Organizers

 United Nations University

Background

UNU-EHS’ research is clustered in two main areas: Risk and Adaptation and Transformation, which both feed into its flagship publication, Interconnected Disaster Risks, and UNU-EHS educational activities. Along with its research mandate, UNU-EHS is actively engaged in education and capacity building. It offers the joint Master of Science degree programme “Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security” with the University of Bonn. UNU-EHS also hosts a number of international PhD projects and capacity-development courses on global issues of environmental risks and sustainable development.

The proposed session would be organized by the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), which is hosted at UNU-EHS.  As a leading think tank on climate change and insurance, MCII is dedicated to enabling capacity building and developing solutions to combat the risks posed by climate change for frontline communities in developing countries. Private sector engagement and capacity building are thus at the heart of UNU-EHS/MCII’s projects.

Objectives

• Enhancing climate risk management capacity within the private sector;

• Raise awareness about the use of climate risk insurance to strengthen financial resilience; 

• Raise awareness about the gender and social considerations in climate risk financing; 

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and networking among participants;

General Structure

Kickoff Podcast 

Listen to this introductory podcast that sets the context for the session!