Adaptation without Borders

Implications of climate risk are increasingly being felt beyond borders.

The session introduced the global partnership Adaptation Without Borders, created in response to the emerging global challenge of transboundary climate risk, to create opportunities to strengthen international cooperation and to pave the way toward global resilience.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Jude Kohlhase

Jude has over 20-years’ planning experience in identification, concept and design, and implementation of international multidisciplinary projects in the public and private sector. Over the last nine years Jude has worked with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and has been responsible for sovereign operations in urban development, climate resilience, energy, transportation, and housing sectors. During that period, he has served project processing and administration in the Pacific, Central West and Asia, and South Asia.

Eliminating the Idea of Waste with the TerraCycle Global Foundation (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 05)

Thousands of tons of plastic waste are polluting Thailand’s canals, rivers, and seas every year. The TerraCycle Global Foundation collects and recycles that waste before it reaches and gets degraded and diluted across the ocean. In the space of 2 years, the Foundation has prevented over 560,000 kg of waste from entering the ocean.