Results

Factsheets

Reports and working papers

Knittel, N., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016) The role of public authorities in Austria’s national adaptation strategy. PACINAS Working Paper #01, February 2016, University of Graz, Austria.

Loibl, W., Leitner, M., Stollnberger R., Neumann, H.M. (2017) Adaptation need, costs and benefits: Pilot case study municipal level, PACINAS Working Paper #02, February 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Schinko, T., Mechler, R., Leitner, M., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2017) Iterative climate risk management as early adaptation in Austria – Policy case study “Public adaptation at the federal & provincial level”, PACINAS Working Paper #03, February 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Knittel, N., Bednar-Friedl, B., Leitner, M., Bachner, G. (2017) The Costs of Climate Change Adaptation for the Austrian Federal Budget. PACINAS Working Paper #04, Graz/Vienna, June 2017.

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016) Counterbalancing the Effects of Climate Change Adaptation on Public Budgets: Factor Taxes, Transfers, or Foreign Lending? Graz Economic Papers 2016-07, Department of Economics, University of Graz.

Publications

Schinko, T., Mechler, R., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2016) A methodological framework to operationalize climate risk management: managing sovereign climate-related extreme event risk in Austria. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 1-24. doi:10.1007/s11027-016-9713-0.

Bachner, G. (2016) A macroeconomic assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in a computable general equilibrium framework, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Graz, Austria. http://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:1-105930.

Knittel, N. (2016) Public Adaptation to Climate Change. An identification of public expenditures on adaptation. Master Thesis, University of Graz, Austria. http://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:1-98642.

Laurien, F. (2016) An Economic Assessment of Climate Impacts and Adaptation for Transport Infrastructure. Master Thesis, University of Graz, Austria. http://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:1-95515.

Workshops

  • Stakeholder-Workshop Katastrophen-Risiko-Management als frühe Anpassung?, 29. Juni 2015, Umweltbundesamt, Wien. Programm
  • PACINAS Abschluss-Workshop Kosten der Klimawandelanpassung für die Öffentliche Hand, 2. März 2017, ZAMG, Wien. Programm
  • ECONADAPT Policy Workshop, Brüssel, 27.-28. September 2016, mitorganisiert von PACINAS, Programm & Folien
  • Thematic Session “Climate Change Adaptation and Public Finance”, Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Zurich, June 2016. Programm/Papers

Presentations (selection)

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016), Counterbalancing the Effects of Climate Change Adaptation on Public Budgets: Factor Taxes, Transfers, or Foreign Lending? European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 22nd Annual Conference, Zurich, June 22-25, 2016.

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016), Counterbalancing the Effects of Climate Change on Public Budgets – The Case of Austria, Österreichischer Klimatag, Graz, April 6-8, 2016.

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Knittel, N. (2017), Revealing the Economy-Wide Effects of Climate Change Adaptation – A Macroeconomic Assessment of Adaptation Funding for the Case of Austria. European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2017), Glasgow, June 5-9, 2017.

Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016), Die Österreichische Anpassungsstrategie – Kosten für die Öffentliche Hand, Österreichischer Klimatag, Graz, April 6-8, 2016.

Bednar-Friedl, B. (2017), Kosten von Klimawandelanpassung für die öffentliche Hand, Conference of the Committee of Financial Officers of the Austrian Association of Cities, June 6, 2017 (invited talk).

Bednar-Friedl, B. (2015), Public Costs of Adaptation: Costing the Austrian National Adaptation Strategy – the PACINAS project. Workshop “Advancements in Methodologies for and Findings of Climate Change Adaptation Assessment”, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Venice, Italy, November 25, 2015.

Bednar-Friedl, B. (2016), Herausforderung Klimawandelanpassung für die Öffentliche Hand, Understanding Risk Conference Austria 2016, conference organized by Global Understanding Risk Forum initiatives lead by GFDRR and World Bank, Vienna, January 20-21, 2016. Proceedings

Bednar-Friedl, B., Bachner, G. (2015), Direct and indirect effects of climate change on public budgets: A CGE analysis for Austria, European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2015), Copenhagen, May 12-14, 2015.

Bednar-Friedl, B., Bachner, G. (2016), Implications of climate change adaptation for public finance: A case study for Austria. ECONADAPT Policy Workshop, September 27-28, 2016, Brussels.

Knittel, N. (2016), The Role of Public Authorities in Austria’s National Adaptation Strategy. The Regional Studies Annual Conference 2016: “Building Bridges: Cities and Regions in a Transnational World”, 03-06 April, 2016, Graz.

Knittel, N. (2017), The twofold approach for measuring climate change adaptation costs: current spending and the costs of implementing the national adaptation strategy in Austria. European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2017), Glasgow, June 5-9, 2017 (poster).

Laurien, F. (2016), A bottom-up climate impact cost assessment for road infrastructure in alpine regions. A regional case study on the province of Salzburg. The Regional Studies Annual Conference 2016: “Building Bridges: Cities and Regions in a Transnational World”, 03-06 April, 2016, Graz.

Laurien, F. (2017), A bottom-up climate impact cost assessment for road infrastructure in alpine regions. A regional case study on the province of Salzburg. Österreichischer Klimatag, Wien, 22.-24. Mai 2017.

Loibl, W., Leitner, M. (2015), Kosten des Klimawandels für öffentliche Haushalte: Auswirkung von Schadensbehebung und Anpassung auf Gemeindebudgets, Conference of the Committee of Environment Officers of the Austrian Association of Cities, Klagenfurt, March 16, 2015 (invited talk).

Leitner M. (2017), Cost of climate change for public budgets: impacts of damage and adaptation measures for municipal budgets – results of selected urban case studies, Österreichischer Klimatag, Wien, 22.-24. Mai 2017 (Poster)

Mechler, R. (2016), Weather extremes and fiscal risk management. ECONADAPT Policy Workshop, September 27-28, 2016, Brussels.

Schinko, T. (2015), Iterative disaster risk management as early adaptation? Insights from Austria, Klimatag 2015, WU Wien, April 29 2015.

Schinko, T. (2016). A methodological framework to operationalize Climate Risk Management: Managing sovereign climate-related extreme event risk in Austria, Adaptation Futures Conference, 9-13 May 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Schinko, T. (2016). A methodological framework to operationalize Climate Risk Management: Managing sovereign climate-related extreme event risk in Austria, 22nd Annual Conference of Environmental and Resource Economics, 22-25 June 2016, Zurich, Switzerland.