The Social Dimension of Adaptation to Climate Change

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Agenda


[ Printable Version with List of Participants][last updated: February, 18th 2010]

DAY 1: Thursday, February 18th,  2010

8:45 - 9:15 Registration
9:15 - 9:30

Welcome Address
Carlo CARRARO, University Ca' Foscari of Venice and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy

9:30-13:00
Session 1: Social and Behavioural Change to Adapt to Climate Change
 
Chair: Ian BURTON

9:30-10:15 Brian FAGAN, Archeologist

Lesson of a Thousand Years Ago: an Archaeologist Looks at Ancient Climate Change

10:15-11:00

Irene LORENZONI, University of East Anglia, UK and IPCC WG II

  The Social and Behavioural Limits to Adaptation to Climate Change

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:15 Chris HIGH, The Open University, UK

Social Learning in the Context of Adaptation to Climate Change

12:15-13:00Discussion
 

Introduction by: Emanuele MASSETTI, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici, Italy

13:00-14:00Lunch

14:00-18:15 Session 2: Reshaping Social Systems to Adapt to Climate Change
  Chair: Irene LORENZONI

14:00-14:45

Shardul AGRAWALA, OECD, Paris
 

Social aspects of adaptation: What Role can Microfinance Play?

14:45-15:30 Ian BURTON, University of Toronto, Canada
 

The Future of Adaptation After Copenhagen

15:30-16:00Coffee Break

16:00-16:45

Maarten K. VAN AALST, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Netherlands

 Community Based Risk Management

16:45-17:30

Stephane HALLEGATTE, CIRED and Meteo France, France

 City Level Adaptation Strategies

17:30-18:15

Discussion

 

Introduction by: Nanki KAUR, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK

 
 

 


DAY 2: Friday, February 19th, 2010

9:00-13:15 Session 3: Learning to Adapt: Overcoming Behavioural and Social Constraints to Adopt New Technologies
  Chair: Maarten K. VAN AALST

9:00-9:45 Nanki KAUR, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK
 The Role of Community-Based Learning for Technological Adoption

9:45-10:30 Rasmus HELTBERG, The World Bank, USA
Addressin Human Vulnerability to Climate Change

10:30-11:00Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 Fredrick CARLSSON, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
 Risk Sharing and Coordination Among Farmers to Adapt to Climate Change

11:40-12:30 Wolfgang LUTZ, IIASA, Austria
 Improving Education as Key to Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Developing Countries

12:30-13:15Discussion

Introduction by: Stephane HALLEGATTE, CIRED and Meteo France, France
13:15-14:15Lunch