The Adaptation Without Borders partnership is founded on the belief that the global effects of climate change require solutions beyond the adaptation efforts of any single government. Policy discourses around adaptation have focused at the national or local level. We seek to change the narrative and drive action to establish adaptation as a global public good that warrants significantly more investment and attention than it currently attracts.
The partnership brings together the research capacities and convening powers of a range of partners to explore the global implications of transboundary climate risks, create opportunities to strengthen international cooperation and pave the way towards genuine global resilience.
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SEI is an international non-profit research and policy organization working on environmental and development challenges. SEI aims to bridge science and policy to develop solutions for a sustainable future for all.
ODI is a global think tank specializing in development and humanitarian issues. ODI’s vision is a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives.
IDDRI is an independent policy research institute and dialogue platform working to put sustainable development at the heart of international relations and public and private policy.
Our growing number of partner organizations also provide extensive geographic expertise in regions including the Sahel, the Caribbean, the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Europe. They also bring specialist knowledge on the implications of climate risk for agriculture and pastoralism, global trade and financial flows, food and water security, sustainable livelihoods, conflict and human mobility, disaster risk reduction, law and governance and private-sector adaptation.
The objective of COP27, the "Adaptation COP", should be to forge international cooperation to deliver global and systemic resilience.
- Perspective
- Climate
- 21 September 2022
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Egypt
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- Oceania
SEI's Frida Lager explains how cascading climate risk affects Sweden and how that changes how Sweden should think around its adaptation strategy.
- Feature
- Climate
- Governance
- 10 February 2022
- Sweden
In a globalized world, the impacts of climate change cross borders. The Adaptation Without Borders initiative responds to this challenge.
- Perspective
- Climate
- Economy
- 11 September 2019
- Africa
- South-eastern Asia
- Europe
Our lives are defined by globalization – we are inescapably intertwined. The TCI Index looks at the international dimension of climate adaptation.
- Feature
- Climate
- Economy
- Governance
- 17 June 2018
This study focuses on Sweden and its place in the global trade system, to develop multi-method approaches to identify and assess trade and climate risks.
- SEI reports
- Climate
- Health
- Economy
- 21 October 2022
- Africa
- Asia
- Brazil
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Sweden
This brief from SEI, IDDRI and ODI finds that a transboundary view of climate risk creates opportunities for international cooperation on adaptation.
- SEI briefs
- Climate
- 18 April 2018
This article looks at the paradoxes, challenges and opportunities in governing often borderless climate risks through national or local adaptation policy.
- Journal articles
- Climate
- Water
- 11 June 2019
Analysis of how 14 large Swedish export-oriented businesses approach risks from climate impacts on their international supply chains.
- Journal articles
- Climate
- Economy
- 4 October 2019
Read key insights on how to bridge climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the European Green Deal.
- Other publications
- Climate
- 5 May 2020
Join us to discuss how governments and industries can work together to take a strategic view on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- Event
- Climate
- 15 November 2022
- 13:45 - 14:45 EET
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
- Nordics
The Global Challenges Foundation hosts the "Adaptation – business opportunities and responsibilities" open event at COP27 on 12 November 2022 in the Blue Zone.
- Event
- Climate
- Water
- Economy
- 12 November 2022
- 09:00 - 10:40 CET
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
- Africa
- Asia
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Maldives
- Sweden
This event explored the implications of cross-border risks for adaptation planning at national, regional and global scales.
- Event
- Climate
- 9 November 2022
- 11:00 - 12:00 EGY
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- Oceania
Let's reimagine adaptation and develop a vision of what it can look like to meet the challenges of an interconnected world.
- Event
- Climate
- 9 December 2019
- 14:30 - 18:00 CET
- Madrid, Spain
ODI and Wilton Park convene a high-level discussion to present new research on transboundary climate risk, and launch a new initiative with SEI.
- Event
- Climate
- 11 September 2019
- 16:00 - 17:30 BST
- London, United Kingdom
This session will address transboundary climate risks, drawing on case studies from around the world, to explore the implications for national adaptation plans.
- Event
- Climate
- 7 December 2018
- Katowice, Poland
- Poland
- Team Leader: International Climate Risk and Adaptation; Senior Research Fellow
- SEI Headquarters
- @rjtklein
- Senior Policy Fellow
- SEI Headquarters
- Senior Research Fellow
- SEI Oxford
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters