The workshop on Fostering engagement of the agri-food sector in resilience to climate change took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 29-31 October 2018. It was organized jointly by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the UNFCCC secretariat, under the guidance of the AC, and with support from the Governments of Germany and Japan as well as the European Commission.The workshop underscored the vital importance of engaging the private sector in adaptation efforts, and the disproportionate vulnerability of certain private sector actors—in particular SMEs—to the impacts of climate change. It also found that there is a clear business case for adaptation but found that awareness as well as support for assessing and implementing adaptation measures is still at a low level.  Further, workshop participants emphasized that the private sector does not operate in a vacuum, but rather that their adaptive capacity is closely tied to an enabling political and regulatory environment.