CRiSTAL food security 2.0 user’s manual: community-based risk screening tool - adaptation and livelihoods focus on food system resilience

This document addresses the drivers of food insecurity at the local level caused by climate change. It argues that climate change adaptation strategies should focus more on making food production more resilient, they should also be considered as possible entry points for resilience actions within the entire food system, and risks to that system, that allow communities to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food. The paper highlights that this approach can help identify the most effective and efficient actions to ensure food security in the context of climate variability and change and will help to develop actions that strengthen the climate resilience of food systems and to identify indicators that measure changes in resilience over time.