Advancing transformative solutions for climate change mitigation
For 38 consecutive years, global temperatures have exceeded the global annual averages, and the impacts |
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11:30 am to 1:00 pm: New Climate Economy: Social Cost of Accounting for Services | |
WRI India’s work in demand aggregation for renewable energy and energy efficiency Dr. Rajat Kathuria, CEO ICRIER: Opening Address | |
Dr. Aniruddha Dasgupta, Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities | |
Panel Discussion Dr. O P Agarwal, Executive Director of the Indian School of Business Ms. Akshima Ghate, The Energy Research Institute (TERI) Ms. Yamini Aiyar, Center for Policy Research (CPR) Dr. Rajat Kathuria, CEO ICRIER: Opening Address Dr. Ashok Sreenivas (TBC), Prayas Energy Group | |
2:00 pm to 5:30 pm: New Climate Economy: Urban Finance | |
Session organized by PwC |
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Venue: Magnolia, IHC | |
10:00 am to 11:30 am: Accelerating Low-Carbon Transport Towards India’s NDCs | |
As India moves ahead to meet its developmental goals, mobility is going to play a critical role. Given the linkage of transport with India’s overall greenhouse gas emissions as well as the subsequent climate impacts for the country, WRI India’s Climate team and CEEW are hosting a high-level interaction exploring possible scenarios and impacts due to modal shifts (road, rail, air, navigation) with a focus on freight movement. The discussion will focus on impacts of freight across different transport corridors and benchmarking of distance and regions to facilitate the most efficient selection of modes. At the event, the WRI team would also release the draft Freight Rationalization Tool developed for Large Corporates in the presence of key stakeholders from business and policy. |
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10:00 am: Opening and Welcome Vivek Adhia, Head - Business Engagement, WRI India | |
10:20 am: Panel Discussion: Leveraging Sustainable Transport Opportunities to advance Climate Goals | |
Panelists (TBC) | |
Mr. K Swaminathan, Additional Member (Mechanical), Ministry of Railways of Business Mr. Abhishek Chandra, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Shipping Mr. Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | |
11:20 am: Closing | |
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: Revamping Building Sector Practices | |
With the building, construction and infrastructure development gradually moving towards an organised set-up that has active focus from large scale corporate players, the opportunity to improve material usage and subsequently impact emissions arising out of the construction phase seems to be a better reality. The impact would be huge considering the quantum of construction activity that is expected to happen over the next decade. The session would address avenues for large scale corporate developers to map out their value chain or scope three emissions and contribute to the overall climate goals for the country. |
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Mr. Vivek Adhia, WRI India | |
Venue: Marigold, IHC | |
2:30 pm to 3:45 pm: Monitoring and Measuring Air Pollution | |
The session aims to understand how traditional and emerging technologies can complement each other to scale up measurements to make data relevant to people. |
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Background Presentation: Mr. Sameera Kumar Anthapur, WRI India of Business Moderated by Dr. Jessica Seddon, Managing Director, Okapi Research and Visiting Fellow IDFC Institute Ms. Anumita Roychudhury, Executive Director- Research & Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment Mr. Ankit Bhargava, Co- founder, Sensing Local Dr. Prashant Gargava, Additional Director, Central Pollution Control Board Dr. Suresh Tiwari,,Deputy Director & Officer in-charge, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Mr. Amardeep Sibia, CTO & Co-Founder, Earth2Orbit Analytix Mr. Abhishek Pratap, Programme Director, Center for Environment and Energy Developmentd Mr. Rajesh Rangarajan, Project Lead, AQ Initiatives, Okapi Research and Advisory | |
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm: Tea | |
4:15 pm to 5:30 pm: Action Plan for Cities | |
The session seeks to find solutions on how governments can advance the goals of improved air quality in their urban agendas, and which areas need special focus. |
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Background Presentation: Ms. Priyanka Vasudevan, WRI India of Business | |
5:30 pm to 5:40 pm: Wrap up | |
Venue: Marigold, IHC |