Belpasso International Summer School on Environmental and Resource Economics "Frontiers in Economics of Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction, Financing Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation"
01.09.2013
07.09.2013
09:00 - 18:00
Belpasso
Belpasso, Italy
Sunday, 1st September 2013 - Saturday, 7th Semptember 2013
c/o prof. Giovanni Signorello
DiGeSA
via Santa Sofia 100
95123 Catania
Italy
Ph.: +39 095 7580320
Fax: +39 095 7580345
E-mail: g.signorello@unict.it
Url: www.digesa.unict.it/
Website: www.belpassosummerschool.it/biss2013/
The School will bring together researchers and policy experts from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) fields, to learn about and discuss the advantages and pitfalls of economic and financial policy instruments that serve both purposes, and to share experience and lessons learned.
Deadline for applications: May 15th, 2013. Acceptance notifications will be sent out from May 30th, 2013.
FACULTY
Dr. Swenja Surminski, Grantham Research Institute and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
The role of insurance in reducing climate and disaster risks
Prof. Jeroen Aerts, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Amsterdam
Trends and adaptation options in Flood risk management
Dr. Laurens Bouwer, DELTARES
Projections of future risks from weather-related extreme event
Dr. Reinhard Mechler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and University of Vienna
Economics and economic instruments for building resilience
Dr. Carlos Mario Gomez, University of Alcala’ de Henares, Spain
Water markets and other market-based policy instruments for addressing water scarcity and droughts
Dr. Gonzalo Delacàmara, University of Alcala’ de Henares, Spain
Water markets and other market-based policy instruments for addressing water scarcity and droughts
Dr. Jaroslav Mysiak, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Euro Mediterranean Center for Climate Change
Economic policy instruments for flood risk management