Adaptation Without Borders - Indirect Impacts of Climate Change

Adaptation Without Borders – Indirect Impacts of Climate Change

Climate change – and adaptation to it – will occur in a globalized, hyper-connected world.

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Cross-border, cascading climate risks and the LDC Group: Catalyzing management options within the UNFCCC

This policy brief highlights efforts to develop indicators capturing transboundary and cascading climate risks for inclusion in the UAE–Belém Work Programme, emphasizing regional and international cooperation to strengthen adaptation strategies for Least Developed Countries.

6th Mar 2025
2 min read

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Assessment on prioritizing transboundary climate risks for Ireland

Explore a comprehensive assessment of transboundary climate risks to the Island of Ireland in three specific areas: agriculture and food security, trade and infrastructure, and biophysical systems.

12th Dec 2024
6 min read

Multiple Authors

The implications of Transboundary Climate Risks for India

Explore India's current and future exposure to transboundary and cascading climate risks in this AWB discussion brief.

19th Nov 2024
5 min read

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The collective advantage: Understanding transboundary climate risks in Southeast Asia and charting a path forward

This shared perspective between Boston Consulting Group and Adaptation Without Borders explores examples of transboundary climate risks in Southeast Asia and concrete steps that can be taken to foster and strengthen collective action and build resilience against climate risks.

7th Nov 2024
3 min read

Multiple Authors

Transboundary climate risks and adaptation in mountain areas: a brief for Parties and Observers to the UNFCCC

This brief highlights why it is crucial for transboundary climate risks and mountain areas to be accounted for across different negotiation tracks. It also lays out concrete recommendations for UNFCCC Parties and Observers on the road to COP29 and beyond.

16th Oct 2024
6 min read

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Tackling transboundary climate risks in the Middle East and North Africa

This brief highlights transboundary climate risks in the MENA region and why countries struggle to invest in systemic resilience. It evaluates adaptation finance, noting the limitations of European support, and offers recommendations for MENA policymakers, including increasing adaptation finance and decentralizing governance for better resilience.

16th Oct 2024
3 min read

Multiple Authors

From policy to action: Strengthening global efforts to tackle transboundary climate risks

As the climate crisis intensifies, transboundary climate risks (TCRs) are becoming more urgent, and this blog explores how global and national policies must evolve to integrate these risks into climate adaptation strategies.

4th Oct 2024
6 min read

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We are all connected

This blog post explores five reasons why it is time to start paying more attention to transboundary climate risks.

7th Jun 2024
5 min read

an aerial view of a flooded district just outside Bangkok, Thailand

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Cascading climate risks: strategic recommendations for European resilience

Why do cascading climate risks matter in a European context? This report describes a set of 21 recommendations on how to build resilience in Europe and globally to cascading climate risks.

13th Feb 2024
6 min read

Multiple Authors

White Paper on European Climate Risk and Trade in Europe

This Adaptation Without Borders white paper explores the main barriers that are currently hindering business actions on adaptation and the role of public policies in creating an enabling environment that will accelerate investments in adaptation solutions and scale up their deployment.

11th Jan 2024
4 min read

The impacts of climate change are not confined by national borders. In our globalised and interdependent world, the effects of climate change in one place can be experienced in another – cascading through trade and supply chains, financial flows, movements of people and shared natural resources. In a similar way, the actions we take to adapt to climate change can also have effects far beyond the jurisdictions of the actors implementing them.

This calls for a much more cooperative and multilateral approach to adaptation – one which builds resilience across scales. No country is immune to the effects of transboundary climate risk, and no government can address these effects alone.

This theme aims to gather evidence and analysis of transboundary climate risk and to support a social network of practice for those working in this field. It features articles, reports, blogs, events and videos on a variety of topics, including cross-border climate risk assessments, adaptation governance, and the implications of transboundary climate risks on (for example) trade, production and food security.

Publications come primarily from Adaptation without Borders, a new global partnership hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), which aims to harness international cooperation to effectively govern and manage cross-border and cascading climate risks.

To stay updated on the latest news, research and events about transboundary climate risks and adaptation, visit Adaptation Without Borders, a weADAPT microsite. You can also sign up to the Adaptation Without Borders newsletter here to keep in touch.

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