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The Technical Workshop on Cross Linkages among Food System Actors and Aligning Food Systems in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) was convened from November 25–26, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the Crop Trust, and the UNFCCC RCC Asia-Pacific...

Lao PDR is at a pivotal moment in its development trajectory. As a least developed country (LDC) on track to graduate by 2026, its food systems face increasing pressure from climate change, structural transformation, and resource constraints. Agriculture remains central to livelihoods, food security, and poverty reduction, employing nearly three...

Viet Nam stands at a critical juncture. Its status as a global agricultural powerhouse faces an escalating threat from climate change. This case study outlines the strategic integration of food systems into Viet Nam’s National Adaptation Plans (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), emphasizing the pivotal role of genebanks and seed...

This is a guidebook for the "City-to-City Collaboration for Zero Carbon Society" program (C3P) developed by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan since fiscal 2013. This publication is intended for potential stakeholders of the C3P, including local governments and private companies in Japan and abroad.

This brochure introduces the outline and ongoing 25 projects of the City-to-City Collaboration for Zero-Carbon Society Program (C3P) by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.

Agrifood systems in Asia-Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, facing risks from floods, droughts, and shifting weather patterns, while also contributing to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, the sector offers enormous potential for adaptation and mitigation through climate-smart practices, innovative...

This book deals with reclamation of abandoned mines and carbon capture neutralization. It discusses various mining technologies particularly in the treatment of chemicals in waste water and bacterial issues especially in acid mines drainage and reclamation of abandoned mines. The focus being on gold mines, the book looks at treatments from a...

Sustainable use of biodiversity in the Sundarbans- the world’s largest mangrove forest shared between Bangladesh and India has become increasingly complex due to rising climatic and livelihood pressures. There has been a general agreement that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is key to supporting ecosystem services (ES) and community...

Global food security is increasingly shaped by the convergence of climate change, water scarcity, energy transitions, and evolving food systems, creating complex and interdependent risks that cannot be addressed in isolation. This paper highlights the urgent need for integrated, systems-based approaches to understand and manage these interconnected...

The term “transformative change” has evolved into a one-stop-shop concept in sustainability circles. In peer-reviewed journals in the fields of environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and earth and planetary sciences, it appeared only 75 times prior to 2010, but 1,012 times from 2010 to 2019, and 3,534 times in just the first...