International Network of Boundary Organizations on Adaptation
Learn about the various initiatives INBOA carries out in collaboration with its members and partners.
Through network-hosted activities including webinars, workshops and networking events, members have opportunities to share knowledge, methods, technologies and approaches that support adaptation and fosters collaboration among a variety of stakeholders.
For example:
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) co-hosted webinar on Enhancing Policy Engagement to Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation
- GERICS co-hosted webinar on Climate services explained—benefits, challenges, and solutions
Through conferences, joint working papers, editorial pieces, high-profile presentations and other initiatives, network members collectively raise awareness on shared concerns, such as the role of boundary organizations and the urgency of evidence-based adaptation decision-making.
For example
- Network of Boundary Organizations on Adaptation Showcase Event at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Organizations bridging climate change science and the needs of cities join forces to amplify their impact to increase adaptation globally session in 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C24).
The network enables training workshops, mentoring opportunities and staff exchanges that strengthen participants’ capacity to connect climate change science with adaptation decision-making.
For example:
- Workshop “Co-Developing Competencies for Boundary Work and Knowledge Brokering to Accelerate Adaptation Action” at Adaptation Futures 2025
- Workshop “Time to move adaptation from a project-based to a boundary organizations-based approach?” at SB60
INBOA contributes to advancing knowledge on boundary organizations and boundaries work in climate adaptation through research projects and related activities.
For example:
- Commissioned a working paper exploring the evolution of the boundary organization concept in environmental governance, as well as the enabling factors and constraints affecting their role in supporting adaptation action.
2025
Webinar : Climate services explained – benefits, challenges, and solutions
June 12, 2025 | On line
Adaptation Futures 2025
13 to 16 October, 2025 | Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand
2024
Webinar : Adaptation Policy Engagement
October 28, 2024 | Online
This second INBOA online workshop led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) will aim to better equip and enable ‘boundary organizations’ (those working in the interface between science and policy) to inform, influence and engage with international climate policy – particularly on adaptation.
Innovate4cities
September 10–12, 2024 | Montreal, Canada
INBOA hosted a hybrid session on « Organizations bridging climate change science and the needs of cities join forces to amplify their impact to increase adaptation globally » with presentations from network members Centre de Suivi Écologique (Senegal) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Bangladesh)
SB60
June 6, 2024 | Bonn, Germany
This first INBOA workshop focused on the boundary organization model and its potential to support more adaptation globally.
An interactive and hybrid format was used to discuss questions such as:
What can boundary organizations learn from each other?
Can the boundary organization model be used to change the financing approach for adaptation?
Can the network help meet adaptation needs globally?
THE EVENT | THE REPPORT | PRESENTATION GERICS | PRESENTATION KIRCHHOFF | PRESENTATION ARIN
2023
COP28
December 9, 2023 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Le groupe d'organisations internationales impliquées dans le développement du Réseau commence à se stabiliser. La participation de plusieurs d'entre elles à la COP a été l'occasion de poursuivre les discussions sur la structure du réseau.
World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Open Science Conference
October 26, 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda
Up to this point, boundary organizations involved in the discussions about the network of networks have been mostly those focussing on the adaptation side of things.
The conference organized by the World Meteorological Organization was an opportunity to get some feedback from organizations focussing on the climate sciences and climate services
Adaptation Futures 2023
October 4, 2023 | Montreal, Canada
Several organizations that can be considered boundary organizations or are interested in boundary work attend Adaptation Futures.
Ouranos and a small organizing committee including members from CSE, Futures-Act, UKZN, 4C Maroc, ICCCAD and UCCRN, with support from Copticom and Montreal International, took the opportunity to organize a co-production session to help design the network.
For our members
Call for a review of the plan through 2025, including a series of four workshops
Call to finalize the network structure and discuss the website
