation. The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity and housing will have lasting consequences. It is therefore important to begin planning now for the impacts of climate change in the future

NSW DPI has established the climate risk management team to assist farmers to improve their short term decision-making in response to seasonal climate variability (El Nino, Southern Oscillation Index). The team also undertakes a broader extension and education role for farmers, on climate change and climate variability.