Climate Collective

Climate Collective Foundation is a leading organization in South Asia, dedicated to accelerating climate tech startups and fostering sustainable solutions to global climate challenges.

​Climate Collective is South Asia’s largest private organization dedicated to supporting climate tech startups. Established in 2016, it offers a comprehensive ecosystem that includes entrepreneurship development, acceleration programs, deployment support, capital access, and community engagement. Through initiatives like the South-South Collective for Climate (S2C2), Climate Collective connects partners and resources across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, fostering innovative solutions to global climate challenges. To date, Climate Collective has run 82 climate tech startup accelerators, supporting nearly 1,000 startups, including A&R accelerators for BII in Africa and India. It has contributed to case studies on measuring climate tech impact and is actively developing an A&R startup ecosystem in South Asia, particularly in the Himalayan region.

Latest news and articles

12 initiatives advancing climate resilience across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region

Accelerating climate resilience through locally rooted innovation

Finance in Flux: a new reading of the resilience and adaptation finance landscape

A new joint paper from the Global Resilience Partnership and RAKSHA Intelligence Futures, published as the Global Partnerships Conference opens in London, argues that the binding constraint on resilience and adaptation finance now sits in the gap between knowing and acting.

Call for proposals for innovations across the Global South now open

We are launching an Innovation Challenge call to support bold, locally led solutions that strengthen resilience, protect ecosystems, and create sustainable opportunities for communities.

Protecting shea trees: Securing women’s livelihoods

Learn how protecting shea trees sustains livelihoods, strengthens rights, and empowers women

Advancing women’s rights to strengthen shea enterprises

In northern Ghana, digital mapping and access to finance are helping women shea producers like Adisah Zakaria turn invisible work into recognised assets, unlocking income, efficiency, and opportunity.