Only way to solve climate change problem is to integrate the issue with regular development agenda of any country"-(GCP-JU)'

“IPCC- Working Group III's Contribution
to the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change Mitigation”

Dissemination Workshop in Kolkata for the South Asian Region

 Organised by

Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University

in collaboration with

West Bengal Pollution Control Board

Department of Environment

 Department of Science and Technology

Government of West Bengal

and

South Asian Capacity Building Networks

 11-12 October 2007

 Programme Schedule

Hyatt Regency, Kolkata

Workshop dedicated in memory of Prof. A. P. Mitra

Day 1: October 11, 2007

9.15-10.15 

Registration and Tea
 

All participants to be seated by 10.15 am  for security reasons
 

Inaugural Session
10.30-10.33 Welcome and Introduction : Workshop Coordinator, Prof. Joyashree Roy, Coordinating Lead Author IPCC and Professor of Economics and Coordinator Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University ,  India
10.33-11.05 Presentation by IPCC Co-Chair on WG III findings and links with WG II :  IPCC Co –Chair Dr. Bert Metz
11.05-11:10

Voluntary Actions from the Department of Environment:  Hon’ble Minister of Environment. Govt. of West Bengal, Sri Sailen Sarkar
 

Book Release

Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal, Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi:

 “Performance of the States and Union Territories of India on the Sustainable Development Pathway: Summary Report”

Published  from Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University

Special Address

Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal, Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi

 
11.30 Vote of Thanks: Ms.Rutu Dave, IPCC TSU

 

Sectoral Presentations by IPCC Lead Authors
 

Session I
 

Session  to be Coordinated by Prof. A. N. Basu, Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board
11:40 – 11:55 Sustainable Development: IPCC CLA: Dr.  Jayant Sathaye , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
11:55 – 12:15
  • Response by Prof. Debkumar Bose, Chief Advisor, WBSCST.
  • Response by Dr. Priya Shyamsundar, SANDEE Programme Director
12:15 – 12:40
  • Q &A  from floor
12:40 – 14:00 Break for Lunch at Hyatt: all participants are cordially invited
   
 

Session II
  Session to be Coordinated by Dr. Dipak Chakraborty, Chief Scientist, West Bengal Pollution Control Board
14:00 – 14:15 Industry: Prof. Joyashree Roy, Coordinating Lead Author IPCC,  Professor of Economics and Coordinator Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University,  India
14:15– 14:35
  • Response by  Mr. Anup Singh, Executive Director, ITC
  • Response by Mr. S. B. Prasad, Head, Environment & Occupational Health, TATA Steel
14:35-15:00
  • Q &A  from floor
15:00 – 15:30

Tea
   
 

Session III
  Session to be Coordinated by Prof Subimal Sen, Vice Chairman,  West Bengal Council of Higher Education, Chairman,  Environmental Impact Assessment Process and Project Management, State level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA, West Bengal).
15:30 – 15:45 Energy Supply: Prof. P.R. Shukla, Coordinating Lead Author IPCC and Professor of Public Systems Group, Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A)
15:45 – 16:00 Response  by Prof Subimal Sen, Vice Chairman,  West Bengal Council of Higher Education, Chairman,  Environmental Impact Assessment Process and Project Management, State level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA, West Bengal).
16:00– 16:30
  • Q &A  from floor
 

 
 

Session IV
  Session to be Coordinated by Mr. Sumantra Chowdhury , IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Transport, Govt of West Bengal
16:30 – 16:45 Transport and Infrastructure : Prof. Steve Plotkin, Lead Author  IPCC and Scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA
16:45 – 17:00 Response by :  Mr. Sumantra Chowdhury , IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Transport, Govt of West Bengal
17:00 – 17:30
  • Q &A  from floor
   
 

Session V
  Session to be Coordinated by Mr. Debal Ray, Member Secretary, WBPCB, Secretary –State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC)
17:30 – 17:45 Buildings: Dr. Anthony Mongamelli Mehlwana, Lead Author IPCC and Manager at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
17:45– 18:00 Response by :  Mr. Debal Ray, Member Secretary, WBPCB, Secretary –State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC)
18:00 – 18:30
  • Q &A  from floor
18.45 Dinner at Hyatt: all participants are invited

Day 2: October 12, 2007

9:30 - 10:00

Tea
 

Session VI
 

 
 

Special Guest and Session Chair
Honorable Mayor of Kolkata, Shri Bikashranjan Bhattacharyya

 
10.00 - 10.15

Waste: Dr. Jean Bogner, Coordinating Lead Author IPCC , USA
10.15-10.30

Response by : Prof. K.J. Nath,  Chairman State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Arsenic Task Force
10:30 – 11.00
  • Q &A  from floor  
   
 

Session VII
  Session to be Coordinated by Dr Hemanta Majumdar, Working Chairman, WBSCST.
11:05 – 11:20 Agriculture and Forestry: Dr. N.H Ravindranath, Lead Author, IPCC and Chairman for Center for Sustainable Technologies (CST) and Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) at Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore, India
11:20 – 11:40

  • Response by: Dr. Saon Banerjee, Reader and Officer-in-Charge, AICRP on Agro-Meteorology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya

  • Response by : Dr. Keshav Raj Kanel, Director Genreral, Community Forestry, Nepal

11:40 - 12:05
  • Q &A  from floor  
 

Session VIII
12.05-13.00

Way Forward: Research  

Presentations and Discussions - Coordinated by  IPCC (TSU: Technical Support Unit)  Scientific Officer:  Ms. Rutu Dave

Speakers representing Research  Networks in the South Asian Region:

·         SANDEE  -  Dr. Priya Shyamsundar
      ·         LOICZ – Dr. Nalin Wikramanayake
  • Jadavpur University, Vice Chancellor - Prof.  S.K. Sanyal
13.00-14.15 Break for Lunch at Hyatt: all participants are cordially invited
  A Movie on Sundarban will be on Screen
   
 

Session IX
 

Special Guest Honourable Minister of Sundarban Development Affairs:

Sri Kanti Ganguly

 
 

Session to be Chaired by  Prof A.N. Basu
14:15-15.45

Mitigation  and Adaptation in the context of  West Bengal

 

Members in the Panel

 
  • Secretary Department of Environment, Mr. M. L. Meena, IAS
 

·         Director, WBREDA, , Mr. S. P. Gon Chowdhuri
    Breaking News
  • Senior Environment Engineer, WBPCB, Dr. T.K. Gupta ,

·     Vice President , Generation, CESC,  Sri Sanjoy Chakraborti,

  • Representative, World Bank,  Mr. Charles J Cormier
Honourable Minister of Sundarban Development Affairs: Sri Kanti Ganguly
 
15:45–16:30

High Tea

 

    
 


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