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Climate change is impacting the oceans around Australia with significant warming of ocean temperatures, observed on both the east and west coasts. The response of wild fisheries and aquaculture sectors to climate change is an area of active investigation; however, the species and environment have received most attention. Supply chains are representations of the range of activities involved from the point of conception of a product, through different production phases, to final consumption. To guide performance improvements that might lead to increased growth, supply chains were examined using life cycle assessment (LCA). Standard economic theory predicts that as supply falls, prices will increase. Growth and profitability of seafood sectors can be enhanced if shocks to the production system are reduced. Economic analyses showed the influence of market factors on the price and profit adaptation options for selected sectors.

With projected climatic changes it is expected that refugees and other forced migrants will increasingly spend protracted amounts of time in transit countries or will resettle in locations that experience ecological vulnerability. A submission to the Queensland Floods Commission Inquiry 2011 by MDA reported that the floods displaced about 70 refugee client families and that 30 families had ongoing complex needs at the time of the submission. The findings reported in this chapter are derived from a follow-up of a cohort of men from refugee backgrounds who participated in the 2008–10 SettleMEN project. The chapter provides an insight into the experiences of refugee migrants who experience environmental disaster in a site of settlement