1、Grassroots to Boardrooms:Social Innovation Partnerships for Climate AdaptationW H I T E P A P E RN O V E M B E R 2 0 2 3In collaboration with BRAC and the Bayer Foundation 2023 World Economic Forum.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any

2、 means,including photocopying and recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system.Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project,insight area or interaction.The findings,interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a

3、collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum,nor the entirety of its Members,Partners or other stakeholders.ContentsForeword 3Executive summary 4Introduction 51.Introducing climate adap

4、tation frameworks and pathways 61.Current state of adaptation action 72.Framework for business action on adaptation 73.Adaptation pathways 8Applied frameworks 92.Social innovators at the forefront of climate adaptation 10Jan Sahas:Preparing for climate migration through worker resilience 11Build Ban

5、gladesh:The Prokriti o Paani(PoP)water tower 14SEKEM:40,000 farmers creating a regenerative future in Egypt 16Prabhat:Climate resilience for communities along global value chains 193.Social innovation along climate adaptation domains 214.Opportunities and barriers for private sector investments 235.

6、Considerations for research,policy and private sector adoption 256.Conclusion 26Annex A:Adaptation enterprise list 27Annex B:Methodology 29Contributors 30Endnotes 32Grassroots to Boardrooms:Social Innovation Partnerships for Climate Adaptation2ForewordMonika Lessl,Executive Director,Bayer Foundation