Challenges
There are six challenges we are assisting the nation to overcome, and turn to Australia's unique advantage:
-
Food Security and Quality: Achieve sustainable regional food security and grow Australia's share of premium AgriFood markets.
-
Health and Wellbeing: Help enhance health for all through preventative, personalised, biomedical and digital health services.
-
Resilient and Valuable Environments: Enhancing the resilience, sustainable use and value of our environments, including by mitigating and adapting the impacts of climate and global change.
-
Sustainable Energy and Resources: Build regional energy and resource security and our competitiveness while lowering emissions.
-
Future Industries: Help create Australia's future industries and jobs by collaborating to boost innovation performance and STEM skills.
-
A Secure Australia and Region: Help safeguard Australia from risks (war, terrorism, regional instability, pandemics, biosecurity, disasters and cyber attacks).
The challenges were identified through analysis of our own trend modelling and forecasting, including the Australian National Outlook report, engagement with our partners in industry, government and academia, and a review of Australian and international priorities (including the Australian Science and Research Priorities and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals).
To assist Australia in responding to the challenges, CSIRO will work with the government, universities, industry and the community on a new missions program to bolster Australia’s COVID-19 recovery and build long term resilience.
The program of large scale, major scientific and collaborative research initiatives, will be aimed at solving some of Australia’s greatest challenges, focused on outcomes that lead to positive impact, new jobs and economic growth.