The OECD has been working on the economics of climate change since the late 1980s. Thanks to this experience, we have developed a capacity to help countries to identify and implement cost-effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to integrate adaptation to climate change into all relevant policy areas. 

• Summary Record by Lorents Lorentsen
• Provisional programme (revised 28 August)
• Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, for the launch of the OECD Publication "The economics of climate change mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012".
  

Objective

 

The purpose of the Conference was to bring together high level experts, government decision-makers and representatives from civil society to discuss how climate change mitigation and adaptation can best be tackled in an economically efficient manner, including by ensuring sufficient incentives for participation by all.

 

Background material

 

Analytical input to the Conference included OECD work on:

• The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation, including Key Facts & Figures from the new OECD book "The economics of climate change mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012".
• The economics of adaptation
• New OECD Policy Brief: Cost-Effective Actions to Tackle Climate Change

 

Presentations

 

Session 1 : Mitigation Climate Change

• Jorgen Elmeskov, Director, Policy Branch, OECD Economics Department PDF
• Brian McLean, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, US PDF
• Chris Lenon, Global Head of Taxation, Rio Tinto Cie, BIAC PDF

 

Session 2 : Adapting to Climate Change

• Shardul Agrawala, Senior Economist, Climate Change, OECD Environment Directorate PDF
• Kazuhiko Takemoto, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Environment, Japan PDF
• David Bresch, Director, Sustainability and Emerging Risk Management, Swiss Reinsurance Co PDF
• Shruti Mehrotra, Associate-Director, World Economic Forum PDF

 

Session 3 : Building Political Support for Global Action against Climate Change

• Chris Dodwell,Head of International Climate Change Division, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK PDF
• Carlo Carraro, President, University of Venice, and Director of Research, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan PDF
• Jose Garibaldi,Climate Change Advisor to Peru, Colombia and a number of other Latin American countries PDF

 

Contacts

• Giuseppe NICOLETTI, Head of the Structural Policy Analysis Division, OECD Economics Department:Giuseppe.NICOLETTI@oecd.org

• Helen MOUNTFORD, Head of the Climate Change, Biodiversity and Development Division, OECD Environment Directorate: Helen.MOUNTFORD@oecd.org

• Alain DE SERRES, Structural Policy Analysis Division, OECD Economics Department: Alain.DESERRES@oecd.org

• Irene SINHA, Assistant, OECD Economics Department: Irene.SINHA@oecd.org