Understanding transboundary climate risks: the need for global adaptation
Venue
- Chinese
Time
11:00 – 13:00 CEST
About
The world’s economies, societies and ecosystems are deeply interconnected, and climate shocks can cascade across countries and continents, sectors and systems. This webinar will discuss key findings from Adaptation Without Borders‘ first flagship report.
The report provides 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.
Authors of four chapters (on terrestrial resources, energy, finance and livelihoods) will set the scene for a discussion on the policy implications of these systemic risks, and on the need for global cooperation on adaptation.
Speakers
- Ariadna Anisimov, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Katy Harris, Senior Policy Fellow, SEI, Sweden
- Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
- Jinsun Lim, Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency
- Alexandre Magnan, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France
- Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate Finance, EDHEC Business School, Programme Director, EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, France
- Sarah Opitz Stapleton, Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, UK
- Jakob Steiner, Fellow Himalayan University Consortium (HUC/ICIMOD), Nepal, and University of Graz, Austria
Moderator: Rebecca Nadin, Director, Global Risks & Resilience team, Overseas Development Institute, UK