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The Adaptation Without Borders initiative explores the global implications of transboundary climate risks and strengthens cooperation among a range of partners to meet the global challenge of adaptation to climate change.
Photo: NASA / Reid Wiseman.
2019
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.
Feature / The Global Transboundary Climate Risk Report provides insights on 10 transboundary climate risks that remain overlooked in climate policies.
19 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance and Supply chains
Feature / SEI Research Associate Frida Lager discusses understanding climate change- related risks in trade affecting the Nordic region by looking at coffee production.
2 November 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains
Perspective / The objective of COP27, the "Adaptation COP", should be to forge international cooperation to deliver global and systemic resilience.
21 September 2022 / About Adaptation
Feature / This video lays out how impacts from climate change are a shared risk - and adaptation to climate change must become a shared reality.
15 November 2022 / About Adaptation
Feature / SEI's Frida Lager explains how cascading climate risk affects Sweden and how that changes how Sweden should think around its adaptation strategy.
10 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Geopolitics
Feature / Our stories take a closer look at how transboundary climate risks are triggered, how they spread across borders and what that means for climate adaptation.
9 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Mitigation and Supply chains
Perspective / In a globalized world, the impacts of climate change cross borders. The Adaptation Without Borders initiative responds to this challenge.
11 September 2019 / About Adaptation and Supply chains
Feature / The impacts of climate change cross borders just as people and goods do. This changes the adaptation challenge.
20 September 2019 / About Adaptation
Feature / Unmanaged climate risks could lead to the collapse of a globally-integrated world. Find out why policy-makers are discussing this topic at historic Wilton Park.
13 March 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Supply chains
Feature / Our lives are defined by globalization – we are inescapably intertwined. The TCI Index looks at the international dimension of climate adaptation.
17 June 2018 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Finance and Geopolitics
Other publication / This report examines ways for Senegal to use national policies and international cooperation to address the transboundary climate risks it faces.
18 September 2025 / About Adaptation, Public policy and Supply chains
Other publication / This brief highlights why it is crucial for transboundary climate risks and mountain areas to be accounted for across different negotiation tracks.
5 November 2024 / About Adaptation
Other publication / This white paper contributes to the evidence base on the risks that European trade links and global value chains face from climate change.
15 January 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance and Supply chains
Other publication / Transboundary climate risks remain lacking from the UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST); actions must be taken now and for the next GST to address this gap.
6 November 2023 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Other publication / This briefing paper identifies entry points for integrating transboundary climate risks in the global goal on adaptation framework.
6 November 2023 / About Adaptation
Other publication / This roadmap proposes key actions towards addressing and managing transboundary and cascading climate risks in Africa.
3 September 2023 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Other publication / This brief looks at how transboundary and cascading climate risks could impact different African regions.
22 August 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Mitigation
Other publication / This brief provides some practical recommendations for how African regional economic communities and their Member States can manage transboundary climate risks.
22 August 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Mitigation
Other publication / Ten case studies in transboundary climate risk illuminate the blind spots for climate policymaking in this year's report.
19 April 2023 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Other publication / This paper investigates the long-term (2070–2099) potential impacts of climate change on global food trade networks of three key crops: wheat, rice and maize.
25 January 2023 / About Adaptation and Food and agriculture
SEI brief / Adaptation finance can and should do more to address transboundary climate risks. Read an analysis of the portfolios of three major multilateral climate funds.
9 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Supply chains and Water resources
Other publication / If we reframe adaptation as a global challenge, what new forms of inter-national cooperation and multilateral climate action await us?
23 December 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Mitigation
SEI report / 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.
21 October 2022 / About Disaster risk, Finance and Supply chains
Other publication / Find out how countries in the Nordic region can better cooperate to tackle climate risks that cross national borders.
18 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Supply chains
SEI brief / Read policy insights from a groundbreaking assessment of climate risks to international trade in six major commodities.
28 October 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Food and agriculture and Supply chains
SEI report / A global assessment of transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows
16 September 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Food and agriculture and Supply chains
Other publication / This brief explores current knowledge on transboundary climate risks and its implications for adaptation.
27 May 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Geopolitics and Public policy
Past event / Join us to discuss new evidence on ten transboundary climate risks in Adaptation Without Borders' first flagship report.
20 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Mitigation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals
Past event / How can we better govern the global food system in a world where crises are the norm rather than the exception?
15 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk
Past event / Join us to discuss how governments and industries can work together to take a strategic view on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
15 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Mitigation
Past event / The Global Challenges Foundation hosts the "Adaptation – business opportunities and responsibilities" open event at COP27 on 12 November 2022 in the Blue Zone.
12 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Finance, Sustainable lifestyles and Water resources
Past event / This event explored the implications of cross-border risks for adaptation planning at national, regional and global scales.
09 November 2022 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Past event / Let's reimagine adaptation and develop a vision of what it can look like to meet the challenges of an interconnected world.
09 December 2019 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Past event / ODI and Wilton Park convene a high-level discussion to present new research on transboundary climate risk, and launch a new initiative with SEI.
11 September 2019 / About Adaptation and Climate services
Past event / This session will address transboundary climate risks, drawing on case studies from around the world, to explore the implications for national adaptation plans.
07 December 2018 / About Adaptation and Climate policy
Feature / Un nuevo informe ayuda a comprender 10 riesgos climáticos transfronterizos cuya gestión es clave para la adaptación mundial al cambio climático.
19 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance and Supply chains
Feature / The Global Transboundary Climate Risk Report provides insights on 10 transboundary climate risks that remain overlooked in climate policies.
19 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance and Supply chains
Past event / Join us to discuss new evidence on ten transboundary climate risks in Adaptation Without Borders' first flagship report.
20 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Mitigation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals