^aEcole Polytechnique, Department of Economics, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France

Correspondence: Sophie Chemarin, E-mail: sophie.chemarin@polytechnique.edu; Pierre Picard, pierre.picard@polytechnique.edu

^*This special issue brings together proceedings of the workshop on Insurance and Adaptation to Climate Change, organized by the Ecole Polytechnique and the French Environmental and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) on March 13 2007, in Paris (France), under the sponsorship of the AXA-Risk Foundation Chair of Large Risks in Insurance, the EDF-Ecole Polytechnique Chair of Sustainable Development, the FFSA and The Geneva Association.