8th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum Resilience of Food Systems Outlook

This document provides a regional outlook on strengthening the resilience of food systems in Asia and the Pacific in the context of escalating climate-related, socio-economic, and environmental shocks. It outlines the current status of food systems resilience, highlighting widespread vulnerability due to climate change, disasters, and structural pressures affecting production, access, and nutrition. The document frames resilience through five enabling areas: policy and governance, planning and programming, science and assessment, technologies and practices, and finance and investment. It systematically identifies key barriers within each area and presents opportunities for coordinated, transformative action by governments and stakeholders.