Day 1 – Tuesday, February 03, 2009

09:50 – 10:10

Thematic Address

·         Dr. Marcus Moench, President, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET)

10:10 – 10:20

Special Address

·         Dr. S.P. Sharma, Statistical Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

Session 1

11:30 – 12:50

Core Concepts & Issues

Moderator: Dr. Marcus Moench, President, ISET

Dr. Sara Ahmed and Dr. Eva Saroch, ISET

·         Pinning Down Vulnerability: From Narratives to Numbers

Mr. Ian O.Donnel, ProVention Consortium, Geneva, Switzerland

·         Challenges and Issues in DRR

Sri A.K. Bajaj, Chairman, Central Water Commission, Government of India

·         Water Related Hazards and Mitigation in India

Dr. Inderjit Claire and Dr. Irfan-Ullah, Sr. Manager, RMSI

·         Climate Risk Assessment and Integrated Modelling Approach

Session 2

14:30 – 15:50

Case Studies

Moderator: Dr. Krishna Vatsa, DRR Advisor, BCPR UNDP

Mr. Daniel Kull (IIASA), Dr. Praveen Singh (WII) and Dr. Shiraz Wajih (GEAG)

·         Evaluating Costs and Benefits of Flood Risk Reduction under changing climate conditions: A case of Rohini River Basin India

Mr. Ajaya Dixit, ISET-Nepal

·         Costs and Benefits of Flood Mitigation in the lower Bagmati Basin: Case of Nepal Terai and North Bihar, India

Mr. Fawad Khan, ISET-Pakistan and Daniel Kull (IIASA)

·         Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction under Changing Climatic Conditions : A Pakistan Case Study

Dr. Santosh Kumar, Professor, NIDM

·         Evaluation of UNDP-DRM programme

Day 2 – Wednesday, February 04, 2009

09:00 – 09:15

Recap of Day 1

Overview of Day 2

·         Mr. Shashikant Chopde, ISET

Session 3

09:15 – 10:35

Techniques for Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction

Moderator: Dr. S Janakarajan, Professor, Madras School of Economics

Dr. Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, ISET

·         Downscaling: Potential Climate Change impacts in Rohini Basin, Nepal and India

Dr. Reinhard Mechler, IIASA

·         The Cost-Benefit Analysis Methodology

Dr. N.Y Apte , India Meteorology Department 

·         Forecasting and Monitoring-- Hydro-meteorological disasters in India

Dr. A K Lohani, Sr. Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology

·         Environmental modeling for hydrological forecasting of flood risks

Session 4

11:30 – 12:30

Tools and methodologies to inform Policy, Availability & Critical Gaps

Moderator: Prof. Santosh Kumar

Dr. Marcus Moench, ISET

·         Synthesis of tools and methodologies

Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Advisor to Minister for S&T / Earth Sciences

·         Climate Change and Natural Disasters in India

Dr. Anil K Gupta and Sreeja Nair, NIDM

·         Policy framework, strategies and Provisions on DRR in India