Liberty Institute

in collaboration with the

Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, University of Mumbai

INSTUCEN- India Study Centre,

and

in partnership with 

Friedrich Naumann – Stiftung fur die Freiheit,

are hosting this conference on

Climate Change: Shifting Science and Changing Policy

 Phirozeshah Mehta Building, Mumbai University,

Vidyanagari, Kalina

(location map is given below)

14 October 2011

Participation is by invitation only. Please send your contact details by email to conference@challengingclimate.org. Or please register here.

The objectives of this conference, and the concept note are available here.

Programme:

(as of 1 October 2011)

9 am to 9.30 am         :           Registration

9.30 am to 11 am       :  Session 1: Climate science (Abstracts and Biographies)     

                                    Welcome: Prof Mugdha Karnik, Director, Centre for Extra Mural Studies

                                    Inauguration: Prof S. B. Chaphekar, former head of the department of environmental sciences, University of Pune

                                    Prof. R. R. Kelkar: India's Climate Change Concerns and the Need for Better Climate Models

                                    Dr. Madhav Khandekar: Indian Monsoon Variability in the context of Global Warming Debate

11 am to 11.15 am :           Tea

11.15 am to 12.45 pm    :  Session 2: Changing sea level (Abstracts and Biographies)

                                    Prof. Nils-Axel Morner: Sea Level Changes in the Indian Ocean: Observational facts

                                    Dr. Nils Finn Munch-Petersen: Marketing atoll dynamics as sea rise in the Maldives

                                    Dr. Yuanzhi Zhang: Impact of sea level change on coastal erosion and flooding: A case in Hong Kong

                                    Dr. A.S. Gaur: Shorelines changes and sea level fluctuations along Gujarat coast

12.45 pm to 1.45 pm           :           Lunch

1.45 pm to 3.15 pm           :  Session 3: Monsoon and its impact (Abstracts and Biographies)

                                    Dr. Ramesh H. Kriplani: Summer Monsoon Variability over India: Coupled Climate Model Simulations and Projections

                                    Dr Willie Soon: A closer look into the computer-projections of Indian Monsoonal Rainfalls in the 21st Century

                                    Dr. Rajesh Agnihotri: Total Solar Irradiance and SW Indian monsoon

                                    Prof. B. K. Bala: Modelling of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture

3.15 pm to 3.30 pm           :           Tea

3.30 pm to 5.00 pm           :  Session 4: Geological evidence (Abstracts and Biographies)  

                                    Prof. Arun Deep Ahluwalia: Climate Change or Global Warming: Man Made or Natural or Both?

                                    Prof. Rajinder K. Ganjoo: Glacial Response to Environmental Changes in Nubra Valley (Ladakh)

                                    Dr. Rohinton Avasia: Sea level changes along the West Coast of India during the Holocene epoch

                                    Dr Kandasamy Selvaraj: Effect of Mountain Glaciers in the Desert