About us

The ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) is a platform for regional exchange, particularly for sharing information, experiences, and expertise on climate smart agriculture (CSA). Since its establishment in 2014, the ASEAN-CRN has successfully and vigorously launched activities that aimed to ensure adaptation of the agriculture sector to climate change, and optimise its mitigation potential.

Studies and Policy Documents
Studies and Policy Documents of ASEAN-CRN.

Our Work Areas

Background

Agriculture and food security are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. As a region that strongly relies on agriculture and natural resources, addressing climate change impacts to ensure food security for a growing population is a common challenge faced by member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Realizing the need for regional cooperation on agriculture and food security under climate change, the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and Development (ATWGARD) initiated a project on the Promotion of Climate Resilience in Rice and Other Crops. This initiative by Thailand laid the foundation for the formation of the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (CRN).

Profile

The ASEAN-CRN is established to ensure that ASEAN member states (AMS) are in a better position to adapt their agricultural sector to climate change and optimize its mitigation potential. The network promotes climate resiliency through exchange of information, expertise, and experiences on CSA amongst AMS. By providing a dialogue platform on CSA in the region, the ASEAN-CRN links policy makers to scientific institutions, universities, national research institutions in agriculture, and international organizations.

Since its formation, the ASEAN-CRN has significantly advanced the agenda of agriculture and climate change in ASEAN. The intensified cooperation on the topic resulted in:

  • National studies assessing the vulnerability of food crops as well as existing practices and efforts to promote resilience in participating member states.
  • Documentation of results in seven national studies for each of the participating AMS and combined in the book on Promotion of Resilience for Food Security in ASEAN.
  • Prioritization of CSA practices for regional cooperation as documented in the book on Promotion of Climate Resilience for Food Security in ASEAN.
  • Endorsement by ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) of the ASEAN Regional Guidelines for Promoting CSA Practice.
  • Collaborative development of project proposals to access climate funds for the scaling-up of CSA in the region.
  • Technical submissions on topics related to agriculture and to climate change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • Formation of the ASEAN Negotiation Group for Agriculture (ANGA), endorsed by AMAF.
ASEAN-CRN Profile Video, 2016

Way Forward

The ASEAN-CRN advances the implementation of the ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture Practices which formalize the exchange of knowledge and information on CSA practices to enhance climate resilience and improve agricultural productivity in ASEAN. The areas for regional cooperation include:

  • ASEAN Policy Briefs, Joint Statements and Protocols on Promotion of CSA
  • Exchange of knowledge, and technical assistance and capacity building via south-south collaboration amongst member states
  • The promotion of linkages and development of partnerships
  • Identification and supporting the access to sustainable financing sources
  • Regional coordinating structures for steering, monitoring & evaluating the ASEAN-CRN and its efforts to scale up CSA practices

Partners

The ASEAN-CRN is being supported by the former Climate Smart Land Use in ASEAN (CSLU)  project and continue under the Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in ASEAN  (ASEAN AgriTrade), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in close cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and UN FAO Regional Asia Pacific Office.

The CSLU project builds on the successes of the preceding project on Forest and Climate Change (FOR-CC) under the former ASEAN-German Programme on Response to Climate Change (GAP-CC).

Download: Brochure Climate Smart Land Use in ASEAN (CSLU) 2019

ASEAN-CRN photos activities 2014-2018

Implementation Partners

The ASEAN-CRN membership is composed of focal points to the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and Development (ATWGARD):

Logo Brunei Department of Agriculture and Agrifood
Brunei Department of Agriculture and Agrifood
Logo of Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)
Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)
Logo of Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Logo of Laos National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
Laos National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
Logo of Phillipines Department of Agriculture
Phillipines Department of Agriculture
Logo of Thailand Department of Agriculture
Thailand Department of Agriculture
Logo of Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Logo of Singapore Food Agency
Singapore Food Agency

Focal points of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops and the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change are also part of the network.

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