Harvard Project Co-Sponsors Webinar on Climate and Energy Policy in India

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements co-sponsored a webinar on March 30, 2021: “The Future of Green India: Energy and Climate Change.” Hosting the event was the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. The other co-sponsors were the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School — and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. The Harvard Global Institute provided support for the seminar and a larger project of which it is part.

Henry Lee, Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of ENRP, moderated the seminar. Narasimha Rao, Associate Professor, Yale School of the Environment, provided an overview of interconnected challenges in energy, development, and climate change in India. Mahua Acharya, Chief Executive Officer of Convergence Energy Services Ltd. India, then examined key issues with regard to integrating renewable power generation into the grid. Finally, Abhishek Malhotra, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, explored the role of technological innovation in advancing energy and climate-change policy objectives.

A recording of the complete webinar is posted here and a transcript here. Both are courtesy of the Mittal Institute.

Links to presentations are below.