Webinar

This webinar took place on Zoom, on March 25th, from 09:00 to 11:00 am CET.

This webinar will delve into the practical applications of parametric insurance as a proactive approach to risk management and a tool for climate change adaptation. Examples of practical cases across Europe will be discussed and the potential they hold for scaling up.

Webinar Agenda:

Farmers First: Insurance that works for farmers

• 9.00 - 9.10
• Addressing Climate Risks in Agriculture
  Hilppa Gregow, from the Finnish Meteorological Institute

• 9.10 - 9.20
• Parametric insurance: a proactive approach to risk management
  Sheetal Saklani, from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

• 9.20 - 9.40
• What do Finnish farmers think about parametric insurance as a tool for climate change adaptation?
  Sami Viljanen, from LocalTapiola

• 9.40 - 10.00
• What do Italian farmers think about parametric insurance as a tool for climate change adaptation?
  Luca Carrai, from Politecnico di Milano

• 10.00 -10.40
• The case of olive farmers in Southern Spain
  Nadia Milders and Sheetal Saklani, from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

• 10.40-10.50
• Potential for scaling up
  Nadia Milders, from the Barcelona Supercomputing

• 10.50-11.00
• Concluding remarks and the way forward
  Hilppa Gregow, from the Finnish Meteorological Institute