Climate change, including its implications for food security, has become a major global and
regional issue. In the Gms context, two aspects need to be highlighted: the push to take action on climate change mitigation, including control-ling greenhouse gas emissions and rewarding carbon sinks, and the increasingly likely need to adapt to climate change. The push toward mitiga-tion will raise the value of the Gms countries’ still ample stock of forest resources, while the need for adaptation will raise the value of commodi-
ties that make intensive use of scarce factors of production, such as water. Gms countries need to understand how to unlock the potential future value added of these natural resources through appropriate agriculture, human resources, and infrastructure development. In addition to effec -tive global responses to climate change issues,
greater efforts at the regional and subregional levels are also necessary.