January 16th 2008 conference
“the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report Synthesis and
adaptation to climate change” 

The Université Paris-Dauphine hosted on January 16th 2008 a high-level symposium on “the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report Synthesis and adaptation to climate change”
Download IPCC synthesis report
Co-organised by the Université Paris-Dauphine and the Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts, both APREC partners, this conference gathered many experts around Dr. Rajendra K. PACHAURI, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
It was attended by ca. 800 people

Please find all the conference documents and videos below.

Introductory text on adaptation to climate change Download
Speakers’ biographies Download

Speakers’ presentations

Welcome speech by Laurent BATSCH, President of Université Paris-Dauphine

Welcome speech by Laurent BATSCH

Roundtable chaired by Jean-Marie CHEVALIER, Professor at Université Paris-Dauphine and Director of Center of Geopolitics of Energy and Raw Materials

Roundtable chaired by Jean-Marie CHEVALIER

Rajendra K. PACHAURI, IPCC Chairman
"Synthesis of the IPCC 4th Assessment Report with a Focus on Adaptation"
Download Dr Pachauri’s presentation

Rajendra K. PACHAURI, "Climate Change and the need for Adaptation"

Questions réponses

Jean JOUZEL, Director of Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace and IPCC Working Group 1 Vice President: « The Case for Adaptation»
Download J. Jouzel’s presentation

Jean JOUZEL, " The Case for Adaptation"

Claude HENRY, Professor of Economics (Ecole Polytechnique and Columbia University): « Adaptation and Uncertainty »
Download C. Henri’s working paper

Claude HENRY, "Adaptation and Uncertainty"

Stéphane HALLEGATTE, Economist (CIRED and Météo France) and Author for IPCC Working Group 2: « Future Climate Change Impact Estimation: Focus on Adaptation »
Download S. Hallegatte’s presentation

Stéphane HALLEGATTE, "Future Climate Change Impact Estimation: Focus on Adaptation"

Shardul AGRAWALA, OECD Principal Administrator and Co-ordinating Lead Author for IPCC Working Group 2: « Adaptation Actions from Private Actors and Governments »
Download S. Agrawala’s presentation

Shardul AGRAWALA, "Adaptation Actions from Private Actors actors and Governments"

Christian de PERTHUIS, Professor associated to the Université Paris-Dauphine and Director of the Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts: « The Link between Climate Change Adaptation Issues and the Financing of Infrastructures »
Download C. de Perthuis’s presentation

Christian de PERTHUIS, "The Link between Climate Change Adaptation Issues and the Financing of Infrastructures"