|
|
|
Editor's note
|
|
We are hearing a lot about emergencies, be they climate, drought or fire emergencies. But emergencies by their nature are sudden, unexpected and usually temporary.
New research from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences reported here this morning casts doubt on the suggestion that what’s happening to Australian farms is sudden, unexpected or temporary.
ABARES, as the bureau is called, has crunched decades of farm and climate data to determine the contribution of changed climate conditions to farm profits.
It finds that by itself climate change has cut annual farm profits 22% in the decades since the year 2000 compared to the decades before.
Cattle farmers are relatively lightly hit, although droughts mean restocking takes a long time. Crop farmers have suffered a 35% drop in annual profits as a result of climate change.
Neal Hughes and Steve Hatfield-Dodds point to uncomfortable questions that arise from their findings, including the usefulness of farm support that treats changed conditions as temporary.
And finally, as a reader of The Conversation, we know you value independent journalism. We invite all readers to show their support by making a tax-deductible donation. A monthly gift is the best way to safeguard quality information into 2020 and beyond.
|
Peter Martin
Section Editor, Business and Economy
|
|
|
Top stories
|
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences farmpredict model finds that changes in climate conditions since 2000 have cut farm profits by 22% overall, and by 35% for cropping farms..
ABARES/Shutterstock
Neal Hughes, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES); Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
For crop farmers, the risk of low-profit years has doubled.
|
GPs see 88% of the Australian population every year. So they’re well-positioned to provide mental health care to a broad spectrum of people.
From shutterstock.com
Louise Stone, Australian National University
Navigating the mosaic of mental health services available is hard. A GP can help.
|
Bay Yoda: the Child in the Star Wars television series was designed to appeal to our cuteness receptors.
IMDB
Nathalie Collins, Edith Cowan University; Jeff Volkheimer, Duke University
As his Star Wars television character enjoys a social media moment, Baby Yoda is creating massive marketing clout that will benefit his Disney masters.
|
To keep temperatures from rising above 1.5℃ requires reducing fossil fuel burning by half by 2032.
from www.shutterstock.com
Robert McLachlan, Massey University
Under the Paris Agreement, countries have registered plans to meet emissions reductions, but the current pledges, if fully realised, would take us to a 2℃ increase by the 2050s.
|
Health + Medicine
|
-
Sally Casswell, Massey University
The draft New Zealand cannabis law proposes a ban on advertising, but includes no reference to marketing via social media, where most alcohol marketing now takes place.
|
|
Environment + Energy
|
-
Oli Moraes, RMIT University
Blue carbon stored in coastal ecosystems is important, but it's a poor fig leaf for Australia's abysmal record on emissions.
-
Jon C. Day, James Cook University
Australia says the reef's world heritage values are fine and the threats are in hand. But the reality is far different.
|
|
Cities
|
-
Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Having a public playground in your neighbourhood can add value to your property.
|
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Rick Sarre, University of South Australia
At what point does good-natured inebriation become criminally tinged intoxication?
|
|
Science + Technology
|
-
Peggy Kern, University of Melbourne; Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, University of Technology Sydney; Paul X. McCarthy, UNSW
After analysing posts from 100,000 Twitter users, our research used big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to reveal the hidden personality traits underpinning thousands of jobs.
|
|
| |
Featured jobs
|
|
|
Featured events
|
|
Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Kolling Auditorium, Level 5, Building 6, Royal North Shore Hospital, 10 Westbourne Street , St Leonards, New South Wales, 2064, Australia — University of Sydney
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
