21st Climate & Catastrophic Events Working Party Meeting
13.30 - 15.30
Lisbon, Portugal
Room 4, Gulbenkian Foundation, Av. de Berna, 45A, 1067-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Topic: Who is really accountable when climate policies and cat event safeguards fail?
Moderation: Tim Hardy, Chairman of the Climate & Catastrophic Events Working Party
Agenda, Welcome and Introduction
Speakers:
- Dr Sjoerd Meijer, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam (Netherlands): “The Urgenda case – what now for governments in the Netherlands and beyond?”
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Perner, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria): “Liability for climate change – European perspective”
- Richard Traub, Traub Lieberman (US): Update on US Climate Change Litigation and liability issues/The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
- Panel/Open Discussion: Other countries/what's in store for re/insurers?