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Hanoi, Viet Nam, 26 March 2025
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No results found.Countries in Asia and the Pacific are working to mobilize innovative finance for sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture. At the same time, smallholder farmers remain highly vulnerable to climate change impacts and face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Green bonds offer a promising tool to accelerate investment and target proceeds to small-scale producers and agri-SMEs for adopting climate-smart practices and technologies at scale, as needed to implement national climate action plans and agricultural priorities. This report summarizes outcomes of a high-level Regional Knowledge Exchange hosted by FAO with support from Viet Nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in collaboration with the Climate Bonds Initiative. Held in Hanoi, the exchange convened agricultural policymakers, financial institutions and development partners to share experiences and co-develop pathways for leveraging green bonds in agriculture. Case studies from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam highlighted opportunities to align green bond issuances with national and regional objectives. Working sessions applied new Agriculture Criteria to green bond frameworks and identified use of proceeds targeting smallholder farmers and agri-SMEs. Participants also addressed key challenges in developing green bonds and capacity strengthening needs across financial institutions and agricultural value chains. The exchange concluded with a shared commitment to regional collaboration, including advancement of an ASEAN Green Bond for Sustainable Agriculture—an emerging initiative to drive climate-resilient investment across the region’s food systems. -
DocumentOther documentThe transformation to a sustainable, high-quality, and low-emission rice sector in Viet Nam: Participatory workshop on climate actions and resilience
Workshop report, Can Tho City, Viet Nam, 29–30 August 2024
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No results found.The Mekong River Delta, Viet Nam's primary rice production region, confronts intensifying climate challenges that threaten both agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability. This report documents outcomes from the national event "The transformation to a sustainable, high-quality, and low-emission rice sector in Viet Nam: Participatory workshop on climate actions and resilience" that examined strategic approaches for transforming rice cultivation systems toward high-value, low-emission practices aligned with national green growth objectives. The document outlines a comprehensive investment framework targeting sustainable water management and climate-smart rice production across one million hectares in the delta. The proposed initiative integrates four complementary elements: climate-resilient cultivation techniques, irrigation infrastructure modernization, strengthened market linkages for premium rice varieties, and knowledge transfer mechanisms to support adoption. By applying climate foresight methodology, stakeholders identified context-specific interventions that address projected changes in temperature patterns, water availability, and soil conditions. Part of the Agriculture Sector Readiness project for enhanced climate finance in Southeast Asia, this workshop demonstrates how strategic climate investments can simultaneously enhance production quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve farmer livelihoods in vulnerable rice-producing regions of the Mekong Delta. -
DocumentOther documentEnvisioning sustainable agricultural futures in Malaysia: National participatory workshop on climate actions and resilience
Workshop report, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 4-6 December 2024
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No results found.Malaysia's agrifood systems face mounting challenges from climate change, requiring strategic transformation toward resilience while maintaining food security and economic stability. This report documents outcomes from the "Envisioning sustainable agricultural futures in Malaysia" national participatory workshop, which established a vision for the country to embrace sustainable, resilient, and climate-smart agriculture ensuring access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food for all. The workshop identified six key drivers of change affecting agricultural transformation: climate change, food prices, geopolitical instability, consumption patterns, population dynamics, and emerging uncertainties. Through collaborative stakeholder engagement involving multiple key institutions, four strategic project concepts were developed to address these challenges: an agroecological transformation initiative, utilization of genetic resources and emerging technologies to enhance rice farming resilience, biodiversity conservation for climate adaptation, and modernized climate information systems for agriculture. The document outlines how these initiatives align with Malaysia's climate commitments while providing practical implementation pathways. Part of the Agriculture Sector Readiness project for enhanced climate finance in Southeast Asia, this workshop demonstrates how targeted climate-smart agricultural investments can simultaneously address decarbonization goals, enhance food security, and build systemic resilience in national agrifood systems facing climate uncertainties.
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2025While some progress and recovery have been made in recent years, the world is still above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels and far from eradicating hunger and food insecurity by 2030 (SDG Target 2.1). Similarly, despite some progress in the global nutrition targets, the world is not on track to achieve SDG Target 2.2. Among other factors, persistent food price inflation has slowed this momentum.The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 highlights how elevated inflation in many countries has undermined purchasing power and, especially among low-income populations, access to healthy diets. The report documents how high food price inflation is associated with increases in food insecurity and child malnutrition. Vulnerable groups, including low-income households, women, and rural communities, can be particularly affected by food price inflation, risking setbacks in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.In response to these challenges and to prevent future price shocks, the report examines policy measures adopted by countries, and outlines what is necessary going forwards. It stresses the importance of coherent implementation of fiscal and monetary policies to stabilize markets, promote open and resilient trade, and protect vulnerable populations. Additionally, it calls for better data systems and sustained investment in resilient agrifood systems to build long-term food security and nutrition. These coordinated actions are vital to reignite progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. -
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FAO's work to tackle the climate crisis
2023Amid a worsening climate crisis and slow progress in cutting greenhouse gases, sustainable agrifood systems practices can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience and mitigate emissions, ensuring food security and nutrition for a growing global population. FAO is working with countries and partners from government to community level to simultaneously address the challenges of food security, climate change and biodiversity loss.But none of this will ultimately succeed unless the world commits to a significant increase in the quality and quantity of climate finance.