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14May2003
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16May2003
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14-15 May 2003
Bonn, Germany
Background
The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 5/CP.7, requested the secretariat to organize a workshop on insurance-related actions to address the specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from the adverse effects of climate change and from the impact of the implementation of response measures.
Discussions and the exchange of information at the workshop covered the following main issues: Challenges for managing risk arising from the adverse effects of climate change and the impact of the implementation of response measures; approaches to risk management for the adverse effects of climate change and the impact of the implementation of response measures; limitations and problems with existing data; national and international initiatives as possible hedging mechanisms against potential economic losses.
Background papers
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Insurance-related actions to address the specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from the adverse effects of climate change and from the impact of the implementation of response measures by Mr. Axel Michaelowa (Background paper)
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Insurance-related actions and risk assessment in the context of the UNFCCC by Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, M.J. Mace and Roda Verheyen (Background paper)
Presentations
Insurance-related actions in the context of the adverse effects of climate change
Presenter |
Party/ Organization |
Subject |
Ms. Joanne Bayer |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
Overview of insurance-related actions in the context of the adverse effects of climate change (186 kB) |
Mr. Paul Clements Hunt |
UNEP Finance Initiatives |
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Mr. John Harding |
Secretariat of the Intenational Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
Linking disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (328 kB) |
Mr. David Etkin |
Environment Canada |
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Mr. David Crichton |
Middlesex University and University College London |
Risk management best practices (126 kB) |
Insurance-related actions in the context of the impact of response measures
Presenter |
Party/ Organization |
Subject |
Mr. Axel Michaelowa |
Hamburg Institute of International Economics |
Overview of insurance-related actions in the context of the impact of response measures(160 kB) |
Mr. Ugo Fasano |
International Monetary Fund |
Fiscal policy in oil exporting countries and the role of oil saving and stabilization funds (107 kB) |
Mr. |
Norwegian Ministry of Finance |
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Mr. Axel Michaelowa |
Hamburg Institute of International Economics |