FPTPEC David Ménascé of Archipel&Co spoke with Thomas Ricolfi of AXA Climate Advisory to unpack what resilience and food sovereignty really mean, particularly for the Asia-Pacific region. During the conversation, Ricolfi described food resilience as the capacity of food systems to absorb shocks through diversification, made urgent by the accelerating pace of climate change. He distinguished resilience from sovereignty, which is a policy choice concerning how governments manage their dependencies within food supply chains which can encompass maintaining control over key elements of food supply chains, including trade, logistics, and procurement arrangements. He illustrates this with Japan and the Gulf economies. Japan imports roughly 60% of the calories it consumes — corn, soybeans,...