November 8, Wednesday | 14:00–15:30 Session 1.3.1: Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems
Chair: K N Ninan |
Presenter | Paper |
Mihir Mathur and Kabir Sharma | Modelling the economics of grassland degradation in Banni, India, using system dynamics |
Manjula M, Girigan Gopi and Vipindas | Wetland paddy ecosystems and amphibian diversity: need for compensating conservation |
Dayakar Peddi | Economic cost of land degradation in India |
Chandan Singha | Analysing adoption of soil conservation measures in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India |
Bijayashree Satpathy | Conservation, poverty and livelihood: study in Similipal wildlife sanctuary |
November 8, Wednesday | 14:00–15:30 Session 1.3.2: Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation by farmers 1
Chair: J B Rajan |
Presenter | Paper |
Subir Sen | Rainfall and agricultural productivity: empirical analysis of possible relationship |
Ajay Kumar Singh, K G S Narayanan and Pritee Sharma | Influence of climate variability on sugarcane farming in India: an application of stochastic frontier production approach |
Md. Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Tauhidul Islam and Nigar Sultana | Climate change and its impact on agricultural production in Bangladesh: Geo-statistical Analysis of spatial and temporal variations |
Chandan Kumar Jha et al | Migration as adaptation strategy to cope with climate change: a study of farmers’ migration in Bihar |
Narendra N Dalei | Do we need a climate change adaptation policy in agriculture sector in Indian state of Odisha? |
November 8, Wednesday | 14:00–15:30 Session 1.3.3: Fuelling Challenges
Chair: Balachandra Patil |
Presenter | Paper |
Dhanyashree Bhuvandas and Haripriya Gundimeda | Transport fuel elasticity estimation to understand the impacts of energy subsidy reform in India: a household study |
Prantika Das and Haripriya Gundimeda | Direct and indirect impact pathways of biofuels in developing countries: A meta-analysis of literature evidences |
Vandana Maurya | Conflicting dilemmas of energy saving in Indian domestic sector: efficiency vs. conservation |
Madalsa Singh and P Balachandra | Distributed hybrid electricity system for energy access, livelihoods, and empowerment |
November 8, Wednesday | 14:00–15:30 Session 1.3.4: SDGs and Global South 1 Urban challenges in sanitation
Chair: Bejoy K Thomas |
Presenter | Paper |
Debasree Bose and Arijita Dutta | the country progressing towards sustainable development goal? |
NC Narayanan | Technology choice and institutional options in urban sanitation: towards a protocol for town level sanitation planning |
Indranil De | Urban sanitation, co‐financing and the myth of co‐production: the case of Indian slums |
Rakesh Kumar Sharma and Vibhor Sood | Waste management in the Himalayan hill city Shimla: concerns for ecology, economics and governance |
Shivani Wadehra and Arabinda Mishra | Enabling institutions to achieve efficient waste management |
Anita Pinheiro | Urban food system transitions and socio-ecological resilience in Kerala |
November 9, Thursday | 11:00–13:00 Session 2.2.1: Perceptions and Behavioural responses
Chair: L Venkatachalam |
Presenter | Paper |
Monalisa Ghosh et al. | What affects the willingness to pay for arsenic safe drinking water? A case study in rural West Bengal |
Prajna Paramita Mishra | Economic valuation of a recreation model: challenges and way forward |
Varadarajan Raghupathy and G Uma | Perception of stakeholders on the maintenance of irrigation tanks in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu |
Maya K | Trust and life satisfaction: evidence from India |
Claudia Lemke, Rita Bergmann and Dennis A. Ostwald | Evidence-based sustainability reporting: condensing the integral sustainability of individual economic agents, branches and economies into the sustainability index NAX |
November 9, Thursday | 11:00–13:00 Session 2.2.2: Impacts of Climate Change and adaptation by farmers 2
Chair: Indira Devi |
Presenter | Paper |
L Umamaheswari et al. | Impact of drought on agriculture in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh |
Deepika Swami and Devanathan Parthasarathy | Climate variability and agriculture vulnerability for Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India |
Saptarsi Chakraborty and Santadas Ghosh | Propagating salt tolerant rice: possible adaptation strategy against climate change in coastal West Bengal |
Asfika Begum and Ratul Mahanta | Impact of climate change and variability on rice yield in Assam |
V Saravanakumar | Climate change impacts and adaptation in sorghum production in Tamil Nadu |
November 9, Thursday | 11:00–13:00 Session 2.2.3: Conservation
Chair: Jayshree Vencatesan |
Presenter | Paper |
Trupthi Narayan and Pankaj Sekhsaria | Media reporting on the protected areas in Maharashtra - a thematic analysis |
Indrani Roy Chowdhury | Dual control of forests in a federal structure |
Sulochana Pednekar | Collective action and eco-tourism under different institutional framework- comparison of turtle nesting sites in Goa and Maharashtra |
Binilkumar Amarayil Sreeraman and Konthoujam Gyanendra Singh | Conservation vs. livelihood: stakeholder preferences over the improved conservation of Loktak lake in Manipur, India |
November 9, Thursday | 11:00–13:00 Session 2.2.4: SDG and Global South 2 Urban challenges in housing and waste
Chair: Sunny George |
Presenter | Paper |
Saji M Kadavil | Conservancies and conservation: women forest protection group in the Western Ghats of Kerala |
Deep Jyoti Francis and Anita Pinheiro | Local community knowledge and revival of mangroves in two districts of Kerala: the role of collective action |
Lisa Mariam Varkey | An economic assessment of trends in land-use-land-cover data of Kuttanad wetland ecosystem, Kerala and investment measures adopted for its sustainable development |
Anitha V | Pilgrim tourism and ecological sustainability of Pampa river in Kerala |
Michael Sinclair, Andrea Ghermandi, Sheela A. Moses, Sabu Joseph | Using geotagged photos from social media to value the recreational benefits of Kerala’s wetlands in India |
November 9, Thursday | 14:00–15:30 Session 2.3.1: Politics, Resistance and Movements
Chair: T P Kunhikannan |
Presenter | Paper |
P Omkar Nadh | Politics of pollution: a case of Godavari mega aqua food park in west Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh |
Deepika Swami and Devanathan Parthasarathy | Increasing water vulnerability of Indian megacity, Mumbai: interconnected web of politics and policies |
Ramesh Dheeravath | Ecology and capitalism at the crossroads: a case study of Telangana |
Arpita Bisht and Julien-François Gerber | Ecological distribution conflicts over mineral extraction in India: an overview |
Joan Martinez-Alier | The EJOLT project (2011-15) and the EnvJustice project (2016-21) at the ICTA UAB, Barcelona |
November 9, Thursday | 14:00–15:30 Session 2.3.2: Aquatic Ecosystems
Chair: A Gopalakrishnan (TBC) |
Presenter | Paper |
Jyothis Sathyapalan | Economic value of biodiversity loss: a case study of by-catch from Andhra Pradesh marine fishery |
Pankaj Sekhsaria | The ecology and history of the Andaman Islands: bottom up and through the lens of fiction |
Lucy M Turner et al | An interdisciplinary risk assessment: harmful microbes, shellfish, climate change and urbanisation in Mangalore, southwest India |
Md. Hafiz Iqbal | Choice modeling and its application to Sundarbans mangrove forest preservation |
Farid Ahmed | First-and second-order adaptation to salinity and water logging: case of coastal embankment in Satkhira district, Bangladesh |
November 9, Thursday | 14:00–15:30 Session 2.3.3: Institutions for governance of 'commons'
Chair: P S Easa |
Presenter | Paper |
Anindita Roy Saha and Grace Charles Muangirwa | Participatory forest management and the role of institutions in Tanzania: a survey |
S Gunakar | Role of collective action and governance in implementing sustainable fishing practices: a case study of Karnataka marine fisheries |
S Krithi | What constitutes the ‘commons’ in water? A case study of irrigation systems in Puducherry district |
Tapas Kumar Sutradhar and Santadas Ghosh | Self governance of fishermen in Sundarban: a case study |
Jingjing Cai and Hang Xiong | An agent-based Simulation of cooperation in the use of irrigation systems |
November 9, Thursday | 14:00–15:30 Session 2.3.4: SDGs and Global South 3 Pollution and Health
Chair: Peter M. Raj |
Presenter | Paper |
Tapaswini Nayak and Indrani Roy Chowdhury | Health externality in terms of respiratory illness related sick days due to air pollution: evidence from open cast coal mining region of Odisha |
P Manikandan, N Kamaladhasan and S Chandrasekaran | Studies on the influence of land change and land use pattern on the mosquito vector population in human dominated ecosystems at Palani, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu |
Gaurav Kumar | Impact of air pollutant PM10 on house rent in the cities of Ghaziabad and NOIDA of NCR in India using hedonic property price model |
Arvind Lakshmisha, Priyanka Agarwal and Bhargavi Nagendra | Promoting collective action to improve water security in peri-urban areas around Bangalore city using social accountability tools |
Namita Singh, Trupti Mishra and Rangan Banerjee | Effect of road transport infrastructure, energy use and economic growth on CO2 emission in India |
November 10, Friday | 11:30–13:30 Session 3.2.1: Livelihood
Chair: Amita Shah |
Presenter | Paper |
Dhanya B et al. | Ecosystem services and agricultural livelihoods: an analysis of trade-offs in peri-urban Bangalore |
Pradyot Ranjan Jena and Bibhu Prasad Nayak | Can third party certification programs improve livelihoods and reduce food insecurity: an empirical study from southern India |
Sneha G and Gopakumar Viswanathan and Amalendu Jyotishi | Role and movement pattern of women entrepreneurs in the fish value chain: a micro level study in India |
Krishna Malakar, Trupti Mishra and Anand Patwardhan | Drivers of adaptation decisions in marine fishing community of Mumbai, India |
Harshan Tee Pee | Agricultural production and income in a disaster year: findings from the study of Melanjippattu village affected by cyclone Thane |
November 10, Friday | 11:30–13:30 Session 3.2.2: Valuations, evaluations and viabilities
Chair: M N Sudhakaran |
Presenter | Paper |
Arakhita Behera | Do consumers really care about green practices? A case study of GHMC star hotels |
Sukanya Das, Karthick Radhakrishnan and Bouzit Madjid | Assessing the economic viability of alternative option for water management: a case study of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu |
Megha Nath et al. | Improving evaluation knowledge for better regulation in the forest policies |
Abhijit Sharan et al. | Economic valuation of coastal and marine ecosystem goods and services in India |
November 10, Friday | 11:30–13:30 Session 3.2.3: Governing and Managing Climate Change
Chair: Bibhu Prasad Nayak |
Presenter | Paper |
Udayakrishnan Azhakath | What lies ahead for global climate governance? A discussion on key approaches and the experience so far |
K. Dhavala et al | What would a socio-economic and energy technology system be like if we limit climate change to Paris agreement? An hybrid modelling system approach |
Akanksha Jumde and Nishant Kumar | Climate change induced migration: challenges and opportunities under international law: a case study of India and Bangladesh |
Ramnath Reghunadhan | Integrating space technologies into river basin management: an Indian scenario |
Mousami Prasad, Trupti Mishra and Varadraj Bapat | Role of voluntary compliance in managing climate change at firm level in India |
November 10, Friday | 11:30–13:30 Session 3.2.4: SDGs and Global South 4 Inequality, inclusion, access
Chair: Shyjan Davis |
Presenter | Paper |
Saswat Kishore Mishra (TBC), Pulak Mishra and Srijit Mishra | Factors influencing corporate social responsibility expenditure of Indian mining firms: implications for ecology and social inclusion |
Lavanya Suresh | Perspectives on gender equality in the context of environmental sustainability |
Abhilas Kumar Pradhan | Distributional impact of common property forest incomes on rural income inequality: case study from Odisha |
Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati and Unmesh Patnaik | Can increasing human development and income reduce impact from natural disasters? empirical evidence for floods in India |
Ismail Haque | Inequality in access to quality housing in Kolkata- a micro level spatial analysis using geographically weighted regression |
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Madhu Khanna
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
President-Elect & Fellow, Applied and Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
Prof. Matthew E. Kahn
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and Business at Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
Provost Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Dr. David Simpson
Senior Professional Lecturer of Environmental and Resource Economics, American University, U.S.A.
Ex-Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, US EPA
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Special Lecture
Skills for the Green Economy: What, Where and How Much?
Speaker: Dr. Francesco Vona, Senior Economist at the French Economic Observatory of Sciences-Po (OFCE) and Visiting Fellow, Gratham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
Invited Sessions
** Models of emission-generation technologies and applications
Chair: Prof. Sushama Murty, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Subhash Ray, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, USA
Title: TBA
Subal Kumbhakar, SUNY Binghamton, U.S.A.
Title: TBA
Sushama Murty: Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Title: Achieving allocative efficiency using economic instruments for pollution control: The case of the Indian thermal power sector
** Economics of Groundwater Extraction and Policy (2 sessions)
Chair: Prof. J.V. Meenakshi, Delhi School of Economics
Aaditya Dar, Indian School of Business
Title: TBA
Abhijit Banerji, Delhi School of Economics
Title: Metering in West Bengal. (Joint with Anubhab Gupta and J.V. Meenakshi)
Archisman Mitra, International Water Management Institute
Title: Can Cash Incentives Modify Groundwater Pumping Behaviours? Evidence from an Experiment in Punjab . (Joint with Soumya Balasubramnya and Roy Brouwer.)
Disha Gupta, Delhi School of Economics
Title: Electricity pricing in Punjab
Saif Ali, IIIT-Delhi
Title: Title: Spatial autocorrelation in groundwater levels.
Souvik Dutta, IIIT-Delhi
Title: Does Decentralized Management of Irrigation Affect Use of Water? Evidence from India. (Joint with Sabyasachi Kar.)
** Contingent valuation methods (CVM) and behavioral evidence for the value estimate in CVM
Chair: Dr. Kavita Sardana, TERI School of Advanced Studies
Subhra Bhattacharya, Shiv Nadar University
Title: Strategic Behavior in Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice Model. (Joint with Kavita Sardana)
Srijita Ghosh, Ashoka University
Title: Behavioral evidence to scope insensitivity in a CVM study, (Joint with Kavita Sardana)
** Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Environment
Chair: Dr. Saket Anand, Center for Artificial Intelligence, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Paper 1: A Hybrid Approach for Tiger Re-Identification. ICCV 2019 Workshop on Computer Vision for Wildlife Conservation.
Authors: A. Shukla, C. Anderson, G. S. Cheema, P. Guo, S. Onda, D. Anshumaan, S. Anand and R. Farrell
Paper 2: Primate Face Identification in the Wild. Pacific-Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019.
Authors: A. Shukla, G. S. Cheema S. Anand, Q. N. Qureshi, and Y. V. Jhala
Paper 3: IN-SAT: A novel land cover classification dataset for Indian Subcontinent. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2021.
Authors: M. Shah, A.V. Subramanyam, and G. Arora