28 May 2019: Workshop on 'Pollution in India in the Context of Urbanisation and Climate Change: Perspectives and Challenges'

Sagnik Dey
Centre for Atmospheric Science, IIT Delhi

Organised by
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH)

Abstract:
Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk factor in India. To understand the health burden associated with ambient exposure to PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter) in India, we developed a satellite based PM 2.5 retrieval. The paper also maps urban expansion using settlement data for 60+ cities in India (that are under the smart city mission) and quantifies the change in the pollution that can be attributed to urbanisation. We found that more than 50% of India's population does not meet the Indian standard. The rising trend in PM 2.5 in India is regionally isolated and mostly governed by the increase during post-monsoon and winter season along with increase in urban expansion.

We further project PM 2.5 under climate change scenarios and observe that PM 2.5 exposure is projected to increase until 2050 under the RCP 4.5 scenario and until 2080 under the RCP 8.5 scenario. We project the burden attributable to ambient PM 2.5 exposure in India for future by combining RCP scenario with SSP scenarios. The epidemiological transition is unable to compensate fully the demographic transition. If India (and the world) can meet the RCP 4.5 scenario, 40,000 premature deaths can be avoided annually (relative to RCP 8.5 scenario) due to air pollution.

Date: May 28, 2019
Time: 03:45 P.M.

Venue:
Centre for Science and Humanities (CSH),
2, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road,
New Delhi - 110 011

Note:
Please confirm participation to neeru.gohar@csh-delhi.com and carry valid photo ID

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28 May 2019: Talk on 'India’s Inter-State Water Wars: Causes, Cures, and Consequences'

Scott Moore
University of Pennsylvania

Organised by
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Central Water Commission (CWC)

Abstract:
From the San Francisco Bay area to Sao Paulo to Riyadh, water shortages increasingly cloud economic forecasts. But nowhere is the risk greater than in South Asia, where India, the largest economy and most important regional power, faces crippling shortages and a lack of consensus on what to do about them. In turn, water problems threaten to drag down India’s economic growth and slow its rise to regional power. In this talk, Scott Moore will draw on his recent book, Subnational Hydropolitics: Conflict, Cooperation, and Institution-Building in Shared River Basins, to explore some of the causes of India’s many inter-state water disputes, and what they say about the state of India’s federal system. He'll also discuss some promising ways to convert India’s pervasive sub-national water wars into cooperation.

Date: May 28, 2019
Time: 03:00 P.M.

Venue:
Central Water Commission Auditorium,
First Floor, Library Building,
R K Puram Sector-1,
New Delhi-110066

Note:
RSVP at treads@cprindia.org

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31 May 2019: Launch of the book titled, “The Globoticsc Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work

Richard Baldwin
The Graduate Institute, Geneva

Organised by:
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Abstract:
In his book, Richard Baldwin, argues that the inhuman speed of this global transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to adapt. When technology enables people from around the world to be a virtual presence in any given office, “Globotics” will disrupt the lives of millions of skilled workers in most countries, including India, much faster than automation, industrialization and globalization disrupted lives in previous centuries.

More specifically, it looks at the measures that people and governments can take in response to such a tectonic economic and cultural shift. While the changes are inevitable, the book offers strategies that humanity can use to adapt to this new world, employing the indispensable skills that no machine can copy: creativity and independent thought.

Date: May 31, 2019
Time: 07:30 P.M.

Venue:
Gulmohar Hall,
India Habitat Centre,
Lodi Road,
New Delhi 110003
(Entry from Gate No. 3)

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31 May 2019: Public lecture on "Globalization, Robotics and the Future of Work"

Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute in Geneva

Organised by:
Centre for International Trade and Development (CITD), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Abstract:
While globalization and robotics, “globotics”, will eventually make a better world, it will create explosive social challenges along the way. Digital technology is allowing “white-collar robots” to displace many service-sector workers and professionals while at the same time enabling “telemigration” where talented, low-cost workers sitting abroad displace domestic office workers. If displaced office workers join with already displaced factory workers, the result could be a destabilizing upheaval. To avoid this, Prof. Baldwin asserts that governments must use the tools they have to slow the pace and make the competition from globots seem fairer.

Date: May 31, 2019
Time: 10:15 A.M.

Venue:
Room No 128,
School of International Studies (SIS) II (New Building),
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi-110067 (India)

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10 May 2019: Global value chains and effective exchange rates

Nikhil Patel
Bank for International Settlements

Abstract:
The real effective exchange rate (REER) is one of the most cited statistical constructs in open-economy macroeconomics. We show that the models used to compute these numbers are not rich enough to allow for the rising importance of global value chains. Moreover, because different sectors within a country participate in international production sharing at different stages, sector level variations are also important for determining competitiveness. Incorporating these features, we develop a framework to compute REER at both the sector and country level and apply it on inter-country input-output tables to study the properties of the new measures of REER.

Date: May 10, 2019
Time: 04:00 P.M.

Venue:
Conference Hall, Ground Floor
R&T Building
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,
18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110067(INDIA)

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Those who are interested may please confirm your participation at latha.balasubramanian@nipfp.org.in