AGENDA

Workshop on Climate Change Financing Organized by DEA and UNDP Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel, New Delhi 14 January 2012

09:00 – 09:30 Registration 09:30 – 10:00 Inaugural Session

• Welcome Remarks: Dr. Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance • Welcome Remarks: Mr. Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative • Address: Mr. JM Mauskar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests • Address: Mr. R Gopalan, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs

Session moderator: Mr. Dipak Dasgupta, Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs

10:00–11:30 Session 1: Setting national priorities for addressing climate change

10:00-10:30 I) Current thinking on Climate Change Financing • Mr. JM Mauskar, Special Secretary, MOEF (Current thinking on climate change financing in India) • Mr. Yannick Glemarec, Executive Coordinator/Director, UNDP GEF Directorate (State of international Climate Change financing and Implications for India)

10: 30-11:30 II) Lower carbon intensity and sustainable growth • Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute • Mr. Ashok Lavasa, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power • Prof. Ramprasad Sengupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Session moderator: Ms Rajasree Ray, Additional Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs

11:30-11:45 Tea Break

11:45-13:15 Session 2: Scientific frontiers for climate change impacts & adaptation • Dr. B. Mungekar, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha • Dr. R.K Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute • Prof. J. Srinivasan, Chairman Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc, Bangalore: (Climate Change Modeling in India) • Dr. KJ Ramesh, Adviser, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Science issues related to climate variability and change in India)

Session moderator and speaker: Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science & Technology, (Speaking on - S&T Capacity building in Climate Change Science, adaptation and impacts in India)

13:15 – 14:15 LUNCH

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14:15 – 15:45 Session 3: Role of the private sector, policy and public private partnerships

14:15-15:00 I) Private sector perspectives • Mr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (Transport sector and CDM) • Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (PAT and other schemes) • Mr. Manish Sharma, Managing Director, JUSCO Ltd • Mr. Niranjan Khatri, General Manager, Welcomenviron Initiatives, ITC Ltd

15:00-15:45 II) Policy and fiscal perspectives

• Ms. Meena Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance (National Clean Energy Fund) • Prof. Rita Pandey , National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (Fiscal incentives) • Mr. Koyel Mandal, Programme Head, Environmentally Sustainable Finance, The Institute for Financial Management and Research

Session moderator: Mr Srinivasan Iyer, Assistant Country Director and Head Energy and Environment Unit, UNDP

15:45-16:00 Tea Break

16:00 – 17:45 Session 4: Climate Change: Role of the State & Society

I) Climate Change & People’s Perspective • Mr. Sandeep Dikshit, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha • Mr. Jay Panda, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha • Ms. Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment • Mr. Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

II) Conversations with the civil society: • Members of Climate Action Network • Mr. RR Rashmi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests • Mr. Dipak Dasgupta , Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs

Session moderator: Dr Preeti Soni, Adviser, Climate Change UNDP India

17:45 – 18:00 Session 5: Summary conclusions and vote of thanks • Ms. Caitlin Wiesen, Country Director, UNDP and Mr. Dipak Dasgupta, Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs

18:30 onwards: Reception

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