The project ‘Loss and damage from climate change – agriculture sector readiness’ aims to support five countries in the Asia-Pacific region to implement priority actions to address climate-related loss and damage in agri-food systems and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacities to climate-related hazards and natural disasters (SDG target 13.1). Sector ‘readiness’ is sought to be strengthened specifically in relation to the newly established Fund for responding to Loss and Damage . The project aims to do so by equipping participating governments and stakeholders from Nepal, the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia and Timor-Leste with capacities to address climate-related loss and damage in agri-food systems, including through improved sectoral information systems and enhanced capacity for sectoral engagement. Interventions in these areas aim to enable  sectoral access to  newly established technical and financial assistance mechanisms, including the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) and the Santiago Network.