AVPN has announced the first grantees of its Climate x Health Lighthouse Fund, a pioneering initiative designed to bridge the critical financing gap where climate change and public health intersect. Launched earlier this year in partnership with the Bayer Foundation, Prudence Foundation, India Health Fund, PATH, Dalberg, MovingWorlds, and SingHealth Duke-NUS, the fund is mobilising catalytic capital to help bold, scalable solutions flourish across Asia.
The Lighthouse Fund goes beyond traditional funding models by offering unrestricted grants along with capacity building, mentorship, and ecosystem engagement. This flexible support empowers organisations to innovate freely, strengthen their operations, and respond to the rapidly evolving realities of climate and health challenges.
At the AVPN Global Conference in Hong Kong, five standout organisations were unveiled as the fund’s first cohort of grantees, each tackling two of the region’s most urgent issues: heat stress and climate-sensitive infectious diseases. CivicDataLab Pvt. Ltd. is expanding intelligent data systems into a climate and health data collaborative, integrating heat, health, vulnerability, and finance data to inform targeted interventions and unlock funding for evidence-based solutions. SORA Technology is deploying drone- and AI-assisted larval source management to curb mosquito breeding and reduce malaria risks in climate-vulnerable areas. KUMPUL Impact equips frontline health workers through Plataran Sehat, Indonesia’s Ministry of Health digital platform, providing localised training, mentorship, and seed funding to drive timely climate-health responses across 120+ regional hubs. The William J Clinton Foundation is enhancing urban dengue control by integrating advanced forecasting into public health systems and boosting community engagement through partnerships, expanded diagnostics, and awareness campaigns. Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group is using AI-powered heat mapping to identify vulnerable households in informal settlements and provide low-cost cooling solutions such as reflective roofs, PET bottle insulation, and nature-based materials, while promoting heat-stable vaccines and therapeutics.
Through these diverse, high-impact projects, the Lighthouse Fund aims to build healthier, climate-resilient communities by uniting capital, knowledge, and collaboration. AVPN has also created a solution-centered Community of Practice to accelerate knowledge sharing, joint action, and long-term impact across the broader climate-health ecosystem. As the climate crisis intensifies, this initiative underscores the urgent need for cross-sector collaboration and innovative financing to safeguard vulnerable populations. With these grantees leading the charge, the Lighthouse Fund is lighting the path toward a future where climate resilience and public health progress go hand in hand across Asia.
