Agenda of the Expert Workshop on the Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change

DAY 1: MONDAY 7 APRIL 2008

Welcome Remarks,  Lorents Lorentsen (OECD)

SESSION 1:  Adaptation in an Economic Context
 Chair: Lorents Lorentsen, Director Environment, OECD

• An Economic Framework for Adaptation – Samuel Fankhauser (IDEA Carbon)
• Overview of Empirical Estimates of Adaptation Costs and Benefits – Shardul Agrawala (OECD)

SESSION 2:   Global and National Studies of Adaptation Costs  Chair: Joel Smith, Vice President, Stratus Consulting

• Global Costing and Financing Needs for Adaptation  –  Preety Bhandari (UNFCCC)
• Costing Priority Adaptations in Least Developed Countries: A view from NAPAs  – Momodou Njie (The Gambia)
• Costing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in Europe  – Paul Watkiss (Paul Watkiss Associates
• Costing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in India – Suruchi Bhadwal (TERI)

SESSION 3: Cross-Cutting Issues in Adaptation Costing
 Chair: Samuel Fankhauser, Managing Director IDEA Carbon

• Estimating Adaptation Costs/Benefits – Joel Smith (Stratus Consulting)
• Effects of Uncertainty and Timing   – Michael Hanemann (UC Berkeley)
• The Many Dimensions of Infrastructure Adaptation and its Costs – Mohammed Dore (Brock University)
• Costing “Soft”Adaptations – Stéphane Hallegatte (Méteo France) 
   
   

DAY 2: TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2008

SESSION 4A: Modelling Adaptation: Mitigation/Adaptation Linkages
 Chair: John Reilly, Associate Director Joint Program on Global Change, MIT

• Joint Modelling of Adaptation and Mitigation Costs – Kelly de Bruin and Rob Dellink (IVM)
• Incorporating Adaptation in IAMs – Carlo Carraro (FEEM)
• Discussant: Adapting IAMs to Include Adaptation  – Frank Lecocq (INRA) 

SESSION 4B:  Modelling Adaptation – Economy Wide Effects
 Chair: Carlo Carraro, Research Director FEEM 

• Economy-wide Costs of Adaptation  – Roberto Roson  (FEEM)
• Trade and Adaptation  –  John Reilly (MIT)
• Growth Effects of Climate Change (and Implications for Adaptation)  – Frank Lecocq (INRA)

SESSION 5:  Incentivising Adaptation: Role of Markets and Governments
 Chair: Ian Johnson, Chairman IDEA Carbon

• Efficient Market Adaptation to Climate Change –  Ferenc Toth (IAEA)
• Framework for Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation  – Shruti Mehrotra (World Economic Forum)
• The Role of Insurance in Climate Change Adaptation – Jerry Skees (U. Kentucky)
• Adaptation in the Context of Asset Management -  Mark Fulton (Deutsche Asset Management)
• Factoring Climate Change Risk along the Supply Chain   –  Katherine Daniels (Oxfam)
• Role of Public and Private Sector in Adapting Infrastructure  – Christian de Perthuis (Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations)
• Establishing Priorities for Theory and Practice  – Wrap-Up Roundtable

Moderated by Ian Johnson (IDEA Carbon)

 
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