Aiming at a more resilient society
“Public-private partnership – Key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation” was the motto of this year’s International Disaster and Risk Conference 2008 which took place in Davos, Switzerland, from 25 – 28 August.
Swiss Re was prominently represented at this conference, offering its views and solutions on climate change adaptation, effective country risk management and public-private partnerships for risk transfer solutions – aiming at a more resilient society:
- Peter Forstmoser, Chairman of the Board of Directors, on “Climate change adaptation – opportunities for disaster risk reduction”
- Peter Hausmann, Head Research and Development Property & Speciality, on “Easier access to public data could improve disaster risk assessments”
- Reto Schnarwiler, Head Public Sector Business Development, on “Disaster risk financing: reducing the burden on public budgets”
- Ivo Menzinger, Head Sustainability and Emerging Risk Management, on “Country risk management” in the context of infrastructure protection and resilience (side conference co-organised by Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection and IDRC)
“To cope with the financial consequences of climate-related disaster risks, new forms of private-public risk transfer will allow governments, development banks or NGO's to leverage their funds through the use of insurance and capital market instruments.” Peter Forstmoser, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Swiss Re
At the IDRC 2008, close to 1000 participants from academia, the public and the private sector from 100 countries met to discuss approaches for integrated risk management and how to get from thoughts to actions.
Further information about Swiss Re’s engagement for effective country risk management and novel public-private risk transfer solutions.
