Dr Stephen Hammer is co-director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, a consortium of academics and institutions dedicated to the analysis of climate change mitigation, and an adviser to New York City's Energy Policy Taskforce.

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This discussion will be followed by a comparative analysis of the German and French public adaptation policies to climate change and finally by a dialogue between researchers and research program officers on disasters and sustainable development.

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