The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) supports countries and communities in the Asia and Pacific region to scale up investments in climate adaptation that explicitly target the nexus of climate change, poverty, and gender. The CRPP has a dedicated gender window with funds earmarked specifically for supporting women-focused investments.

The annual CRPP Partnership Forum brings together community leaders, government officials, development partners, think tanks, the private sector, financial institutions, and global climate funds to discuss the role that poverty reduction policies and programs can play in building climate resilience.

The CRPP Partnership Forum 2026 will focus on the role of livelihoods-related programs in delivering measurable climate adaptation outcomes at the local level. Often, these are addressed through sectoral interventions in social protection, agriculture and natural resources, and skills development, leveraging both public and private interventions. Building climate resilience requires both government systems to reach the most vulnerable and coordinate across sectors, and the private sector's ability to mobilize capital, create sustainable markets, and drive innovation. These discussions will link to and build on CRPP’s previous partnership forums in 2023 (exploring themes of adaptive social protection and climate-resilient agriculture), 2024 (resilience through decentralization systems and climate-resilient skills development), and 2025 (resilience through urban poverty reduction and financial inclusion).

The CRPP is operationalized through the Community Resilience Financing Partnership Facility (CRFPF) and includes a multi-donor trust fund administered by ADB and supported by the French Development Agency, Green Climate Fund, Nordic Development Fund, and the Government of the United Kingdom.

Call for Solutions

The CRPP Secretariat invites practitioners, especially women from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific countries, to submit examples of pro-poor adaptation solutions focused on the following topics:

Topic 1: Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihood Outcomes of Vulnerable Households through Social Safety Net Programs. For the poorest and most vulnerable, climate shocks can quickly erode assets, disrupt income, and trigger negative coping strategies that deepen long-term poverty and vulnerability. Adaptive and shock-responsive social protection, including integrated livelihood approaches like poverty graduation, plays a critical role in helping households absorb shocks, stabilize consumption, provide technical and financial support, protect well-being, and build pathways out of poverty.

Topic 2: Strengthening Women’s Access to Human and Financial Capital for Climate Resilient Livelihoods. Women, who are often agents of change in their households and communities, still face significant barriers to access and use technical and financial resources to diversify income sources, manage risk, and make climate-informed decisions. Strengthening their human capital and access to finance empowers the poorest women to move beyond coping toward long-term resilience, enabling them to invest, innovate, and adapt to evolving climate risks.

Topic 3: Community Collective Action for Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Markets. Effective collective management of financial, natural, and physical assets is central to building community-wide climate resilience. When producers and small holders organize through cooperatives, associations, natural resource management committees, and community enterprises, they can more sustainably manage shared resources, strengthen their bargaining power, and maintain market access during climate shocks.

Topic 4: Developing Climate Resilient MSMEs through Enabling Systems and Partnerships. Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) form the backbone of local livelihoods and economies, yet they are highly exposed to climate shocks. Strengthening their climate resilience requires robust national systems and public–private partnerships that provide climate-responsive finance, coordinated preparedness, and stable market environments. National development banks, chambers of commerce, and industry associations contribute essential elements to this ecosystem, offering the necessary financing, technical support, policy guidance, and community engagement.

One innovative solution will be selected for each topic and will be presented at the fourth CRPP Partnership Forum to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 24-25 February 2026. ADB will cover the travel costs of selected presenters.

Please submit your proposal through this form. Deadline for submission is 15 January 2026. 

For questions, please send an email to the CRPP Secretariat at crfpfsecretariat@adb.org.