Asia
Climate and Environment Learning Lab

Through this endeavor, we hope to facilitate capacity building, insightful knowledge sharing, and the fostering of partnerships to support SGBs.

What is the Climate & Environment Learning Lab?

ANDE South Asia and ANDE East and Southeast Asia bring to you the Asia Climate and Environment Learning Lab! 

The learning lab is a meticulously designed meeting construct that acts as a platform to facilitate active learning, experimentation, collaboration, and problem-solving, allowing participants to gain practical skills and knowledge through real-world scenarios.

The goal is create a space where organizations can come together to foster collaborations, conduct insightful discussions, build capacity within this realm and act as catalysts of change to steer us towards the green transformation that the world urgently needs.

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What are our key priorities?
  • Fostering partnerships and collaboration with other ecosystem actors towards building capacity of ESOs in the C&E space to help support more SGBs.
  • Building capacity of relevant sector stakeholders via training sessions which equip them with tools to support SGBs.
  • Collecting and disseminating knowledge and/or information, to amplify the impact of SGBs on the environment feeding into policy advocacy efforts.
  • Advocacy initiatives to elevate the voice of SGBs and conversations about climate challenges in Asia.
Our Goals
  • To elevate and support SGBs efforts in addressing climate and environment needs in the Asia region.
  • To highlight evidence based needs in the climate and environment sector in order to increase awareness of underserved sub-sectors/scientific findings that validate the impact of SGBs on the environment.
  • To build capacity of relevant sector stakeholders via training sessions which equip them with tools to support climate SGBs. 
  • To support and scale ESOs that build capacity of SGBs which help communities cope with climate change, prioritizing adaptation & resilience efforts.
  • To facilitate South-South learnings of what is working in the SGB ecosystem in combating climate change.
Expert Excerpts

Find out what experts and climate champions have to say regarding the current state of the sector, what the future holds and opportunities that can be tapped into!

November 26, 2024

India's commitment to net-zero emissions by 2070 and ambitious renewable energy targets underscores its focus on sustainable growth. Despite significant progress, climate adaptation challenges remain. Discover how Global Business Inroads (GBI) drives cleantech and circular economy development by connecting innovators, markets, and investors through initiatives like the UK-India Net-Zero Innovation Program and Circular Fashion Platform. Using platforms like Global Technology Interface®, GBI fosters technology deployment, capacity building, and sustainable entrepreneurship, empowering businesses to scale, address environmental challenges, and create dignified jobs globally.

Previous Sessions
Session 1
Session 1

Financing Strategies for Climate-Centric Growth and Market Expansion
29 August 2024 | Virtual
Uncovering innovative financing strategies designed to fuel the growth and expansion of climate-focused Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs). Unlocking fundraising tactics, and market expansion strategies tailored for SGBs operating in the climate sector.

Session 2

Connect in the Park: Climate and Environmental Action Learning Lab
9 September 2024 | Benchakiti Forest Park, Bangkok, Thailand

ANDE and fellow climate enthusiasts from around the globe joined an engaging, informal conversation and networking opportunity. We took a refreshing walk through the Benchakiti Forest Park, an urban oasis located right in the middle of vibrant Bangkok, connecting over our shared passion for the environment.

Session 3

Climate Metrics
12 December 2024 | Virtual

This session highlighted key lessons from ANDE’s Measuring the Impact of climate Small and Growing Businesses guide. This guidance, published in conjunction with Climate Collective Foundation, summarizes and consolidates key tools and frameworks for climate measurement in the SGB sector. ANDE’s Impact Manager, Mallory St. Claire, took participants through fundamentals of climate impact metrics, common tools, case studies, and share best practices for implementation.

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ANDE's Climate Publications

This landscape guide is intended to outline India’s current context in recycling and circularity, with a focus on the investment potential, opportunities and business models in the ten most significant waste streams in India. It provides a framework for how investment potential in a waste stream can be determined, which covers five areas that define that potential: market size and growth; investable start-up pipeline; product readiness; policy support; financing needs and gaps. The guide also includes a historical outline of investments and funding in each waste stream and outlines the roles and participation of various types of equity funders, along with the potential and participation of non-dilutive funding options.

Climate change and environmental degradation place significant stress on India’s biodiversity, food supply, water and energy security, and human health. The private sector will play a critical role in achieving these objectives, particularly growth-oriented entrepreneurship that can bring new ideas into practice, introduce technical innovations, and create demand for new environmentally friendly goods and services. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), green entrepreneurs address climate change and/or create a positive environmental value either through the process of delivering products/services (e.g., utilizing clean technologies) or by working in a green sector (e.g., waste management). Such entrepreneurs tackle climate change from multiple angles.

This report establishes a baseline understanding of the state of green entrepreneurship in India by assessing existing business models, the available financial and technical support for entrepreneurs, and key sectoral issues regarding the policy landscape and market opportunity. The purpose of the study is to inform decision-makers, such as policymakers, donors, investors, and business development service providers, of the primary trends, opportunities, and challenges in the green entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.

Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, with a total GDP of over USD 2.7 trillion. However, its progress is threatened by the increasingly adverse impacts of climate change. Entrepreneurship has a leading role in developing solutions to both mitigate and adapt to climate change. This report evaluates the current support ecosystem for climate and environmental entrepreneurs in six developing Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Through ANDE's data collection and analysis, this report offers insights on the set of organizations supporting entrepreneurs that aim to address climate change mitigation, adaptation, and non-climate related environmental protection challenges.