DFG Workshop: Indian Environmental Policy, Berlin. #climatechange #indianenvironment. FFU Berlin, October 2016

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1 #climatechange #indianenvironment DFG Workshop: Indian Environmental Policy, Berlin FFU Berlin, October 2016 Harnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16-20, Berlin Invitation only Photo: Nubra Valley, Kashmir (license free)

2 Contents Program Overview 4 Speakers....7 Review Board 9 Organisational Board.10 Map and Berlin Info.11 Acknowledgements

3 Program Overview Wednesday, 26 October Freie Universität Berlin Environmental Policy Research Centre 18:00-20:30 Luise, Königin-Luise-Str Berlin Welcome dinner we invite everyone arriving early on the 26th to join us for a small welcome dinner at the restaurant Luise, food and drinks will be provided The restaurant can be reached with public transport using the U3 either from the station Thielplatz, for the people accommodated at the Harnackhaus, or from Oskar-Helene-Heim, for people staying at the Apartment Hotel Berlin. The restaurant Luise is located just around the corner from the Dahlem Dorf station, which depending from where you start is either one or two stops. 4

4 Program Overview Thursday, 27 October Harnackhaus 9:00-9:30 Introduction, Kirsten Jörgensen & Philipp Lepenies 9:30-10:30 Environmental Policy in the 1990s and Recent Developments, Jagmohan Sharma Discussant: Philipp Pattberg Chair: Jason and Sandeep 10:30-11:00 Planck Lobby Coffee Break 11:00-12:00 Factors Shaping India s Domestic and International Climate Policy, D. Raghunandan Discussant: Diarmuid Torney Chair: Lana and Niharika 12:00-13:00 Grassroots Environmental Policy in India, Sunayana Ganguly, FU Berlin Discussant: Smriti Das Chair: Jason and Sandeep 13:00-14:00 Laue-Saal Lunch 14:00-15:00 Sustainable Cities, Sourabh Jain Discussant: Jan Beermann Chair: Leonie and Nishitha 15:00-16:30 Sustainable Development and Social Equity (Presentation), Philipp Pattberg 16:30-17:00 Planck lobby Coffee Break 17:00-17:30 Organisational discussion 18:00-20:00 Einstein lounge Dinner 5

5 Friday, 28 October Harnackhaus 9:00-9:30 Summary, Kirsten Jörgensen 9:30-10:30 Dilemmas of Water Governance, Joyeeta Gupta Discussant: Rainer Quitzow Chair: Leonie and Nishitha 10:30-11:00 Planck Lobby Coffee Break 11:00-12:00 The Growing Role of States in Indian Environmental Policy, Kirsten Jörgensen Discussant: Wilfried Swenden Chair: Lana and Niharika 12:00-13:00 Challenges of Sustainable Energy (Presentation), Rainer Quitzow, IASS Potsdam 13:00-14:00 Laue-Saal Lunch 14:00-15:00 Forest Rights and Sustainable Forest Management, Smriti Das, TERI University Discussant: Jagmohan Sharma Chair: Leonie and Nishitha 15:00-15:30 Planck lobby Coffee Break 15:30-16:30 Closing Discussion 6

6 Speakers Prof. Dr. Smriti Das, TERI University Dr. Smriti Das is an Associate Professor at the Department of Policy Studies. Her research pertains to institutions, policies and politics of resource management and issues pertaining to rural development in India. While at CISED and ATREE she looked extensively at the issue of diversion of forestland for non-forest use (from a political economy perspective) and the implementation of Forest Rights Act of Dr. Sunayana Ganguly, FU Berlin Dr. Sunayana Ganguly is a recent PhD graduate from the Freie Universität Berlin Environmental Policy Research Center. Her research focuses on norm diffusion and the role of networks in shaping Biodiversity Policy in India. Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam Dr. Joyeeta Gupta is a professor of environment and development in the global south at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the University of Amsterdam and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft. She is also a member of the Amsterdam Global Change Institute and a lead author in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Sourabh Jain Sourabh Jain is a PhD student at the Teri University, his research focuses on sustainable urban development. Dr. Kirsten Jörgensen, FU Berlin Dr. Kirsten Jörgensen is senior lecturer at the Department of Political and Social Sciences. She was a member of the Berlin Parliament from 1987 to 1989 and received her Ph. D. in 1996 at Freie Universität Berlin. She initiated the German-Indian Sustainability and Climate Change student exchange and is coordinator of the Indian-European Multi-level Climate Governance Research Network. Since 2013 she is a member of the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy. Prof. Dr. Philipp Pattberg, VU University Amsterdam Dr. Philipp Pattberg is professor of transnational environmental governance and policy at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He specializes in the study of global environmental politics, with a focus on climate change governance, biodiversity, forest and fisheries governance, transnational relations, public-private partnerships, network theory and institutional analysis. Pattberg s current research scrutinizes institutional complexity, functional overlaps and fragmentation across environmental domains. 7

7 Speakers D. Raghunandan, Delhi Science Forum D. Raghunandan is the Director of the Centre for Technology & Development at the Society for Economic & Social Studies and President of All India People s Science Network (AIPSN). He also volunteers with the Delhi Science Forum where he contributes to research and campaigns in the areas of Environment, Climate Change & Water Resources, Aerospace, and Disarmament & Strategic Affairs. He currently leads the AIPSN campaign on Climate Change, conducts research and modeling exercises, and has published extensively in India and abroad with focus on India s climate policy and international negotiations. Dr. Jagmohan Sharma Dr. Jagmohan Sharma works for the Indian Forest Service at the Karnataka forest department, he holds a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Dr. Rainer Quitzow, IASS Potsdam Dr. Rainer Quitzow is the project coordinator of the Transdisciplinary Panel on Energy Change at the IASS in Potsdam. His research focuses on sustainable innovation and industrial policy and governance of the energy transition in Germany and beyond. Prior to his position at the IASS, Rainer has held positions as a research fellow at the FFU in Berlin and as a policy consultant at the World Bank in Washington DC. 8

8 Review Board Prof. Dr. Martin Jänicke Dr. Wilfried Swenden Dr. Diarmuid Torney Prof. Dr. Smriti Das Dr. Sanayana Ganguly Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta Dr. Kirsten Jörgensen Prof. Dr. Philipp Pattberg Dr. Rainer Quitzow D. Raghunandan Jan Beermann Sourabh Jain Jagmohan Sharma Nishita Bajaj Niharika Tyag Sandeep Dahiya Samie Blasingame Leonie Geene Lana Ollier Jason McConnell-Leech 9

9 Organisational Board Dr. Kirsten Jörgensen Lana Ollier Leonie Geene Jason McConnell-Leech Samie Blasingame 10

10 Map and Berlin Info Start at airport Tegel (18 km) use bus 109 towards Zoologischer Garten. Change at Jakob-Kaiser-Platz for underground line U7 towards Rudow to Fehrbelliner Platz. There change for underground line U3 towards Krumme Lanke to Thielplatz. Leave the underground station by walking to the direction of travel and by using the left exit. The Harnack House is 100 meters away on the right side. Start at airport Berlin Schoenefeld (25 km) use bus 171 to underground station Rudow. There change for underground line U7 towards Rathaus Spandau to Fehrbelliner Platz. Then change for underground line U3 towards Krumme Lanke to Thielplatz. Leave the underground station by walking to the direction of travel and by using the left exit. The Harnack House is 100 meters away on the right side. Start at Berlin s Central Station Hauptbahnhof (15 km) use the S-Bahn city train S7 towards Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Zoologischer Garten. There change for underground line U9 towards Rathaus Steglitz to Spichernstraße. Then change for underground line U3 towards Krumme Lanke to Thielplatz. Leave the underground station by walking to the direction of travel and by using the left exit. The Harnack House is 100 meters away on the right side. Start at train station Südkreuz (9 km) use the S-Bahn city train S41 Ringbahn (only selected trains) to Heidelberger Platz. There change for underground line U3 towards Krumme Lanke to Thielplatz. Leave the underground station by walking to the direction of travel and by using the left exit. The Harnack House is 100 m away on the right side. 11

11 Acknowledgements The organisational board of this workshop would like to extend its thanks to the affiliated funding institutions, DFG and NWO. 12