Even though the world is waming, you still need your groceries

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ost Australians believe climate change is happening, even if they don’t all believe it’s caused by human activity.

"Buying groceries in a warming world".

But they’re sometimes at a loss to know what their consumer choices should be in adapting to a warming world. And an inevitable range of competing demands means many consumers will, either through choice or necessity put other factors ahead of climate.

A research team at CSIRO, led by Dr Lilly Lim-Camacho, have looked at how people prioritise climate change adaptation, both as a social issue and as an influence on their consumption and purchasing of food products.

Read the report here: “Buying the groceries in a warming world”.