Facing Environmental Crisis in South Asia: Challenges and Responses

Facing Environmental Crisis in South Asia: Challenges and Responses

20240429T090000

20240430T200000

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DAY ONE I 29 APRIL 2024 Amphi 28 - 28 rue Saint Guillaume - Paris 79:00: Opening by Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po Provost9:30: Introductory remarks by Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga, Former President of Sri Lanka and a Sciences Po alumna10:00 – 12:30 : A Crisis of a Different MagnitudeChair: Alexandre Mariani, Sciences Po-DAIDiscussant: Charlotte Halpern, Sciences Po-CEE/CNRSChristophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po-CERI/CNRS. Hydric Stress, Air Pollution and Deforestation in IndiaIsha Ray, Berkeley University/LSE. Community and the Commons: Case Studies from India, Nepal and Bangladesh--- Lunch break ---13:45 – 16:45 South Asian Cities and Climate ChangeChair: Sukriti Issar, Sciences Po-CRIS/CNRSDiscussant: Laurent Gayer, Sciences Po-CERI/CNRSLalitha Kamath, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Fisher Stories that Reframe Climate Action in MumbaiUmair Javed, Lahore University of Management Studies, Lahore. Urban Villages, Environmental Transformation, and Local Politics in LahoreKazi Khaleed Ashraf, Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, Dakha. The Future is Fluid: Water as an Existential Theme in Architecture and Urbanism in BangladeshDAY TWO I 30 APRIL 2024Amphi 28 - 28 rue Saint Guillaume - Paris 79:00 – 11:00: Rural Issues and Agricultural InnovationsChair: Olivia Aubriot, CESAH-EHESS/CNRSDiscussant: Hemal Thakker, Sciences Po alumnusFrédéric Landy, Nanterre University. An Agriculture Adapted to the Instability of Tropical Climates, but not yet to Climate ChangeAnne Sophie Poisot, Office of Innovation, FAO. Micro-Farming and Macroeconomic Transitions Towards Climate-Resilient Agroecology in Andhra Pradesh, India11:00 – 12:30: Panel discussion on South Asia and Climate NegotiationsModerator: Richard Balme, Sciences Po-CEE/CNRSAmy Dahan, CNRS emeritus research directorJoseph Delatte, Resident Fellow at Institut MontaigneLola Vallejo, IDDRI and UNFCC--- Lunch break ---14:00 – 16:45: Mitigation, Adaptation and ResistanceManisha Anantharaman, Sciences Po-CSO/CNRS. From Performative to Transformative Environmentalism: Seeking Cross-Class Coalitions for Climate JusticeClément Imbert, Sciences Po-Economy Department. Climate Change and Seasonal Migration in India: Evidence from Railway DataMatthew Gordon, Paris School of Economics. Targeting Disaster: Visibility and vulnerability after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake--- Coffee break ---17:15 – 18:45: Keynote address by Esther Duflo, Collège de France and MITIntroduced by Sergei Guriev18:45 – 19:00: Concluding remarks by Christophe JaffrelotREGISTRATION(credits: Image from Climate Risk Index 2019, Germanwatch)

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