In the context of accelerating climate change and increasing pressure on natural resources, agriculture needs to rethink its operating models to ensure both sustainability and long-term stability. The circular economy (CE) is increasingly invoked as a possible solution, but its concrete contribution to the climate resilience of agricultural systems remains insufficiently integrated and often assessed in a fragmented manner. This study aims to analyze the role of circular strategies in strengthening the climate resilience of agriculture, through a systemic approach based on multiple indicators. The methodology is based on a structured and comparative analysis of recent scientific literature, complemented by a bibliometric and co-occurrence analysis of keywords, in order to identify the main research directions and evaluation methods used. The analyzed indicators cover dimensions related to soil, water, crop performance, energy and socio-economic resilience of farms. The results suggest that circular economy strategies may contribute to climate resilience through cumulative, and context-dependent effects, including improvements in soil quality, resource-use efficiency, and reduced dependence on external inputs. However, evidence regarding direct impacts on production stability and adaptive capacity remains heterogeneous and often indirect. The study contributes by proposing an integrated conceptual framework that highlights the systemic nature of climate resilience and its links to decarbonization pathways, providing a basis for future empirical research and policy development.

Climate change and increasing pressure on natural resources highlight the limitations of the predominantly linear economic model of production and consumption, and the need for more integrated sustainable approaches. Circular economy (CE) strategies offer a potential alternative, contributing to reduction of emissions and resource conservation, while increasing the resilience of systems to climate shocks. This review examines the relationship between CE, emission reduction, resource efficiency, and climate resilience. A bibliometric analysis was first conducted for the initial subset of reviewed articles obtained from the Web of Science (WoS), following particularly predesigned criteria for inclusion and exclusion, to establish the main conceptual and thematic structures in the literature. Across the 72 studies included in the final review, sectors such as construction, energy, and waste management emerged as prominent application fields, with strategies like reuse, recycling, industrial symbiosis, and product as a service among frequently investigated strategies. The contribution of CE to climate resilience in the current review remains limited. Resilience, however, is often harder to measure and less well-documented. To address this gap, an integrated framework is proposed that brings together indicators of emissions reduction, resource saving, and climate resilience, allowing potential synergies and trade-offs among these dimensions. The findings further highlight the need to move from isolated assessment towards a more systematic interconnected assessment.