Roundtable on Building Climate Resilience and Risk Transfer Mechanisms in Asia

Day 1: Risk Assessment: Applying Insurance Methodologies to the Banking Sector

8:30AM – 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Welcome Remarks

Byungsik Jung, Deputy Dean, ADBI
Joong Beom Shin, Deputy Director, AMRO

9:20 AM – 10:20 AM

Session 1: Adaptation and Resilience: Concepts, physical risk assessment, data tracking, and taxonomies

Moderator: Xianguo (Jerry) Huang, Senior Economist, Macro Financial Research Group, AMRO
Presenter: Sayuri Shirai, ADBI Fellow
Discussant: Ronald Young, Head of Sustainable Banking Development, Banking Policy Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Q&A

10:20 AM – 10:35 AM

Coffee Break

10:35 AM – 11:35 AM

Session 2: Navigating Climate Risks: An Insurance Perspective

Moderator: Joy Blessilda Sinay, Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI
Presenter: Yisi Kang, Deputy Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Q&A

11:35 AM – 12:35 PM

Session 3: Applying Insurance Sector Approaches to Banking Sector: Overview of how banks can adopt risk assessment methodologies from the insurance industry

Moderator: Joy Blessilda Sinay, Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI
Presenter: Manoj Pandey, Asia-Pacific Coordinator, V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility, United Nations Environment Programme

Q&A

12:35PM – 1:30PM

Lunch

1:30PM – 2:30PM

Session 4: SEADRIF’s Role in Disaster Risk Financing: Initiatives and lessons for regional risk pooling and financing, and challenges

Moderator: Aziz Durrani, Team Lead, Technical Assistance, AMRO
Presenter: Benedikt Signer, Executive Director, SEADRIF
Discussant: Dr. Ambiyah Abdullah, Senior Researcher, ASEAN Centre for Energy

Q&A

2:30PM – 3:30PM

Session 5 Group A: Sharing of Country Experiences

Moderator: Yuventus Effendi, Economist, Climate Research Group, AMRO

Q&A

3:30PM – 3:45PM

Coffee Break

3:45PM – 4:45PM

Session 6: Panel Discussion: Scaling Up Climate Risk Transfer in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator: Byungsik Jung, Deputy Dean, ADBI

Panelists:

• Sayuri Shirai, ADBI (from Session 1)
• Manoj Pandey, UNEP FI (from Session 3)
• Benedikt Signer, SEADRIF (from Session 4)

Q&A

Day 2: Risk Transfer Mechanisms and Instruments to Finance Resilience

8:45AM – 9:00AM

Registration

9:00AM – 10:00AM

Session 5 Group B: Sharing of Country Experiences 

Moderator: Laura Fermo, Senior Economist, Technical Assistance Team, AMRO

10:00AM – 11:00AM

Session 7: Disaster Risk Insurance Products and CAT Bonds: Innovative risk transfer instruments for disaster resilience

Moderator: Aziz Durrani, Team Lead, Technical Assistance, AMRO

Presenter: Arup Chatterjee, Unit Head, Capital Markets and Insurance Practice Team, Finance Sector Group, Asian Development Bank

Discussant: Matteo Marinelli, Asia Pacific Lead for Sustainable Finance, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Q&A

11:00AM – 11:15AM

Coffee Break

11:15AM – 12:15PM

Session 8: Developing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs): Key steps for coordination and integration with national development strategies

Moderator: Aziz Durrani, Team Lead, Technical Assistance, AMRO
Presenter: Min Hung Cheng, Chief Executive Officer, Global Asia Insurance Partnership
Discussant: Yuventus Effendi, Economist, Climate Research Group, AMRO

Q&A

12:15PM – 12:35PM

Takeaways and Ideas for Way Forward

Moderator: Joy Blessilda Sinay, Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

12:35PM – 12:45PM

Closing Remarks

Byungsik Jung, Deputy Dean, ADBI
Aziz Durrani, Team Lead, Technical Assistance, AMRO