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Centre for Finance and Development
Tuesday
12
November
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Climate Disaster Risk Finance and Development in Asia

With Kensuke Molnar-Tanaka, Head of Asia Desk, OECD Development Centre
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Room S8, Maison de la paix, Chemin Eugène Rigot 2a, 1202 Geneva

This OECD-CFD seminar will discuss different climate financing solutions in Asia, including disaster insurance, catastrophe bond, and insurance-linked securities, to strengthen the resilience to climate disasters.

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PRESENTATION

 

Faced with increasing exposure to disasters, Asian countries are in growing need of risk management strategies. One of the important challenges is financing disaster-related expenses. Governments need to broaden their financial options. 

This OECD-CFD seminar will discuss different climate financing solutions in Asia, including disaster insurance, catastrophe bond, and insurance-linked securities, to strengthen the resilience to climate disasters.

 

Background information

 

Please click on the web links below.

Fostering Catastrophe Bond Markets in Asia and the Pacific | OECD

Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2024 | OECD

Nature-based solutions for flood management in Asia and the Pacific | OECD

 

Keynote Speaker

 

Kensuke Molnar-Tanaka, Head of Asia Desk, OECD Development Centre, France

Kensuke Molnar-Tanaka is the Head of the Asia Desk at the OECD Development Centre in France, leading a team to produce thematic, region-specific analysis on development and public policy in Asia.

He initiated and is in charge of various regular OECD products, such as the flagship publication OECD’s Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India, OECD Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies, and This Quarter in Asia (2010-13). He is the lead author of publications in the field of climate finance, disaster risk reduction, macro-prudential policies and infrastructure development. In addition, he established the annual OECD-AMRO-ADB-ADBI-ERIA Asian Regional Roundtable to strengthen policy dialogue in the region. 

Previously, he was a Programme Manager on Southeast Asia, at CCNM, OECD and taught at Sciences Po, France and held lectures at various universities in Asia. 

 

Welcome address

 

Nathan Sussman,  Full Professor, International Economics & Pictet Chair in Finance and Development; Director, Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) and Co-Director, MAS in Sustainable Finance and Development.

 

Registration

 

Registration is required. Please register here

 

Organisers

 

This seminar is jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre and the Geneva Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development

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