Welcome to Australia-ASEAN Climate Tech Living Lab
The “Australia-ASEAN Climate Tech Living Lab” is an innovative initiative to foster collaboration among startups, enterprises, and institutions from Australia and the ASEAN region.

Our mission? To enhance Southeast Asian literacy in Australian business by facilitating co-creation of scalable climate-tech solutions that make a real impact.
By blending co-creation methodologies with hands-on business literacy training, the Living Lab not only strengthens economic ties, but also fosters cross-cultural understanding and boosts regional sustainability efforts.
Did you know that ASEAN is facing a critical challenge with its energy demand projected to double by 2050? Join us in pioneering innovative climate solutions tailored for the ASEAN market!
What we offer
- A platform for people-to-people linkages between Australian and ASEAN startups and enterprises for codesigning climate solutions
- Education on Southeast Asia business literacy through knowledge-sharing webinars, cultural immersion programs and workshops in co-designing appropriate technologies for the local context
- Playbooks, case studies, toolkits on doing business with ASEAN
- Delegation visits between Australia and ASEAN to experience real-life problem context
- Seed funding for projects identified through innovation challenges, mentoring and advice on commercialisation
Join us to improve your Southeast Asia Business Literacy and fast-track your business solution to address climate tech needs in the ASEAN region!
Our partners
Ecoxyztem Venture Builders
Ecoxyztem Venture Builder has established itself as a leader in sustainability-focused innovation across Southeast Asia. Since its inception, Ecoxyztem has empowered over 80 startups and enterprises within the climate-tech sector. Their impressive portfolio features successful ventures such as Waste4Change, Carbon Ethics, BIKI, Agroobot, and Ravelware, all made possible through strategic cross-sector partnerships that bring innovative solutions to life.
Join us in shaping a sustainable future—together, we can make a difference!
UNSW Founders
UNSW Founders offers a variety of events and programs designed to support entrepreneurs and innovators, providing mentorship, workshops and networking opportunities. These programs help to launch and scale startups, fostering a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Our projects
Designing shrimp disease reporting and monitoring system – A gender-inclusive action design research to prevent disease outbreaks in shrimp farming in Indonesia – Ongoing
Designing a Carbon Stock Estimation at Scale from Aerial and Satellite Imagery – ongoing
Developing S2, a data-driven system anchored on analyzing multi-framework ESG disclosures – Ongoing
Leveraging historical data for climate projection in Vietnam: An imprinting perspective – Ongoing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1LN5M-ur0
Social media‐enabled crisis response in Vietnam: A tương thân tương ái perspective- https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12562
Digitally enabled disaster response: the emergence of social media as boundary objects in a flooding disaster in Thailand https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12114
Digitally enabled crime-fighting communities: Harnessing the boundary spanning competence of social media for civic engagement in Malaysia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2016.05.006