Food security under climatic extremes in the Asia-Pacific region
Climate-related extreme events are exerting significant pressure on food security in the Asia-Pacific Region, home to over half of the world’s population. China, Thailand, Vietnam, and many Southeast Asian countries are major producers and exporters of food globally. Recent climatic extremes associated with El Niño have caused significant crop losses, further compounded by war and trade embargoes that threaten food security. To address these challenges, four measures are essential: (i) Taking action on climate adaptation; (ii) Coordinated, rules-based regional food-aid mechanisms; (iii) Protecting domestic production and conserving soils, and (iv) Advancing zero-carbon farming practices. Together, these strategies are necessary to sustain future food security in the region.
Authors
- Faith Ka Shun Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-6596)
- Juanle Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-0813)
- Matthew F. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1336-5490)
- Jiayu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-4178)
- Yong‐Guan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-8482)
- Wei‐Qiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7686-2331)
- Jiannan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6909-0284)
- Yating Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6651-9065)
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Nottingham Ningbo China (CN)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Asia University (JP)
- Institute of Urban Environment (CN)
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (CN)
- Intelligent Health (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Climate Action
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00316-4
- Primary Topic
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Xi'an Eurasia University
- National University of Mongolia
- Mongolian Foundation for Science and Technology
- University of Leeds
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province