This discussion brief summarizes a desk review commissioned by GIZ of the adaptation readiness of ASEAN Member States. This discussion brief was written by Albert Salamanca and Ha Nguyen, as part of the Adaptation and Mitigation in support of AFCC project commissioned by GIZ ASEAN Jakarta. The review was funded by Forest and Climate Change (FOR-CC), one of the modules of the ASEAN German Programme on Response to Climate Change in Agriculture and Forestry (GAP-CC) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). FOR-CC is a technical cooperation implemented by GIZ in close cooperation with ASEAN during 2015 to 2017.