Climate actions and resilience for the agriculture sectors in the Philippines: National participatory foresight workshop
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The Philippines confronts complex agricultural challenges requiring integrated solutions that balance climate resilience, food security, and sustainable development across diverse agro-ecological zones. This report analyses outcomes from the "Climate actions and resilience for the agriculture sectors in the Philippines: National participatory foresight workshop," which established a shared vision of cultivated resilience in a food-secure and climate-ready nation. Through systematic climate foresight planning, stakeholders identified five primary drivers shaping agricultural transformation: persistent inequalities, advancing innovation and science, public investment patterns, natural resource scarcity and degradation, and climate variability. The collaborative process generated four strategic initiatives: nature-based solutions for climate-responsive communities that preserve indigenous knowledge systems, a comprehensive program targeting 1,000 climate-resilient municipalities across 100 critical watersheds, adoption of location-specific climate-resilient aquaculture technologies for vulnerable fisherfolk communities, and systemic transformation toward low-carbon agri-fisheries food systems, including carbon credit mechanisms tailored to Philippine contexts. These proposals emphasize inclusive value chain development, enhanced access to climate finance, and community-centred adaptation approaches. Part of the Agriculture Sector Readiness project for enhanced climate finance in Southeast Asia, this process demonstrates innovative approaches to designing transformative climate investments that address social equity, environmental sustainability, and economic development simultaneously across the Philippines.