Facing the wave of change: stakeholder perspectives on climate adaptation for Australian seafood supply chains

Lim-Camacho, Lilly; Hobday, Alistair J.; Bustamante, Rodrigo H.; Farmery, Anna K; Fleming, Aysha; Frusher, SD; Green, Bridget S.; Norman-López, Ana; Pecl, Gretta T.; Plagányi, Éva E.; Schrobback, Peggy; Thébaud, Olivier; Thomas, Linda; Putten, Ingrid van

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“…Various studies have so far examined climate risks for firms, which are linked to potential climatic impacts on firms, on their supply chain network and on their political, economic and natural environment [1,2,4,5,8,[14][15][16]. Thus, it has been argued that climate change may influence businesses in various ways, for example by affecting the reliability of transportation or of water and energy supply, by affecting work productivity, or by inducing changes in political and economic framework conditions [1].…”

Section: The Relevance Of Strategic Adaptations For Manufacturing Firmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, it has been repeatedly argued that the effects of hazardous impacts of climate change can ripple throughout supply chains [1,4,5,8]. In fact, various options of developing cross-tier risk management exist, such as conducting risk audits among suppliers or supporting vulnerable suppliers in increasing their resilience [59][60][61].…”

Section: Managers' Adaptive Agency With Regard To Cross-tier Dependenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, it has been argued that climate change can induce various risks for firms, which arise from potential climatic impacts on the firm, on its supply chain network and on its political, economic and natural environment [1][2][3][4][5]. However, data from initial firm surveys on climate adaptation suggest that only a minority of managers is engaging their firms…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Difficulty of Climate Change Adaptation in Manufacturing Firms: Developing an Action-Theoretical Perspective on the Causality of Adaptive Inaction

Meinel

Schüle

2018

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Climate change induces various risks for supply chains of manufacturing firms. However, surveys have suggested that only a minority of firms conducts strategic adaptations, which we define as anticipatory and target-oriented action with the purpose of increasing resilience to climate change. While several barrier-centered studies have investigated the causality of non-adaptation in industry, the examined barriers are often not problem-specific. Furthermore, it has been shown that even in cases when managers perceive no barriers to adaptation at all, strategic adaptations may still not be conducted. On this background, the present analysis focuses on the logic of adaptive inaction, which we conceive, in particular, as inaction with regard to strategic adaptations. Adopting an action-theoretical perspective, the study examines (a) which aspects may shape the rationality of adaptive inaction among managers, (b) which more condensed challenges of conducting strategic adaptations emerge for managers, and (c) how the theoretical propositions can be tested. For this purpose, the study employs an exploratory approach. Thus, hypotheses on such aspects are explored, which may shape the rationality of adaptive inaction among managers. Subsequently, predictions are inferred from the theoretical propositions, which allow testing their empirical relevance. Methodologically, the hypotheses are explored by reexamining existing explanatory approaches from literature based on a set of pretheoretical assumptions, which include notions of bounded rationality. As a result, the study proposes 13 aspects which may constrain managers in conducting adaptations in such a way, which serves the economic utility of the firm. By condensing these aspects, 4 major challenges for managers are suggested: the challenges of (a) conducting long-term adaptations, of (b) conducting adaptations at an early point in time, of (c) conducting adaptations despite uncertain effects of the measures, and of (d) conducting adaptations despite cross-tier dependencies in supply chains. Finally, the study shows how the propositions can be tested and outlines a research agenda based on the developed theoretical suggestions.

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Section: Managers' Adaptive Agency With Regard To Cross-tier Dependenmentioning

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2018

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“…Linnenluecke and colleagues (2013) provide a useful review of the extant literature in this field. It has been noted that few studies to date have applied a supply chain perspective in their analyses (Lim-Camacho et al, 2015).…”

Section: Responses To Emerging Climate Risks In Australian Agri-food mentioning

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“…In Australia, responses to climate change have been studied in the sheep/beef, grains, horticulture, and peanut industries , Marshall et al, 2014, Milne et al, 2008, WIDCORP, 2009, though the wine and seafood sectors have received the most attention , Galbreath, 2011, Galbreath, 2014 most actively pursuing climate adaptations are those that have directly experienced an increase in climate impacts, such as drought or extreme weather events , Galbreath, 2011, Lim-Camacho et al, 2015, Marshall et al, 2014, Park et al, 2012.…”

Section: Responses To Emerging Climate Risks In Australian Agri-food mentioning

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Cultivating climate change resilience in agri-food systems: responses to natural disasters and emerging climate risks in Queensland’s fresh produce supply chains

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Over the last decade, Australia has experienced several severe natural disasters which have caused significant disruptions to its agri-food supply chains. Global climate change is driving an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events that can lead to natural disasters. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that climate change -and extreme weather events, in particular -pose significant threats to food security. While much food security research focusses on developing nations, contemporary, supermarket-based food systems have a number of characteristics that make them highly vulnerable to disruptions from extreme weather events. The experience of recent disasters and projections of on-going climate change suggest that Australia's food systems are facing escalating climate risks to which they must adapt.This thesis considers how the agri-food supply chains that underpin Australia's food system are enabled or constrained to cope with emerging climate risks and, in particular, to a more rapid recurrence of damaging weather events. In this thesis, supply chains are The results of the study demonstrate that the impacts of recent natural disasters were unevenly distributed within the supply chain. Upstream segments of the chain (that is, business involved in vegetable production, packing and transport) experienced more significant impacts and longer recovery periods than downstream segments (such as wholesalers and retailers). The study finds that this is strongly linked to an uneven distribution of vulnerability to risks in the chain which, combined with the rapid recurrence of disaster events, has weakened the fresh produce supply system.ii The study provides important insights into perceptions, and social constructions, of recent weather events and climate risks amongst actors within fresh produce supply chainsaddressing a significant gap in the literature. The results suggest that a shared narrative about Australia's highly variable climate strongly influences a collective construction amongst supply chain actors which normalises and attenuates climate risk. The study finds, however, that recent extreme weather events have unsettled this dominant construct. Perceptions of future climate risks amongst supply chain actors were varied.Those strongly influenced by the climate variability narrative did not expect future risks to be much different from those experienced in the past. A smaller number of research participants, however, were concerned that climate risks may be escalating and that this may require changes to how those risks were managed.The study found two strongly contrasting approaches to the governance of climate risk in fresh produce supply chains. The findings demonstrate that, typically, climate risks are governed in highly individualised ways but that the emergence of new supply chain intermediaries is facilitating a more collective approach to climate risk governance in some chains. The research also shows that recent recurrent floods have catalysed...

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A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?

2019

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Studies exploring climate change adaptation in the private sector have seldom investigated the effect of business network interactions on climate vulnerability and adaptation outcomes. This paper proposes a novel theoretical framework to explore how business-network dynamics affect risk perceptions and adaptive behaviours in business firms. The framework is empirically grounded in a comparative analysis of business-network dynamics from three agricultural value chains in Jamaica that are vulnerable to climate change impacts. The results illustrate how the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of value chain actors are influenced by business interdependencies and interfirm relationships. We find that the level of formality of business exchanges (contractual or noncontractual), the level of resource interdependency, and the ability to diversify access channels to critical resources can influence the propagation of climate-related risks and influence actors' exposure and sensitivity to those risks. The study also offers evidence of the role played by bonding and bridging relational ties on adaptive capacity. The framework and findings provide a foundation for a new research agenda exploring a relational view of firm adaptation strategy in response to climate risks.

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Facing the wave of change: stakeholder perspectives on climate adaptation for Australian seafood supply chains

Cited by 41 publications

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The Difficulty of Climate Change Adaptation in Manufacturing Firms: Developing an Action-Theoretical Perspective on the Causality of Adaptive Inaction

The Difficulty of Climate Change Adaptation in Manufacturing Firms: Developing an Action-Theoretical Perspective on the Causality of Adaptive Inaction

Cultivating climate change resilience in agri-food systems: responses to natural disasters and emerging climate risks in Queensland’s fresh produce supply chains

A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?

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