Asap Accelerator

Accelerator Partnership Program will accelerate 16 startups that are providing climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Asia and Africa.

Accelerator Partnership Program will accelerate 8 startups that are providing climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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The Adaptation SME Accelerator Project (ASAP) is accepting applications from SMEs for cohorts in Africa and Asia from now until January 31, 2022.

Kitovu Technology Company and the Adaptation SME Accelerator Program published a case study on training farmers, especially in Billiri, Gombe State, in post-harvest management to support their economic sustainability.

Agtuall, Syngenta Foundation India, The Lightsmith Group, and the Adaptation SME Accelerator Program published a case study on a climate-resilient platform developed and deployed for over twenty thousand smallholder farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India.

EW Tech and the Adaptation SME Accelerator Program published a case study on their collaboration to develop and deploy a mobile, off-grid solution for treating contaminated water in Tuchín, Colombia.

Accelerator Partnership Program with Village Capital will accelerate twenty-four SMEs and startups that are scaling climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Lightsmith Group released the ASAP Adaptation Solutions Taxonomy, a peer-reviewed set of definitions and eligibility criteria identifying private-company solutions that support climate adaptation and resilience.

Become part of ASAP's ecosystem for early-stage companies in developing countries that have technologies, products, and services that can be used to build climate resilience.

Between 1998 and 2017, natural-hazard disasters caused $2.2 trillion in damage worldwide; floods and storms accounted for 69%. Floods, storms, and drought affected over 4 billion people, and climate-related disasters disproportionately affect developing countries.

The UN Environment Program estimates that adaptation in developing countries could cost $140–300 billion annually by 2030 and $280–500 billion by 2050; less than 5% of climate finance goes to adaptation and resilience.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided over $21 billion in grants and mobilized $114 billion in co-financing for more than 5,000 projects in 170 countries. It is a multilateral trust fund supporting developing countries’ investment in nature.

A global network of small to medium-sized enterprises in developing countries that are producing climate adaptation and resilience technologies and solutions.