Incollaborationwith

BostonConsultingGroup

AdaptationthroughWater:

MobilizingthePrivateSector

forClimateAdaptationin

SoutheastAsia

WHITEPAPER

JUNE2025

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Contents

Foreword3

Executivesummary4

1AdaptationiscriticalforSoutheastAsia6

2Whywateristheidealpointofentrytoadaptation7

2.1Threewaterchallenges–toomuch,toolittle,toodirty8

2.2Toomuch9

2.3Toolittle11

2.4Toodirty15

3Fivecasestudiestocatalyseadaptationthroughwater17

CaseStudy1:BelizeBlueCitiesandBeyond:amulti-pronged19

strategyforcoastal?oodingdefenceandpollutionabatement

CaseStudy2:RebalanceEarth:fundingnature-basedsolutions20

forriverine?oodresilience

CaseStudy3:Fargo-MoorheadDiversionProject:combating21

chronicmetro-areariver?ooding

CaseStudy4:SERVIR-MekongAIsystem:ahigh-tech,22

decentralizedapproachtowaterresourceoptimization

CaseStudy5:TheBüyükMendereswaterstewardshipand23

cleanerproductionsupportprogramme:acircularitystrategy

foraddressingpollutionandshortage

4Takingaction:fourd