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Adaptation Without Borders launch flagship report on transboundary climate risks

The report presents new evidence on 10 transboundary climate risks of global significance. These risks impact critical sectors and regions, including water resources in high-mountain environments, fish stocks in the open ocean, industrial supply chains, energy, and global finance systems as well as human health, livelihoods, mobility patterns, and physical and mental well-being.

Published on 17 April 2023
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Ulrika Lamberth / ulrika.lamberth@sei.org

Dyke, salt marsh and coastline - aerial view

Dyke, salt marsh and coastline, Netherlands. Photo: Ollo / Getty Images.

At this upcoming online webinar, the authors of Adaptation Without Border’s flagship report; Understanding transboundary climate risks: the need for global adaptation, will present key findings and discuss policy implications related to systemic risks in terrestrial resources, energy, finance, and livelihoods. The webinar will also address the need for global cooperation on adaptation.

The webinar is organized by SEI, IDDRI and ODI on behalf of Adaptation Without Borders, a partnership to strengthen international cooperation on adaptation to manage the cross-border and cascading impacts of climate change.

Programme

Moderator: Richard J.T. Klein, Senior Research Fellow, SEI

Speakers:

  • Ariadna Anisimov, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Katy Harris, Senior Policy Fellow, SEI, Sweden
  • Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
  • Jinsun Lim, Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency
  • Alexandre Magnan, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France
  • Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate Finance, EDHEC Business School and Research Programme Director, EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, France
  • Sarah Opitz Stapleton, Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, UK
  • Jakob Steiner, Fellow Himalayan University Consortium (HUC/ICIMOD), Nepal, and University of Graz, Austria

Registration

The online webinar will take place on Zoom, 20 April 11:00—13:00 CEST. After the presentations, there will be a general Q&A session from 12:40.

Media representatives can register at the below link.

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Press contacts

For scheduling individual interviews with the speakers, please contact the SEI, IDDRI and ODI press officers:

Ulrika Lamberth, Senior Press Officer, SEI,
+ 46 73 801 70 53, [email protected]

Brigitte Bejean, Director of Communications, Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI),
+33 6 03 26 93 57, [email protected]

Karen Triggs, Chief Press Officer, ODI, [email protected]

Ulrika Lamberth
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