New Delhi, India
September 18-19, 2013
In May this year, the Mauna Loa recording station in Hawaii, run by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, came up with a startling discovery: carbon dioxide had breached the 400 ppm mark for the first time ever.
As we proceed in the 'danger zone', the world needs to get its act together and sign a legally binding climate treaty which will push for preventive action. The 'blind' negotiations continue this year in Poland, as urgency of collective action and responsibility rests on the world’s shoulders.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised its annual two-day briefing for South Asian journalists in September, before the deliberations for the 2015 treaty begin at this year’s Conference of Parties (CoP) in Poland. The briefing brought to the table the latest in negotiating stances, politics, science and impacts of climate change from all across South Asia.
Journalists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, participated in the briefing.
Programme schedule | |
Participants List | |
Presentations Day 1 (PDF) |
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Session I | |
Climate Change:Facts and politics; science and art A curtain-raiser
By Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE |
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Global energy politics
By: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE |
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The Science of Climate Change and IPCC
By: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE |
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Session II |
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Renewable energy: Policy and practice
By: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE |
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Renewable Energy Developments in India
By: Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Wind Projects), Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
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Large Scale Projects – Industry Perspective
By: Mahesh Vipradas, Head-regulatory affairs, Suzlon Energy Ltd, Delhi |
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Off-Grid Scenario and outlook in India Perspective
By: Dr. Ahmar Raza, Director-solar, Union ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
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Renewable Energy - policies and challenges
By: Raghunath Mahapatra |
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Session III |
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Remote Village Electrification: Gram Oorja’s Journey
Anshuman Lath, co-founder, Gram Oorja Solutions, Pune |
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Prasanta Biswal, head- Bihar, SELCO, Bengaluru | |
Micro hydro Power Development Nepal
By: Madhusudhan Adhikari, National Advisor, Community Electrification, National Rural and Renewable Progrmme (NRREP), Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Presentations Day 2 (PDF) |
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Session I | |
HFC: A lesson on how companies make money to save the world
By Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE |
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Black carbon…………
By: Anumita Roychowdhury |
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Methane and Natural Debt and Impacts on India’s Workers Of Extreme Climate Change
By: Kirk R. Smith |
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Session II |
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Extreme Weather Events ÔÇÉ Rainfall
By: R. Krishnan |
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Monsoons, Cyclones & Extreme Events – Role of Oceans
By: M. R. Ramesh Kumar |
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Early Warning System in Bangladesh
By: Md. Abdul Mannan |
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Session III |
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Managing Disasters,Sustaining Development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
By: Aditi Mukherji |
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Customized Community-Based Microinsurance for Climate-Related Risks
By: David M Dror |
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Fact Sheets |
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01 WHO IS EMITTING? | |
02 COUNTRY POSITIONS | |
03 WHAT’S ON THE TABLE FOR WARSAW | |
04 RENEWABLE ENERGY | |
News Clippings |
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The Hindu: Octo. 13, 2013 Hunt for the smokeless chulha |
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Central Chronicle: Sept. 23, 2013 Need to cut emissions drastically: Sunita |
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TOI: Sep 22, 2013 Weather forecasts off the mark |
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TOI: Sep 22, 2013, |
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