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