Building Resilience: Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia

“South Asia is facing a sharp rise in extreme weather, with nearly 90 percent of the population expected to be exposed to intense heat and more than one in five people at risk of severe flooding by 2030. With public budgets under pressure, much of the adaptation effort will need to come from the private sector. A new World Bank report lays out policy reforms that would help households and firms adapt to increasingly frequent and damaging weather events."

World Bank Group Press Release June 3rd, 2025, n° SAR2025

Join us for an exceptional round table to discuss this report released by the World Bank this summer touted as a “model for how to use economics to help poor people”  and for its timeliness.

Guest panel :

• Franziska Ohnsorge, 
  World Bank Chief Economist for South Asia
• Thomas Melonio, 
  AFD Executive Director of Research, Innovation, and Strategy
• Clément Imbert, 
  Sciences Po Professor of Economics

Moderator :

• Jack Willis,
  Columbia University, Visiting Professor at Sciences Po

After the roundtable discussion, the floor will open for a Q&A session.

*REGISTRATION* 
If you would like to attend, please send an email to Stéphanie Berrebi (link).