January 9, 2008
Curious about the buzz surrounding climate change talk? Just can't get away from it, can you? Wondering what all the talk on climate change impact, mitigation, and adaptation means? If you have pondered over these issues then you are invited to come hear Professor Robert Mendelsohn from Yale University, who will share his thoughts on climate change impacts and adaptation.
Professor Mendelsohn is a leading authority on the economics of climate change and policy. Over the last decade, he has developed insightful techniques for measuring the impacts from climate change that capture adaptation. Results of his research have been used to calibrate global impact models that predict the consequences of various climate scenarios. This research finds that climate change will hit low latitude countries especially hard but the net harmful effects of climate change will only become evident in the second half of this century.
Featuring
Robert Mendelsohn
Professor of Economics, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Discussants include
Nancy Birdsall
President, Center for Global Development
Shanta Devarajan
Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
Homi Kharas
Senior Fellow, Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings Institution
Moderated by
Apurva Sanghi
Senior Economist, World Bank
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
3:30 - 5:15 pm
Due to high demand, please arrive 10 minutes early. The event will start promptly at 3:30pm
at
World Bank J Building, Auditorium JB1-080
1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433
Please RSVP to:
infoShopevents@worldbank.org
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