Environmental Politics and Energy Policy: A Just and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

The State of the Environment – #PlanetTalks with Prof Johannes Urpelainen on Environmental Politics and Energy Policy: A Just and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19.

#IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to an IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk series –

The State of the Environment – #PlanetTalks

A Special Lecture on

Environmental Politics and Energy Policy: A Just and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:

Date: September 22, 2021
Time: 4:30 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live

Speaker:

Prof Johannes Urpelainen
Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment, and Founding Director, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, USA

Johannes Urpelainen is the Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP). He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2009 and spent the next eight years at Columbia University.

Johannes is the award-winning author of four books and over a hundred refereed articles on environmental politics, energy policy, and global governance. He teaches action-oriented classes on energy and environmental policy to equip the next generation of global leaders with deep knowledge, advanced analytical skills — and a passion for transformational social change. As one of the world’s top energy policy experts, Johannes frequently advises governments, international organizations, and the private sector on energy and environment.

As the Founding Director of ISEP, Johannes is responsible for the vision, strategy, and general management of the initiative. His work under ISEP offers pragmatic but effective approaches to providing the world’s population with affordable and abundant energy at minimal environmental impact. In his spare time, Johannes reads biographies and tries to improve his Hindi.

Discussant:

Dr Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand

Moderator:

Dr Simi Mehta
CEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI, New Delhi

Live Video: https://fb.watch/8cn1-jd07M/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpHkd_PBw-I
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