Summary

This session showcased leading efforts to define a climate security approach in the Asia Pacific from the Asia Pacific Climate Security research project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The project aims to provide an integrated view of climate security. Focusing on food security, human mobility and interconnectedness, this session addressed the triple planetary crisis. Three presentations were given during the session. The first, on food security, emphasised the integration of land tenure, climate change and food security, highlighting their critical importance for sustainable development in Asia. It was noted that climate change exacerbates food insecurity and impacts smallholder farms. Community-based land management was suggested to enhance land rights, agricultural sustainability and climate risk mitigation. The second presentation, regarding human mobility, discussed factors influencing habitat preferences for environmental migrants in coastal Bangladesh. A case study involving 408 households revealed that slum migrants had lower well-being than rural migrants due to income and resource access differences. The third presentation, also on human mobility, focused on Fiji and emphasised the need to integrate climate science with policy, stressing the importance of multi-level governance and international coordination. Fiji's comprehensive policy package on planned relocation was highlighted as a notable example.