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Climate change is the least of my worries: stress limitations on adaptive capacity

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posted on 2023-05-18, 22:16 authored by Aysha FlemingAysha Fleming, Dowd, AM, Gaillard, E, Park, S, Howden, SM
The wine industry in southern Australia faces potential threats from climate change. This article examines how grape growers in this region perceive and prioritize climate change adaptation as an issue for their industry. Analysis of a survey of 50 growers reveals themes contributing to stress and worry overshadow planning for climate change. Growers are constrained by current economic, social and environmental stresses, not climate change. We relate these findings and the literature on stress to the adaptive capacity and general wellbeing of individual farmers. Projected future climate change means stress in the farming community is likely to worsen and practitioners working with farmers need to recognize the complex causes of stress, in addition to the practical need to facilitate climate change adaptation. A useful approach is to understand both the types and causes of stress, and the way individuals cope

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Publication title

Rural Society

Volume

24

Pagination

24-41

ISSN

1037-1656

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Social impacts of climate change and variability

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