Tracking climate resiliency actions in national strategies: a policy and investment framework and application to Myanmar

Achieving the goal of climate resiliency of food systems is increasingly recognized by the global development community. Yet operationalizing such a goal remains a challenge at national-level policy systems. In this paper, develop a policy and investment framework that can help in tracking climate-resilient actions as part of the development of national-level policies and strategies. Apply this framework to Myanmar’s recently developed and launched Agricultural Development Strategy. Argue that such frameworks are an essential part of developing local capacities to translating climate resilience strategies in the national action and investment plans. Finally, demonstrate how a food-systems approach could help identify a set of multidimensional drivers at the underlying, intermediate, and immediate levels for decision making and coordination of actions at various levels.