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Programme (PDF version can be accessed here)
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| 09:00-10:00 |
Opening Session
(Chair: Mr. Pratap Kumar Pathak, Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal)
Welcome address:
Professor Panna Thapa, Dean, School of Science, Kathmandu University
Purpose of the Seminar:
Dr. Andrew Collins, Director, Disaster and Development Centre, Northumbria University, UK
Professor Sanjay Nath Khanal, Director, Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Center, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Guest of Honour:
Ms.Margaret Arnold, Head ProVention Consortium Secretariat, Geneva
Opening Remarks:
Minister, Local Development, Government of Nepal. |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Keynote Speech
Role of DFID in Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction in South Asia
Dr. Clare Shakya – DFID Regional Environment and Water Advisor, South Asia
Working with young professionals and practitioners in South Asia: Northumbria University’s perspectives
Professor Julie Mennell, Dean School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, UK
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| 10:30-10:40 |
Vote of Thanks and closing of opening session
Mr Bishnu Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Local Development, Nepal |
| 10:40-11:00 |
Tea Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Special Session
(Chair: Professor Paras Kumar Pokharel, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal)
“Climate Change, Energy and Emergency Management”
Professor Phil O’Keefe, Disaster and Development Centre, Northumbria University, UK
“Climate Change and Disaster Management Education: Issues Arising”
Professor Fuad Hassan Mallick, BRAC University, Bangladesh |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:00-13:40 |
Climate Change, Health and Pollution
(Chair: Mahendra Khamyahang, Chairperson, Dhankuta Municipality Risk and Resilience Committee)
•Climate change, health risk and pesticide in
Nepal, Zaina Gadema, School of Applied Sciences , Northumbria
University, UK
•Air Pollution and Climate change effects in Nepal: Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Bangladesh
(Tea will be available in session) |
| 13:40-14:40 |
Climate Change and Biodiversity
(Chair : Kumud Kafle, Kathmandu University )
•Tree ring and climate change perception study in Langtang National
Park, central Nepal: Parveen Kumar Chhetri, Tribhuvan University,
Nepal
•The vicious circle forest fires-climate change: Laura Villaescusa, Spain
•Temperature variation in Northern areas of
Pakistan – a climate change perspective: Farida Begam Pakistan
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| 14:40-15:40 |
Climate Change and Gender
(Chair : Salu Adhikari, Kathmandu University)
•Participation of children in building climatic
disaster resilient community: Rohit Karki, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
•Cooperation of Local Governments at Climate Change Training of Students
in Turkey: Nihan Erdogan ,Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
•Reducing Climate Change Impact through
Disaster Education in Schools: Hideyuki Shiroshita, DPRI,Kyoto
University, Japan.
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| 15:40-17:00 |
Climate Change and Emergency Management
(Chair: Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Kathmandu University)
•Spatial assessment of risk of river flood in Dhaka City , Bangladesh
:Animesh Kumar Gain and M.Mozzammel Hoque, IWFM, Bangladesh University
of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
•Emerging geospatial database for climate
change studies- Indian preparedness: P.K.Joshi,TERI University ,Delhi,
India.
•Mohammad Aminur Rahman: Climate Change and
Cities: A Perspective from Dhaka, BRAC University, Bangladesh
•Climate Change and Emergency Management in
Northern India Rajeev Jha Care Mujaffarpur, Bihar ,India
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