FOCUS AREAS
Accelerating Asia's transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future
CLIMATE MITIGATION
Accelerating climate action and inclusive growth in Asia
Asia stands at the epicenter of the global climate crisis—responsible for nearly half of global emissions while also being the most climate-vulnerable region. Rapid industrialisation has powered economic growth across Asia, but it has also locked economies into carbon-intensive energy systems and industrial models—creating an urgent imperative to accelerate mitigation and transition pathways.
AVPN drives regional action to accelerate climate mitigation and inclusive growth across Asia. We enable and work to strengthen local institutions, scale people-centred climate transition models and foster collaborative action that aligns to create clean growth pathways to support sustainable economic development. Through implementation-focused initiatives, we catalyse transitions that drive systemic shifts required for a low-carbon, resilient, and inclusive future for Asia.
Accelerating Green Growth and the Co-Benefits associated with it:
Agriculture & Land Use
Promoting climate-smart agriculture, nature-based solutions, water stewardship, and resilient value chains that improve livelihoods while reducing emissions.
Industry & Manufacturing
Supporting MSMEs and industrial clusters to adopt clean technologies, renewable energy, and circular manufacturing by addressing financing barriers and mobilising catalytic capital for a just and competitive transition.
Power & Energy Systems
Accelerating renewable energy, grid modernisation, distributed energy solutions, and energy-efficient buildings to enable a reliable and low-carbon energy system.
Transport & Mobility
Advancing low-carbon mobility through electrification, clean logistics, modal shifts, and sustainable urban transport.
CLIMATE ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE
Building resilience for communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure
Strengthening the resilience of communities, ecosystems, and critical infrastructure by advancing nature-based solutions, water security, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation planning, and resilient urban and rural systems.
Lighthouse
Advancing integrated climate and health solutions across Asia by mobilising catalytic capital, strengthening local capabilities, and connecting funders, governments, innovators, and ecosystem partners to build healthier, more climate-resilient communities.
Climate & Gender
Supporting gender-responsive climate action by strengthening women’s resilience, leadership, and access to resources, while enabling inclusive solutions and partnerships across Asia.
Disaster Resilience
Strengthening preparedness and resilience to climate and disaster risks by supporting locally led solutions, improving access to capital, and enabling coordinated action across communities and systems.
Circularity
Accelerating circularity across value chains by reducing resource use and waste, promoting reuse and recycling, and enabling more resource-efficient production systems.
CLIMATE FINANCE
Mobilising climate finance for decarbonisation and resilience
Unlocking catalytic and climate-aligned capital to accelerate decarbonisation and resilience across sectors; strengthening policy, market mechanisms, and institutional structures needed for durable climate finance systems.
Investment Pipeline & Readiness
Strengthening climate investment pipelines by helping solutions become investment-ready, connecting projects with appropriate capital, and addressing barriers to scale.
Investor Engagement
Connecting investors with climate opportunities, insights, and ecosystem partners to build stronger relationships and unlock climate-aligned capital.
Institutional Architecture
Strengthening the policies, market mechanisms, and institutional structures needed to enable effective and scalable climate finance.
ILLUSTRATIVE INITIATIVES
Build multi-stakeholder coalitions for key climate priorities in Asia
Advancing the People-Centric Energy Transition Agenda in APAC
The Asia’s Clean Energy Transition Initiative (ASCENT) is a new initiative spearheaded by AVPN and will focus on building capacity for the ecosystem at large and facilitate the channelling of catalytic capital toward small-scale/early-stage solutions and scale them with direct financing. We aim to leverage the trusted partnerships that we have established in recent years with key policy stakeholders, funders and investors in the ecosystem to build a powerful coalition of actors with a shared commitment to accelerate just energy transition to achieving net zero targets in Asia.
Our commitment to a just energy transition is centred on the principle of fairness—ensuring that both the costs and benefits of the climate transition are shared equitably across all stakeholders
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Strategic Partner
Bridging the Gap in Climate Adaptation Funding for Health in Asia
To close the critical financing gap and accelerate action at the nexus of climate change and public health, AVPN and our partners, anchored by Bayer Foundation, have launched The Climate x Health: Lighthouse for Asia—a catalytic initiative spotlighting high-impact solutions that address the interconnected risks of climate and health across Asia. Anchored by a collaborative USD 5 million pooled fund, The Lighthouse Fund mobilizes global social investors to incubate, validate, and scale innovations that strengthen climate-resilient health systems and build healthier, more climate-adaptive communities. The first round of the Lighthouse Fund focuses on two key impact areas: the surveillance and management of climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSID), and solutions to reduce heat stress and promote product stability in extreme conditions. By pairing capital with capacity-building, the initiative empowers targeted investments, fosters cross-sector partnerships, and drives long-term impact.
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Climate x Health;
Health Financing
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Expert Collective
Ecosystem Partners
Strategic Partner
Gendered Impacts of Climate Change
In Asia, climate change exacerbates existing social, economic, and environmental inequalities, with women being disproportionately vulnerable to its impacts. Recognising the crucial role women play in building climate resilience, AVPN has developed a Gender x Climate strategy and initiated dialogues to bring collaborative solutions into the fold that address both climate and gender challenges simultaneously. We aim to catalyse for collaboration and strategic partnerships among leaders in climate and gender action, both in Asia and globally.
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Gender x Climate;
Women for Climate;
Climate Justice;
Gender Equality;
Climate Action;
Climate Resilience
SUWASI Project
Under SUWASI project, AVPN and KPMG have entered a partnership aimed to conduct a study to evaluate existing private sector investment challenges in WASH-based enterprises, specifically in used water management, solid waste management, and sanitation and study was carried out through consultations with major debt, equity, and grant investors in the sector, highlighted key policy recommendations to accelerate private capital investments in the WASH sector.
Furthermore, AVPN conducted extensive research on 200 impact organizations working within the sector and created detailed profiles for 22 of shortlisted organizations, capturing their key initiatives, scale up plans, financials and impact created. To further support these efforts, we facilitated a matchmaking series at the AVPN South Asia Summits, connecting these investable projects with potential funders. Additionally, 10 investment-ready impact organizations were showcased on the AVPN Deal Share Platform, amplifying their visibility and helping attract crucial funding opportunities. These engagements empowered impactful partnerships within the WASH ecosystem.
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