Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs - Chennai event | Community Jameel

Community Jameel and C40 Cities convene government officials, partner representatives and key stakeholders on 28 March 2024 at the Taj Connemara in Chennai, India, for a series of presentations, panel discussions and fireside chats to promote master planning as a tool to accelerate climate action and alleviate poverty.

The Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Lab, a collaboration between Community Jameel and C40 Cities, is partnering with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the World Bank and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to align city plans with climate goals: to realise greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, adapt to the impacts of climate change and deliver wider socio-economic and environmental co-benefits through generation and integration of high-quality data to inform evidence-based decision making.

Shruti Narayan

Regional Director, South and West Asia, C40

Cléa Daridan

Senior curator - culture lead, Community Jameel

Anshul Mishra

Member secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority

S Vaideeswaran

Senior urban specialist, The World Bank

Ramesh Ramachandran

Founder and director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

Hitesh Vaidya

Former director, National Institute of Urban Affairs

Purvaja Ramachandran

Director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

Nidhi Madan

Associate director of climate policy, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

Shreya Gadepalli

founder and managing trustee, UrbanWorks

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Agenda

10h00-10h15: Welcome address

• Shruti Narayan, managing director - regions & mayoral engagement, C40 Cities

• Cléa Daridan, senior curator - culture lead, Community Jameel

10h15-10h30: Opening session

• Anshul Mishra, member secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority

• S Vaideeswaran, senior urban specialist, The World Bank

• Introductions by Shruti Narayan

10h30-11h00: Strategic panel objective: Advancing twoards climate resilience through urban planning

• Ramesh Ramachandran, founder and director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

• Hitesh Vaidya, former director, National Institute of Urban Affairs

• Moderated by Aagya Purohit, C40 Cities

11h00-11h15: Tea break

11h15-12h30: Strategic panel objective: Leveraging master planning as a tool to accelerate climate action and alleviate poverty

11h15-11h30: Fireside chat

• Anshul Mishra

11h30-12h00: Panel discussion

• Aditi Namdeo, director of special initiatives, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia

• Nilesh Rajadhyaksha, programme director, urban strategy unit, National Institute of Urban Affairs

• Ramesh Ramachandran, founder and director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

• Moderated by Kanupriya Kaikeya, C40 Cities

12h00-12h15: Fireside chat

• Purvaja Ramachandran, director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

12h15-12h45: Panel discussion

• Nidhi Madan, associate director of climate policy, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

• S Vaideeswaran

• Shreya Gadepalli, founder and managing trustee, Urban Works Institute

• Moderated by Aagya Purohit

12h45: Closing remarks

• Anshul Mishra

• S Vaideeswaran

• Aditi Namdeo

• Cléa Daridan

• Aagya Purohit

13h15: Lunch

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