Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Climate Risks for Insurance and Finance

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Copernicus WS ON Climate Risks for Insurance and Finance

The Copernicus Thematic Workshop focused on climate risks for insurance and finance. The event was hybrid and took place in Brussels and online.

Presentations

Agenda

Master of Ceremony: Leila Ajjabou, EUSPA

Setting the Policy & Regulatory Context

  • Welcome Remarks 
    Mauro Facchini, DG DEFIS, European Commission
  • EU Framework for Climate Resilience 
    Elena Saggioro, DG CLIMA, European Commission
  • Embedding Adaptation and Resilience in Sustainable Finance 
    Marleen Och, DG FISMA, European Commission
  • Strengthening Catastrophe Risk Supervision through Earth Observation 
    Marie Scholer, EIOPA
  • Key Expectation for Physical Risk Management by EU Banks 
    Fabien Le Tennier, EBA

Long-term risk modelling and planning

  • Introduction on EO for Long-term risk modelling and planning 
    Bernardo Brum, EUSPA
  • Long-term Risk & the Climate Viewer
    Roman Roehrl, EIB
  • Asset Exposure & Vulnerability (CLMS)
    Usue Donezar, EEA
  • Physical Risks Assessment – Banking Practices
    Joseph Moorhouse, BNP Paribas
    Nicola Wagner-Rundell, ING

Interactive Discussion

User Needs & Requirements breakouts - Focus on long-term risk modelling, exposure data, vulnerability and underwriting needs

Event footprint evaluation

  • Introduction on EO for event footprint evaluation 
    Branimir Radun, Evenflow
  • Post-Event Context 
    Chiara Cagnazzo, ECMWF
  • CEMS: Claims & Crisis Response
    Andrea Toreti, JRC
  • GIS and EO tools for flood assessment: the case of Mapfre Re 
    Adrián Fernández Sánchez, Mapfre Re

Interactive Discussion

User Needs & Requirements breakouts – Focus on event mapping and monitoring, damage assessment, and parametric risk transfer

Wrap-Up & Roadmap

  • Reporting of Priorities & Needs
    Eduard Zorita Escalona, EUSPA
  • Convincing our sectors to look up
    Fani Kallianou de Jong, EBRD
  • Closing Remarks & Next Steps 
    Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS, European Commission