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Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 8-10 November 2010

DESCRIPTION:

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre is hosting a workshop on socio-economic assessment of climate change impacts as a way to inform UNDP staff as well as clients on the value of economic assessments for decision-making related to adapting to climate change.

In particular, the workshop will cover:
• Different approaches and methodologies for socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts.
• Training that will focus on preparing think-tanks and experts from countries in Europe and CIS region for carrying out country-level and regional cost assessments of climate change impacts and cost-benefit analysis of adaptation options.

The workshop is also aimed at raising awareness and demystify what conducting an economic analysis entails and how one should go about it in way that is practical and applied.

For additional information about the workshop’s content, background information, and the presenters, please see the Agenda (ENG), Agenda (RUS), the Concept Note and the Biography of Presenters.

BACKGROUND PAPER:

"Socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts – A stock-taking report" by Seth Landau (2010) ENG RUS

RECOMMENDED READING:

"Introduction and Purpose of T21" by Millennium Institute
"Overview of T21 and the Climate Change Program" by Millennium Institute
"What is the Economics of Climate Change?" by Nicholas Stern
"Introduction to Protecting Health from Global Climate Change: Proposals for Economic Analysis" by Guy Hutton
"Protecting Protecting Health from Global Climate Change: Proposals for Economic Analysis" by Guy Hutton
"Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Methodology - Draft" by World Bank
"Water and climate change: understanding the risks and making climate-smart investment decisions" by World Bank
"Plan or React?: Analysis of Adaptation Costs and Benefits Using Integrated Assessment Models" OECD Environment Working Papers, No. 23, Agrawala, S. et al. (2010)
"Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrated Assessment Modelling of Adaptation Costs and Benefits" OECD Environment Working Papers, No. 6, de Bruin, K., R. Dellink and S. Agrawala (2009)
"GTAP-E: An Energy-Environmental Version of the GTAP Model", by Jean-Marc Burniaux and Truong P. Truong (2002)
"A discrete-continuous choice model of climate change impacts on energy" Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-43. by Mansur, E.T., R. Mendelsohn, and W. Morrison. (2005)
"Climate change, irrigation, and Israeli agriculture: Will warming be harmful?" by Aliza Fleischer, Ivgenia Lichtman, Robert Mendelsohn (2007)
"The economic impact of global climate change on Mediterranean rangeland ecosystems: A Space-for-Time approach" by Aliza Fleischer, Marcelo Sternberg (2006)
"The Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis" by Robert Mendelsohn et al. (1994)
"A Global Model of Climate Change – Impacts on Timber Markets" by Brent Sohngen et al. (2001)
"Economic effects on climate change on US water resources" by Brian Hurd et al.
"To Slow or Not to Slow: The Economics of the Greenhouse Effect" by William D. Nordhaus (1991)
"Global climate change and US agriculture" by Richard M. Adams (1990)
"Are we adapting to climate change?" by Lea Berrang-Ford et al. (2010)

ADDTIONAL READING:

"Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change" by Martin Parry et al.
"Ecological Macroeconomics: Consumption, Investment, and Climate Change" by Jonathan M. Harris et al. (2008)
"Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change - Costs, Benefits, and Policy Instruments" by OECD (2008)
"Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress" by Joseph Stiglitz
List of literature: Economic valuation of climate change impacts and adaptation in the agriculture sector
List of literature: Moving from assessments to adaptation policies and measures – Approaches for evaluation of adaptation measures
"Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and implications for policy makers" by Haines et al. (2009)
"A World Induced Technical Change Hybrid Model" by Bosetti, V.; Carraro C.; Galeotti M.; Massetti E.; Tavoni, M. (2006)
List of publications in the Bibliographies
Bibliography: General Climate Change (zip file)
Bibliography: Agriculture (zip file)
Bibliography: Extreme events (zip file)
Bibliography: Forestry (zip file)
Bibliography: Health (zip file)
Bibliography: Sea level rise (zip file)
Bibliography: Tourism (zip file)
Bibliography: Water (zip file)
"Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies" by Jan F. Feenstra et al. (1998)

PROPOSED READING FROM PARTICIPANTS:

Lectures by Lord Nicholas Stern (videos) on climate change subjects
"Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry – Progress and Prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Volume II, Moldova, Country Review” by World Bank (2007)
"Rural Productivity in Moldova – Managing Natural Vulnerability” by World Bank (2007)
National communication (first 2000 and second 2009) of the Republic of Moldova under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Eng) and (Rom)
Technology needs assessment and development priorities in Moldova 2002 (Eng) and (Rom)
National Inventory Report: 1990-2005. Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in the Republic of Moldova (Eng) and (Rom)
Environmental Management. Report on national capacity self-assessment Moldova 2005 (Eng) and (Rom)
Climate Change. Research, Studies, Solutions ARTICLES COLLECTION 2000 (Rom)
List of Climate Change Publications (Eng), (Rom) and (Rus)

UNDP REPORTS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS:

National Human Development Report “A Climate for Change” in Croatia (2008)
National Human Development Report “Climate Change in Moldova - Socio-Economic Impact and Policy Options to Adaptation” (2009/2010)
Socio-Economic Impact of Climate Change in Armenia (2009)
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Montenegro (2009)

PRESENTATIONS:

Day 1

1. Socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts - Rationale. Overview of experience and different approaches – Pradeep Kurukulasuriya ENG
2. Methodological approaches to assess the socio-economic impacts of climate change and adaptation: Macroeconomic assessments – John D. Shilling ENG RUS
3. Methodological approaches to assess the socio-economic impacts of climate change and adaptation: Microeconomic assessments – Aliza Fleischer ENG RUS
4. Methodological approaches to assess the socio-economic impacts of climate change and adaptation: Integrated assessments – Robert Mendelsohn ENG RUS
5. Various approaches for carrying out socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts: costs, data requirements, advantages and disadvantages: A top down approach – Juan Carlos Císcar ENG RUS
6. Various approaches for carrying out socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts: costs, data requirements, advantages and disadvantages: Estimating climate change damages with limited data – John Mac Callaway ENG RUS
7. Various approaches for carrying out socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts: costs, data requirements, advantages and disadvantages: Integrated approach – Sergio Margulis ENG
8. UNDP National Human Development Reports in Croatia ENG RUS
9. UNDP National Human Development Reports in Moldova ENG RUS
10. Lessons Learned from Previous UNDP Country Studies – Mac Callaway ENG RUS
11. WB report of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change – Sergio Margulis ENG
12. OECD main case studies and overview of findings – Elisa Lanzi ENG RUS
13. EU: Sector-level studies in support of adaptation – Juan Carlos Císcar ENG RUS

Day 2

1. Establishing the scope of the assessment and involving key stakeholders – Seth Landau ENG RUS
2. Methods for estimating current and future socio-economic impact of climate risks in Agriculture sector – Robert Mendelsohn ENG RUS
3. Methods for estimating current and future socio-economic impact of climate risks in Water sector – Alyssa L. McCluskey ENG RUS
4. Methods for estimating current and future socio-economic impact of climate risks in Forestry sector – Robert Mendelsohn ENG RUS
5. Forest: Analysis and economic mechanism – Andrey Stetsenko ENG/RUS
6. Socio-economic assessments of climate change impacts in National Communications – Maude Veyret Picot ENG RUS

Day 3

1. Methods for estimating current and future socio-economic impact of climate risks in Energy sector – Elisa Lanzi ENG RUS
2. WHO’s work related to climate change adaptation in Europe – Bettina Menne ENG
3. Methods for estimating current and future socio-economic impact of climate risks in Health sector – Guy Hutton ENG RUS
4. Additional issues in valuing climate change damages – John Mac Callaway ENG RUS
5. Linking economic, social, and environmental relations to address climate change issues - Threshold 21 model – John D. Shilling ENG RUS
6. Moving from assessments to adaptation policies and measures - Approaches for evaluation of adaptation measures – Anthony Mills ENG RUS
7. Moving from assessments to adaptation policies and measures - Approaches for evaluation of adaptation measures – Anil Markandya ENG
8. What Next? – Pradeep Kurukulasuriya ENG