2018 International Conference: Economic Evaluation for the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

Venue: Room 310, Central Weather Bureau (CWB)

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018

Time

Program

09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks

Tien-Chiang Yeh(葉天降局長), Director General, Central Weather Bureau (CWB), MOTC

Kwo-Tsai Wang(王國財政務次長), Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC)

0910:-09:25

Opening Remarks

Chi-Chung Chen(陳吉仲副主委), Deputy Minister, Council of Agriculture (COA)

09:25-10:15

Keynote Speech

Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

Bruce A. McCarl, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

10:15-10:55:

Invited Speech

The Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture, Risk, and Adaptation in Taiwan

Ching-Cheng Chang(張靜貞研究員), Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica

10:55-11:05

Coffee Break

11:05-12:00

Panel Discussion

How to Work Together and Develop Adaption Strategies for the

Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector?

oderator: Tien-Chiang Yeh(葉天降局長), Director General, CWB

Discussants:Bruce A. McCarl, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University.

Chia-Ping Cheng(程家平主任), Director, Meteorological Information Center, CWB

Ching-Cheng Chang(張靜貞研究員), Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica

Chun-Ming Yang(楊純明研究員), Research Fellow, Crop Science Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, COA

Hen-I Lin(林桓億主任), Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy Evaluation, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER)