Adaptation to climate change

Background and objectives of the meeting

The OECD Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation (TFCCA) meets as part of the OECD Working Parties on Climate, Investment & Development (WPCID) as well as on Biodiversity, Water & Ecosystems (WPBWE). Both are part of the OECD Environment Policy Committee. The objective of the TFCCA is to advance countries’ policy agendas in support of strengthening their resilience to climate change and climate variability and to promote concrete solutions and develop policy guidance on climate change adaptation. 

Presentations

DAY 1

Horizon scanning: the future costs of climate risks and the challenges for adaptation policy

• Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University
  
  

Measuring progress in the implementation of national adaptation policies

• Mikaela Rambali, Catherine Gamper & Maike Kirsch, OECD Climate Change Adaptation
  
  

Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires

• Marta Arbinolo & Catherine Gamper, OECD Climate Change Adaptation
  
  

Insights from other adaptation relevant OECD initiatives

• Jolien Noels & Raphael Jachnik, Finance for Climate Action, OECD
• Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of Unit, Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Urban Development Division, OECD
• Marcia Rocha, Scientist & Team Lead Climate Quantitative Assessments, OECD
• Kelly Cobourn, Agricultural Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

DAY 2

Break-out group discussions on future work

• Catherine Gamper, Team Lead, OECD Climate Change Adaptation