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Building resilience in agrifood systems across Southeast Asia

Flows of adaptation and resilience capital is constrained by the complex nature of climate risks, poor quality data and market fragmentation.

Our work addresses these challenges through locally led, technology-enabled, blended finance solutions. Our nature-based approach directly supports regenerative agribusinesses and builds resilience in frontier markets.

OUR APPROACH

Adaptation Asia is working at the intersection of smallholder agriculture, climate adaptation and resilience in Southeast Asia.

Smallholder Farming

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Coastal Communities

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Our Supporters

We are backed by leading climate finance, impact and entrepreneurship programmes

Closing the climate adaptation finance gap

Our team has deep experience of inclusive finance, climate adaptation, and impact investment across Southeast Asia.

ABOUT US
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Frequently asked questions

  • Adaptation Asia is Asia's first investment advisory firm working at the intersection of smallholder agriculture, climate adaptation and resilience.

    Our goal is to transform climate adaptation and resilience across Southeast Asia’s agriculture sector, which accounts for 40% of the region's current GDP.

  • 35% of Southeast Asia's total GDP is at risk from climate change by 2050. However, climate adaptation finance accounts for only 12% ($3.4bn) of annual climate finance flows to the region.

    As an example, smallholder farmers (a key stakeholder in the agriculture sector) need $100bn annually, yet current financial flows meet less than a third of this demand.

  • There is an emerging investment case for the economic, social and environmental benefits of climate adaptation finance.

    Research by the World Resources Institute suggests that for every USD 1 invested into adaptation, there are USD 10.5 in benefits across a 10-year period.

    Despite this, investment in climate adaptation is still restricted by complex climate risks, poor quality data, and low visibility of financial returns, and few investors have developed a tailored adaptation and resilience approach.

  • The Panra Fund will be a world-first blended adaptation fund combining revenue-based lending with embedded Resilience Assets. These assets are high-integrity, verified nature-based units that value biodiversity, resilience and community outcomes. Developed with our partner TerrAvant, the fund channels the majority of Resilience Asset revenues directly to farmers, making the first investments of their kind in Asia.

    The Panra Fund targets agribusinesses in six Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

  • Our team has deep experience in Southeast Asia, agricultural investment and nature-based financing.

    You can find out more about our team on our About page.

  • We are founded and based in the UK, with an in-country presence in Southeast Asia.

  • To learn more about Adaptation Asia, you can contact our founder, Ben Warren, by email at bwarren@adaptation.asia.