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Workshop on New Climate Economy: The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate April 14-15, 2014 Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Programme Day 1: April 14, 2014 (Monday) 09:45 - 10:00 am Registration 10:00 - 11:00 am Inaugural Session Welcome Remarks by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi Keynote Address by Lord Nicholas Stern, President of the British Academy, Chair of the Asia Academy in the London School of Economics (LSE), Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment, LSE, Head of the India Observatory, LSE 11:00 - 11:30 am Tea/Coffee 11:30 - 1:00 pm Session 1: Macro Models for Climate Change Chair: Prof. B. N. Goldar, Professor, The Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi Presentation by: Dr. Purnamita Dasgupta, Ford Foundation Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics & Acting Head, Environment Economics Unit, The Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi (30 minutes) Comments by: Lord Nicholas Stern, President of the British Academy, Chair of the Asia Academy in the London School of Economics (LSE), Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment, LSE, Head of the India Observatory, LSE (15 minutes) Dr. Sanjib Pohit, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi (15 minutes) Dr. Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Research Fellow at Council on Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi (15 minutes) Q & A (10 minutes) 1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 pm Session 2: Critical Evaluation of 12th Plan from Climatic point of view Chair: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi Presentation by: Dr. Jyoti Parikh, Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), New Delhi (30 Minutes) Comments by: Mr. Nicholas Bianco, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute (30 minutes) Q & A (30 minutes) 3:30 - 4:00 pm Tea/Coffee 4:00 - 5:30 pm Session 3: Energy Demand Management: Green Growth Strategies for India Chair: Prof. Ramprasad Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow, India Development Foundation (IDF), Gurgaon & Honorary Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi (Formerly Professor of Economics holding the Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Professor of Planning and Development at the JNU, New Delhi Presentation by: Dr. Anant Sudarshan, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (30 minutes) Comments by: Dr. Siddarthan Balasubramania, Country Head-India at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (15 minutes) Prof. Thomas C. Heller, Executive Director, Climate Policy Initiative (15 minutes) Q & A (25 minutes) Day 2: April 15, 2014 (Tuesday) 9:30 - 11:00 am Session 4: Low Carbon Strategies for India in Agriculture and Forestry Chair: Prof. Ashok Gulati, Chair Professor Agriculture, ICRIER, New Delhi Presentation by: Prof. Anwarul Hoda, Chair Professor of Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, ICRIER, New Delhi (30 Minutes) Comments by: Dr. Bharat R. Sharma, Principal Researcher (Water Resources) & Coordinator IWMI India Program, New Delhi (15 minutes) Dr. Chris Delgado, Sr. Fellow, World Resources Institute, Washington (15 minutes) Q & A (25 minutes) 11:00 - 11:30 pm Tea/Coffee 11:30 - 01:00 pm Session 5: Strategic Framework for Cities - Linking Economic Performance and Climate Performance Chair: Dr. Om Prakash Mathur, IDFC Chair in Urban Economics and Finance at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi Presentation by: Prof. Meenu Tewari, HUDCO Chair Visiting Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi (30 Minutes) Comments by: Mr. G. K. Bhat, Managing Director, TARU Leading Edge Private Limited (15 minutes) Dr. Nitin Pandit, Managing Director, WRI India, Mumbai (15 minutes) Q & A (25 minutes) 01:00 - 1:40 pm Overview of the NCE's Work and vote of thanks by Mr. Ian de Cruz, Research Director, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, The New Climate Economy and Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi