Adaptation Without Borders

The briefing argues that climate adaptation must be treated as a global challenge because climate impacts create transboundary and cascading risks that cross national borders. It suggests that identifying the shared benefits of systemic resilience can attract more investment from donors, banks, and private actors.

• Climate adaptation has traditionally been viewed as a local issue, whereas mitigation is seen as a global concern, a narrative the authors challenge.
• Climate change creates transboundary and cascading risks where local impacts result in regional or global repercussions; these risks are currently a significant 'blind spot' in adaptation efforts and are expected to grow as global warming increases.
• Reframing adaptation as a global challenge and assessing the shared benefits of systemic resilience can increase the likelihood of investment from private actors, banks, and donors.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Adaptation Without Borders. https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-brief-cop27/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Adaptation Without Borders. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-brief-cop27/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022adaptation, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Adaptation Without Borders}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-brief-cop27/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }