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ESRC –ICSSR Workshop
Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change
India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, India
16- 18th November 2008
London School of Economics (LSE)
And
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)
PROGRAMME
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Sunday, 16 November 2008
1900 – 2200
Welcome to participants & Opening dinner
Ambassador Hotel
Ruth Kattumuri, India Observatory, LSE
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Monday, 17 November 2008, Conference Room # 1, IIC
09:30 -
10:30
10:30 – 11:00
Registration / Coffee
Welcome and Introduction
Judith Rees, Grantham Research Institute & ESRC Climate Change Centre, LSE
Kanchan Chopra, Director, IEG
11:00 – 13:00
Session One : Energy Policy, Sustainability and Environmental Change
Chairperson
Jyoti Parikh, Director IRADe
Discussants
Neil Strachan, Kings College (Lead Speaker)
Anshu Bharadwaj, Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
(Lead Speaker)
Sudhakar Reddy, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
Vinod Kumar Sharma, IGIDR
Serban Scrieciu, Cambridge University
Lindsay Stringer, University of Leeds
Saumitra Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Navroz Dubash, JNU, New Delhi
Rapporteur
Lindsay Stringer, University of Leeds
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14:00 - 16:00
Session Two : Low Carbon Technologies
Chairperson
V. Raghuraman, Principal Adviser, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Discussants
Peter Pearson, Imperial College (Lead Speaker)
H.N. Chanakya, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Lead Speaker)
P. Balachandra, IISc
Emily Boyd, University of Oxford
Alex Haxeltine, University of East Anglia
Dimitri Zenghelis,, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Muthukumara Mani, World Bank India
Rapporteur
Alex Hexeltine, Univ of East Anglia (tbc)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee/tea
17:30- 19:00
Public lecture (Policy Event)
Venue : Taj Ambassador Hotel, New Delhi
Welcome
Ruth Kattumuri
Chairperson
Nitin Desai
Panelists
Kanchan Chopra & Judith Rees
Keynote
Nicholas Stern, I G Patel Professor and Grantham Research Institute, ESRC
Climate Change Centre, LSE.
‘India’s role in International action on Climate Change’
19:00 onwards
Reception /Dinner
Taj Ambassador
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008, Conference Room # 1, IIC
10:30 - 12:30
Session Three : Adaptation to Climate Change
Chairperson
Peter Pearson
Discussants
Judith Rees, LSE (Lead Speaker)
Purnamita Dasgupta, IEG (Lead Speaker)
Dimitri Zenghal, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
K Narayanan, IIT Mumbai
Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University
Emily Boyd, University of Oxford
B K Chandrasekar, Environment and Good Governance Trust, Bangalore
Sumana Bhattacharya, NATCOM Project, MoEF-GOI
Bharat Sharma, International Water Management Institute
Rapporteur
Preeti Kapuria, IEG
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 16:00
Session Four : Peri-Urban Environmental Sustainability?
This Session is organised by the STEPS, Centre (Social, Technological,
Environmental Pathways to Sustainability), based at the Institute of
Development Studies (IDS) and SPRU Science and Technology Policy
Research in the UK
Chairperson
Linda Waldman, STEPS
Presentations
Fiona Marshall, SPRU, University of Sussex
Awadhendra Sharan, Centre for Studies in Developing Societies (CSDS).
Amitabh Kundu, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU)
Discussants
Marie - Hélène Zérah, Coordinator of the Research Division (Urban Dynamics),
Centre de Sciences Humaines
Ravi Agrawal, Director, Toxic Links
Amita Baviskar, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth
Usha Ramanathan, Lawyer
K.T Ravindran, Professor, School of Planning and Architect
Rapporteur
Hayley MacGregor, IDS, University of Sussex
16:00 – 16:30
Tea
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16:30 - 18:30
Open Discussion [Way Forward]
Chair Person
Judith Rees, LSE
Panellists
Peter Pearson, Imperial College
Neil Stratchan, Kings College
Anshu Bharadwaj, CSTEP
H.N.Chanakya, IISc
Linda Waldman, STEPS, IDS
Kanchan Chopra, IEG
Jyoti Parikh, IRADe
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