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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Integrated Assessment Modeling Conference

Karen Fisher-Vanden, David Popp, and Ian Sue Wing, Organizers

May 17-18, 2012

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, May 17:

7:50 am           Shuttle Vans (2) depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:00 am           Continental Breakfast

 

8:20 am           Welcome and overview of the goals of the workshop
David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER
John Weyant, Stanford University
Don Fullerton, University of Illinois and NBER

 

Session I—Energy and Water

Session Chair: Ian Sue Wing, Boston University

 

8:45 am           Sheila Olmstead, Resources for the Future
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Resource Management: An Analytical Review of the Current Empirical Economics Literature


9:15 am           Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute
                       
Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Review of Modeling Studies on Impacts and Adaptations

 

9:45 am           Coffee Break

 

10:00 am         Maximilian Auffhammer, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
Measuring Climatic Impacts on Energy Expenditures: A Review of the Empirical Literature  

 

10:30 am         Juan-Carlos Ciscar, JRC, European Commission
Paul Dowling, JRC, European Commission
Review of Literature on Integrated Assessment of Climate Impacts and Adaptation in the Energy Sector

 

11:00 am         Panel Discussion: Incorporating empirical energy and water findings into IAMs. 
Moderator: Ian Sue Wing, Boston University
Panelists: Juan-Carlos Ciscar, JRC, European Commission
Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
Emanuele Massetti, Yale University

Sheila Olmstead, Resources for the Future

Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute

 

11:45 am         Lunch

Session II—Agriculture and Land Use

Session Chair: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University

 

12:45 pm         Steven Rose, EPRI
Climate Change Adaptation Modeling of Forestry and Pasture Land Use

                        (via remote connection)

 

1:30 pm           H. Allen Klaiber, Ohio State University
Migration and Household Adaptation to Climate: A Review of Empirical Research


2:00 pm           Coffee Break

 

2:30 pm           Maximilian Auffhammer, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University and NBER
Empirical Studies on Agricultural Impacts and Adaptation

 

3:00 pm           Thomas Hertel, Purdue University
David Lobell, Stanford University
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Rich and Poor Countries: Current Modeling Practice and Potential for Empirical Contributions

 

3:30 pm           Coffee Break

 

4:00 pm           Panel Discussion: Incorporating empirical agricultural and land-use findings into IAMs. 
Moderator: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University
Panelists: Maximilian Auffhammer, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Thomas Hertel, Purdue University
H. Allen Klaiber, Ohio State University
Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University
Steven Rose, EPRI (via remote connection)

Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University and NBER

 

4:45 pm           Adjourn

4:50 pm           Shuttle Vans (2) depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

6:30 pm           Group Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)



Friday, May 18:


8:20 am           Shuttle Vans (2) depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:30 am           Continental Breakfast

 

Session III—Health and Extreme Events

Moderator:      David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER

 

9:00 am           Carolyn Kousky, Resources for the Future
Informing Climate Adaptation: A Review of the Economic Costs of Natural Disasters, Their Determinants, and Risk Reduction Options

 

9:30 am           Francesco Bosello, FEEM

Enrica De Cian, FEEM
Modeling Impacts and Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise. A Review of the Literature


10:00 am         Coffee Break

10:30 am         Olivier Deschenes, UC, Santa Barbara and NBER
Climate Change, Human Health, and Adaptation: A Review of the Empirical Literature

11:00 am         David Anthoff, UC, Berkeley
Review of Modeling Studies on Health Impacts and Adaptation

11:30 am         Panel Discussion: Incorporating empirical extreme events and health findings into IAMs. 
Moderator: David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER
Panelists: David Anthoff, UC, Berkeley
Enrica De Cian, FEEM

Olivier Deschenes, UC, Santa Barbara and NBER
Carolyn Kousky, Resources for the Future
John Weyant, Stanford University


12:15 pm         Lunch

1:30 pm           Discussion: Developing a research agenda to improve the connection between empirical research and IAMs.

2:45 pm           Closing and discussion of the road forward

3:00 pm           Adjourn