Southeast Asia’s food, agriculture, and land use (FALU) sector accounts for 54% of the region’s total greenhouse gas emissions—more than twice the global average. This new, landmark study reveals exactly where targeted interventions could dramatically reduce these emissions, while protecting livelihoods and ecosystems.
Commissioned by APC members and conducted by Project Drawdown, one of the world’s leading climate research institutes, this first-of-its-kind research synthesizes fragmented data from hundreds of sources to comprehensively map FALU emissions down to the provincial level across SEA.
The key findings are striking: focusing interventions on strategic hotspots can yield outsized impact—such as how protecting 20% of the region’s most carbon-dense forests could deliver 83% of potential carbon savings, with similar patterns emerging across rice cultivation and fertiliser management.
Food systems make up 34% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, yet receive only 3% of global climate funding. This research identifies solutions and key areas where interventions could provide the greatest impact in fighting climate change—while boosting farmer incomes, strengthening food security, and building ecosystem resilience, proving reducing emissions and community well-being go hand-in-hand.
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