Launch Meeting Bangkok (24-26 Oct 2012)

The first meeting for the Capacity Building Programme on the Economics of Climate Change Adaptation was held 24-26 October 2012 in Bangkok. The meeting was a 2.5 day consultation to scope and identify country specific needs.    

Launch Meeting (Bangkok 24-26 Oct 2012)

• Agenda

• Participant List
• Logistics Note

Presentations of Day 1 (24th Oct 2012)

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• Session 3: An Update on Climate Science: what we know about the nature of climate change and its likely biophysical impacts in Asia, and the implications for economic analyses to assist with sectoral and cross-sectoral planning - Xianfu Lu (ADB)
• Session 3: Economics of Adaptation: an overview of key concepts, methods and tools for assessing bankable investment projects as well as medium-long term planning - Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)
• Session 4: Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Crops and Livestock and Adaptation of the Agriculture Sector at the National, Sub-national and Community Level, Methods and Tools - Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)
• Session 4: Cost Benefit Analysis of an Agricultural Adaptation (Irrigation) to Climate Change - Agha Akram (Yale University)
• Session 4: Valuing Impacts on Changes in Water Supply in Multiple Use Contexts including Projects to Address Climate Change Risks, Methods and Tools - Leo Dobes (ANU)
• Session 4: A Case Study of the Khulna Water Sector Project, Bangladesh - Enamul Haque (United International University)
• Session 4: Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems: ecosystem modeling for forestry and Conservation, Methods and Tools - Brent Sohngen (Ohio State)
• Session 4: Case Study: Using Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis to Decide on Coastal Land Use Options: a comparison of storm protection costs/benefits of mangroves to other engineering approaches in India - Saudamini Das (Institute for Economic Growth/SANDEE)

Presentations of Day 2 (25th Oct 2012)

• Session 4: Valuing impacts on urban and coastal infrastructure from sea level rise and storms, Tools and Methods, Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)
• Session 4: Valuing Impacts in other Sectors: the role of macroeconomic analytical methods in short-, medium-, and long-term planning, Tools and Methods, Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)
• Session 4: Case Study: Assessing whether adapting to heat waves actually works - Saudamini Das (Institute for Economic Growth/SANDEE)
• Session 5: A Framework for Integrating Economics of Adaptation in a Sustainable Manner to Support National Adaptation Planning - Ashley Palmer, (UNDP APRC)
• Session 5: A Dialogue with Countries to Identify Country-level Capacity Needs: Climate Change Adaptation in Maldives - Maldivian Delegates

Presentations of Day 3 (26th Oct 2012)

• Session 5: Poverty/human development impacts of climate change – what we know and what we do not know - Biswa Tiwari (UNDP/APRC)
• Session 5: Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews – summary of experience and way forward - Paul Steel (UNDP)
• Session 6: Responding to Country Needs to Strengthen Technical and Functional Capacities on the Economics of Adaptation: WHAT, HOW, WHERE, WHEN & EXPECTED RESULTS - Pradeep Kurukulasuriya (UNDP-GEF (HQ))