Building Resilience to Climate Change - Wednesday, September 14

Global Adaptation Index^TM (“GaIn^TM”): mobilizing policymakers and the private sector to build resilience to climate change

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
followed by a reception

The German Marshall Fund of the United States
1744 R Street NW
Washington DC, 20009

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Opening remarks:	Kenneth A. Hersh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Adaptation Institute and CEO of NGP Energy Capital Management Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, Founding Chief Executive Officer, Global Adaptation Institute
Presentation:	Dr. Ian Noble, Chief Scientist, Global Adaptation Institute
Respondents:	Stephen Seidel, Vice President Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change Bruce M. Kahn, PhD, Senior Investment Analyst, Deutsche Bank Asset Management
Moderator:	Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Senior Director for Policy Programs, GMF

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Adaptation to the effects of climate change — from rising sea levels to extreme weather events to damaged or even collapsed ecosystems — will be one of the great challenges of the coming decades. The effects of climate change that are already being felt around the globe will worsen even if ambitious measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are implemented to prevent the worst consequences of a warming planet. Adaptation to climate change will require hundreds of billions of dollars per year in investments over the coming decades to help vulnerable countries adapt. Governments and donors cannot implement the required changes alone: for adaptation to work, the private sector must be part of the solution.

On September 14, the Global Adaptation Institute will release its Global Adaptation Index^TM (“GaIn^TM”). The index is a transparent and credible source of information that is the first tool of its kind to help facilitate private-sector investment in climate change adaptation. It will provide the information necessary to inform policy and to guide scarce private resources to vulnerable countries that are ready to build their resilience to climate change.

The German Marshall Fund is delighted to invite you to this presentation of GaIn, which will be followed by a roundtable discussion of the index and its potential as a tool to guide investment decisions that will help countries adapt to climate change.

This is an invitation-only event. To learn more about this event please contact Tessa Paganini at tpaganini@gmfus.org or 202-683-2636.