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OECD session at the Fifth Urban Research Symposium
"Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Agenda"
Assessing Local Climate Vulnerability, Impacts, and Assessing Policy Options: Coastal Zones
29 June 2009 Marseille, France
Moderator: Dr. Jan Corfee-Morlot (OECD)
The exposure of port cities to flooding
Robert Nicholls, University of Southampton and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK
Copenhagen & Mumbai examples – the economics of climate change impacts and adaptation policy benefits at urban scale
Dr Stephane Hallegatte, CIRED and Météo-France, France
Understanding and adapting to coastal zone climatic risk at local scale: examples from the US
Travis Franck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Discussant: Ms Lisbeth Strandmark, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Energy Agency, Denmark
Further information on the symposium: http://www.urs2009.net/index.html
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