The inaugural program of the Initiative is a webinar on Climate Resilience in the Global South with academics and activists from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
DATE: Thursday, October 13, 2022
TIME: 8am Berkeley | Calculate your local time
REGISTER: On Zoom here
LIVESTREAM: On FB at ISASatUCBerkeley
AGENDA:
8 am: Event opens
8:05 am: Introduction and Welcome Address
- Sugata Ray (Associate Professor of History of Art, UC Berkeley)
- Kathy Yelick (Vice Chancellor for Research and the Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley)
- Linda Rugg (Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley)
- K. S. James (Director, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai)
- UN Representative (TBD)
8:25 am: Climate Resilience in the Global South
- Ram B. Bhagat (International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai): Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Migration in India
- Madhukar Upadhya (Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Kathmandu): Climate-Induced Migration in Nepal
- Kashif Majeed Salik (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad): Vulnerability, Migration, and Well-being Outcomes in the Times of Rising Climate Extremes in Pakistan
- Manoj Thibbotuwawa (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo): Strengthening Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Sri Lanka
- Tasneem Siddiqui (Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, Dhaka): Framing of a National Strategy on Climate Change-Induced Displacement in Bangladesh
9 am: Response Sarah E. Vaughn (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)
9:10 am: Round Table
9:30: Q&A
9:55: Closing Remarks
- Kailash Das (Professor of Migration & Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai)
- Sanchita Saxena (Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley)
