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        Kevin M. Adams

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      Kevin M. Adams was a Research Fellow at SEI from 2017–2021. His work focused primarily on global environmental governance including climate change adaptation, climate finance, and agricultural commodity trade.

      At SEI, Kevin was highly engaged with Adaptation Without Borders , which was established in 2019 to facilitate multilateral cooperation for assessing and managing transboundary climate risks. Additionally, Kevin was a member of the Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre , including serving as an advisor to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for climate finance issues throughout 2020. Kevin was also highly engaged in the Mistra Geopolitics, Share or Spare, Global Adaptation Governance and PLACARD research projects.

      Prior to joining SEI, Kevin worked as an independent contractor for several organizations, including the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. He holds a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado and a BS in Geophysics and a BS in Social Sciences from Michigan State University. He left SEI to serve in the US Department of State as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Global Change and pursue a PhD at the London School of Economics .

      Publications by Kevin M. Adams

      • The coffee supply chain illustrates transboundary climate risks: Insights on governance pathways
      • Climate risks to trade and food security: implications for policy
      • Climate change, trade, and global food security: a global assessment of transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows
      • A just transition for climate change adaptation: towards just resilience and security in a globalising world
      • The geopolitics of food security: barriers to the sustainable development goal of zero hunger
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      Perspectives by Kevin M. Adams

      • Beyond the 100 billion dollar goal for climate finance
      • Embracing the new normal? Three milestones for a successful 27th meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board
      • What the pandemic reveals about globalization, supply chain risk, and adapting to climate change
      • Climate finance in a post-Covid-19 world
      • Coordinating climate finance for the long haul
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      Featured stories with Kevin M. Adams

      • New video: Climate risks to global food trade
      • The Paris Agreement five years on
      • Five ideas to turn the Covid-19 recovery into a global green new deal
      • Cinco ideas para convertir la recuperación de COVID-19 en un nuevo acuerdo verde global
      • How finance works towards - or against - sustainable development
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      Projects and tools with Kevin M. Adams

      • Global data on transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows
      • Stockholm Climate Security Hub
      • NDC Explorer
      • NDC-SDG Connections
      • PLACARD
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