By 2030, climate change is likely to have implications for the Australian wool industry,
principally through effects on forage and water resources, land carrying capacity and
sustainability, animal health, and competition with other sectors, in particular cropping. The
nature and scale of these impacts will vary between the wool growing regions, depending
on the manifestation of the climate change. The growth and quality of pasture and fodder
crops may be affected by changes in rainfall amounts and variability as well as higher CO2 …