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Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2010

Risk Analysis: the Science and the Art

Session Schedule & Abstracts


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Plenary Session Monday

8:30-10:00 AM

Panel Session: Strategies for Reducing Catastrophe Risks in the Face of Climate Change

Moderator: Howard Kunreuther; Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy, and Co-Director Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Panelists: Scott Belden; Senior Vice President of Reinsurance, Travelers Insurance

William H. Hooke; Policy Program Director, American Meteorological Society

Granger Morgan; Lord Chair Professor in Engineering and Director of the Climate Decision Making Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Muir-Wood; Chief Research Officer at Risk Management Solutions, RMS




Given the possibility of sea level rise due to global warming, we are entering a new era of catastrophes unless the increasing number of property owners located in hurricane and flood-prone regions of the world invest in risk-reduction (adaptation) measures or relocate to safer ground. In this context, the current debate about how best to adapt to a changing climate raises an important policy question: How can those countries facing floods, hurricanes, and tropical cyclones sustain themselves against more devastating climate-related natural disasters in the future? This panel brings experts from the research community and the public and private sectors to suggest risk management strategies for addressing this issue.


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