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India and Climate Change

All day symposium presented by the UCLA Law School Emmet Center for Climate Change and the Environment,Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Public Program, and UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

Friday, April 09, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Los Angeles, CA United States

Registration 9am-9:30
Event is free and open to the public, includes lunch – 6 hours MCLE credits
 

Click HERE to register – Registration required

We’re bringing together non-profit groups, policy analysts, and legal and political science scholars working both in the U.S. and in India on climate change issues for an all-day symposium examining how India will affect, and be affected by, climate change. Panels will focus on promising routes for engaging with India post-Copenhagen; challenges for domestic progress in India on climate and energy; and the intersection of international trade law and climate questions in India-US relations.

Panelists and speakers

• Deepa Badrinarayana, Chapman University School of Law
• Ann Carlson, UCLA School of Law
• Magali Delmas, UCLA Institute of the Environment
• Daniel Emmett, Energy Independence Now
• Gaurav Gupta, Director, Climate Project India
• Anjali Jaiswal, Natural Resources Defense Council – India Project
• Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University
• Varun Rai, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
• Armin Rosencranz, Stanford University
• David Victor, UC San Diego
• Jonathan Zasloff, UCLA School of Law

Conference schedule

9 to 9:30am: Registration and light breakfast

9:30 to 11:30am: Panel on how best to engage with India, post-Copenhagen

Featuring Deepa Badrinarayana, Daniel Emmett, Gaurav Gupta and David Victor

11:45 to 12:45pm: Lunch

1 to 2:45pm: Panel on challenges for domestic progress in India on climate and energy questions

Featuring Ann Carlson, Anjali Jaiswal, Varun Rai and Armin Rosencranz

2:45 to 3pm: Coffee break

3 to 4:45pm: Panel on the intersection of international trade law and climate regulation in US-India relations

Featuring Magali Delmas, Arvind Panagariya and Jonathan Zasloff

4:45pm: Reception

This event is FREE and open to the public, and includes lunch. Registration here is required.

Directions and parking for UCLA Law School here. Enter the campus at Hilgard Ave and Westholme Ave.

UCLA School of Law is a California state bar approved MCLE provider.

Thanks to our sponsors and cosponsors:

• The Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment
• The Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Program
• UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
• The Institute of the Environment’s Center for Climate Change Solutions
• Asia Society Southern California

 

 

 

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Open to the public and includes lunch, registration required.

For more information please contact

Cara Horowitz
Tel: (310) 206-4033
horowitz@law.ucla.edu
www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=3337