Climate change and increased climate variability will present a number of challenges for horticulture and natural resource management in Australia over the next 30 to 50 years. Growers and communities will need to make decisions that increase resilience, allow for adaptation and seek approaches for mitigating greenhouse gases. This requires R&D that promotes innovation in science, tools development and policy development.

HAL, in partnership with industry, is implementing the Horticulture Climate Initiative – an across-horticulture response to this high profile topic. The Initiative aims to leverage relationships and utilise existing networks to assess the implications and identify potential research, development and extension priorities to respond to the threat of climate change.

• Horticulture in a Changing Climate
• The Value of Horticulture
• Implications of Climate Change
• Responding to Climate Change
• HAL Environment Portfolio
• Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan
• Climate Research Programs
• Climate Tools