Munich Re Programme events

 

Symposia, workshops and business roundtables are held as part of the Munich Re Programme|'s aim to simulate interactions between researchers, the insurance industry and policy-makers about key aspects of climate researchers.

Details of forthcoming and past events can be accessed below.

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 Book launches

May 2012 

Reception and book launch of Professor Arthur Petersen's 'Simulating Nature'

CATS at LSE will be hosting a reception and book launch, on 23 May, of Arthur Petersen's book, 'Simulating Nature: a philosophical study of computer-simulation uncertainties and their role in climate science and policy advice'. Please email Lyn Grove| at CATS for more information or to attend.  

 Lectures

March 2012 

Coupled dynamic modelling of the economy and of the climate system|

The speaker Professor Michael Ghil gave a review of the classical arguments about business modelling.

Roundtables

May 2010

How can Climate Change Science and Economics Better Support the Insurance Industry?|

Industry roundtable, which 18 representatives of the insurance industry attended.

 Seminars

May 2010

Improving the IPCC's Uncertainty Management in Assessing Climate Change, Impacts and Response|

Professor Petersen discusses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's uncertainty management.

October 2009

At War with the Weather|

Professor Kunreuther explores some of the issues in his new book - including how to manage large-scale risks.

Symposia

November 2012

Insurance in emerging markets: determinants of growth and the case of climate change?|

This symposium on Insurance in Emerging Markets brought together a small group of leading academics and practitioners to discuss the different determinants of insurance growth. The aim was to have an open exchange on latest findings, considering evidence from emerging markets and developed markets, as well as comparing tools and methods for evaluation.

May 2012

Hurricane Forecasting: skill and value|

LSE hosted an academic symposium on Hurricane Forecasting, with a focus on questions relating to the construction, evaluation and use of hurricane forecasts on seasonal scales.

November 2010

Quantification and Interpretation of Trends in Economic and Insured Nat Cat Losses: how can climate change affect the frequency and severity of natural disasters?|

Industry symposium that took place in Munich.

The Study of Economic Loss from Natural Disasters|

Science symposium that took place in London. 

July 2009

Interpreting Models in a Climate Change Context|

Experts on issues of climate and climate change risk management came together to explore how different modelling techniques could improve decision-making and risk assessing. 

 

Workshops

May 2011

Summary Note Risk Perception workshop |

A workshop looking at risk perception and insurance in the context of climate change.