The Global Transboundary Climate Risk Report
Discover new evidence on ten transboundary climate risks of global importance that affect critical sectors and regions: from water resources in high mountain environments, to fish stocks in the open ocean, industrial supply chains, and energy and global finance systems, as well as human health, livelihoods, mobility patterns, and physical and mental well-being.
Adaptation Without Borders: A brief to participants in COP27
Discover key messages and recommendations on transboundary climate risks, and the action required at global, regional and national levels in this policy brief.
Adaptation without borders: strengthening cooperation to manage cross-border climate risks
This event will explore the implications of cross-border risks for adaptation planning at national, regional and global scales, calling for cross-country engagement and exchanges on adaptation to international climate risks.
Questioning the scientific feasibility and policy relevance of assessing transboundary climate risks
Learn about the scientific feasibility and policy relevance of assessing transboundary climate risks through this short blog post. Discover important areas for future research to advance the incorporation of cascading climate risks and impacts into adaptation responses.
Rising to a New Challenge: A Protocol for Case-Study Research on Transboundary Climate Risk
This work aims to demonstrate why the transboundary nature of climate risk requires a distinct analytical approach and proposes a seven-step guide that aims to facilitate the exploration of transboundary climate risk through case-study-based research for adaptation.
The Global Goal on Adaptation Ambition: A Global Challenge Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
This side event to the Bonn Climate Change Conference will be the opportunity to discuss what “ambition” on climate adaptation means in the face of systemic and cascading climate risks.
Pastoralism, farming and a changing climate in the Sahel region
This case study sheds light on the adverse impacts of climate change for pastoral livelihoods in the Sahel region, and the need for regional coordination to build resilience in the region.
Climate risks to trade and food security: implications for policy
This policy brief presents insights from a groundbreaking assessment of climate risks to international trade in six major commodities.
How corn links Jamaica’s food supply to climate change in the US Midwest
This case study explores how Jamaica’s deep dependency on US maize affects both its economy and food security in a changing climate.
Transboundary climate and adaptation risks in Africa: Perceptions from 2021
This publication documents how African policy-makers and experts perceive climate change and adaptation risks that have the potential for multi-country to regional consequences.
The transboundary implications of climate-related coastal migration: state of knowledge, factors of influence and policy pathways
This publication explores the transboundary implications of climate-related coastal migration and identifies the key policy pillars to facilitate adaptation and resilience in this context.
Launch of Adaptation Without Borders: A New Era in International Cooperation on Climate Change
This high-level event will launch a collaboration between the European Commission and Adaptation Without Borders, shine a spotlight on the implications of cross-border and cascading risks for climate diplomacy, and make the case for a new era of adaptation defined by global cooperation.
Cascading climate risks: perspectives from around the world
Through a series of engaging short talks, this roundtable showcased stories and case studies of cross-border climate risks from regions around the world.
Climate change, trade, and global food security
This report provides a first systematic, quantitative assessment of transboundary climate risks to trade in major agricultural commodities – maize, rice, wheat, soy, sugar cane, and coffee.
CASCADES’ Conceptual Framework of cascading climate impacts
This publication presents a conceptual framework and accompanying terminology developed by the CASCADES project to help describe and analyse cross-border climate impacts and inform adaptation policies.
Transboundary climate risk and adaptation
This webinar organised by Adaptation Without Borders (AWB), the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) was the opportunity to discuss transboundary climate risks and adaptation.
A Just Transition for Climate Change Adaptation: Towards Just Resilience and Security in a Globalising World
This policy brief presents a novel framework for a just transition for adaptation, with the objective of achieving globally just resilience.
Climate action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
This event provided a platform for stakeholders from the Hindu Kush Himalaya to discuss how regional collaboration can deliver ambitious climate action in the region.
Webinar: Climate change adaptation in mountain areas - What role is there for parliamentarians?
(Video) This webinar, held on International Mountain Day 2020, explored how parliamentarians can support climate change adaptation in mountain areas.
Submission by SEI relating to the Adaptation Committee's mandates
The transnational dimension of climate change could have important implications for the work of the Adaptation Committee and the broader institutional architecture of the UNFCCC.
Climate adaptation must be reframed from a local issue to a global responsibility
This brief provides several recommendations on how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) could encourage better accounting of transboundary climate risk.
Adaptation as a global public good: understanding and managing transboundary climate risks
This Keynote looked at adaptation as a global public good - doing so will help understanding and managing transboundary climate risks.
Transboundary climate risk: we’re all in this together
Wilton Park, an executive agency of the British Foreign Office, hosted a three-day workshop on transboundary climate risk.
Moving towards a growing global discourse on transboundary adaptation
This briefing note describes current adaptation plans and strategies addressing transboundary risks and highlights opportunities to enhance work on transboundary adaptation.
