Speech by Sir David King, UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on Climate Change, on
Accelerating the transition to a Low Carbon Economy
PROGRAMME
09.30-10.00 a.m. Registration
10.00-10.05 a.m. Introduction and Welcome Remarks: Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER
10.05-10.30 a.m. Keynote speaker: Sir David King, Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change, UK
Chief Guest Address: Shri Prakash Javadekar*, Minister of Environment and Forests, India
10.30-10.45 a.m. Q &A
10.45-11.00 a.m. Tea Break
11.00-11.45 a.m. Technical session
Presentations
Cost Of Inaction On Mitigating Climate Change: A preliminary analysis for India for initiating a wider discussion by Dr. Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Research Fellow, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Project Leader, India Energy Planning Tool 2052 at Planning Commission of India
11.45-12.00 noon Q & A
12.00-12.45 p.m.
Discussants
Dr. Partha Sen*, Former Professor, Delhi School of Economics
Dr. Radhika Khosla, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
Dr. Shreekant Gupta*, Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and Adjunct Associate Professor at the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS)
12.45-12.55 p.m. Q & A
12.55-01.00 p.m. Vote of thanks
01.00-02.00 p.m. Lunch