Understanding Recurring Heatwaves: Risk, Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience
#WebPolicyLearning | NIDM and IMPRI | Understanding Recurring Heatwaves: Risk, Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience
National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, and #IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invite you to
A 3-day Online Certificate Training Programme on
Understanding Recurring Heatwaves:
Risk, Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience
Dates: July 26-28, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom and YouTube Live (on the NIDM Channel)
Registration Fee: Free
Certificates will be provided on successful 80% attendance
Patron:
Shri Taj Hassan, IPS
Executive Director, NIDM, New Delhi
Convener and Moderator:
Tikender Singh Panwar
Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Conveners:
Prof Anil K Gupta
Head ECDRM, NIDM, New Delhi
Dr Simi Mehta
CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay
Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi
Expert Trainers:
Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
Senior Editor (Political and Current Affairs), New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV India)
Dr Naresh Kumar
Scientist E, National Weather Forecasting Centre,
India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Dr Gulrez Shah Azhar
Independent Researcher;
Former Researcher, University of Washington & RAND Corporation, USA
Prof Joyashree Roy
Bangabandhu Chair Professor and Director,
Centre on South and South East Asia Multidisciplinary Applied Research Network on Transforming Societies of Global South,
AIT School of Environment, Resources and Development,
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Dr Manu Gupta
Co-Founder, SEEDS
Dr May Mathew
Founder Trustee and Chief Planner,
Centre for Environmental Efficiency, Kochi
Anup Kumar Srivastava
Sr. Consultant – Drought and Heat wave (Policy & Plan Division), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Dr Pooja Paswan
Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Organising Team & Presentations:
Fatima Amin and Dr Kopal Verma, NIDM;
Dr Souravie Ghimiray, Utkarsh Dwivedi and Diya Goswami, IMPRI
About the Course
This three-day online training programme aims to bring together professionals from academia, civic society, and the commercial and entrepreneurial sectors to start a critical discourse for our time. The overall goal of this programme is to provide a solid interdisciplinary introduction to the Heatwaves in India, prominent impacts of climate change and heat waves, annual preparatory and operational measures to control the crisis of increasing temperatures in India.
The training program aims to create a platform to discuss information from various agencies and exchange experiences between professionals from varied backgrounds and other experts to reduce India’s heat wave impacts. This will also assist the area in developing comprehensive Heat Action Plans at different levels.
Background
There is a strong and global scientific consensus that extreme heat waves will become more common worldwide because of the climate change and this change will cause an increase in average global temperatures. Heat-waves are a significant cause of death and morbidity across the world, and the impacts of heat events are likely to increase due to changing frequency, severity, and intensity of heat-waves caused by climate change. Along with high temperatures, high humidity compounds the effects of the temperatures being felt by human beings. Extreme heat can lead to dangerous, even deadly, consequences, including heat stress and heatstroke.
India too is feeling the impact of climate change in terms of increased instances of heat waves which are more intense in nature with each passing year, and have a devastating impact on human health thereby increasing the number of heat wave casualties. According to the World Bank India’s average annual temperature increased at a rate of 0.62°C in the 100 years between 1901 and 2020. Heat stroke has killed 11,571 people in the last decade (2011-2020) in India, showed an analysis of the Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India data, published annually by the National Crime Records Bureau.
This three-day online training programme aims to bring together professionals from academia, civic society, and the commercial and entrepreneurial sectors to start a critical discourse for our time. The overall goal of this programme is to provide a solid interdisciplinary introduction to the Heatwaves in India, prominent impacts of climate change and heat waves, annual preparatory and operational measures to control the crisis of increasing temperatures in India.
Participants
Geographers, Research scholars, university students, members of civil society, social entrepreneurs.
• Early and Mid-career professionals and researchers with interest and experience in sustainable development and disaster management.
• Graduate students and senior year undergraduate students with interest in Disaster Management, geography, environment & climate change and development studies.
Eligibility
Undergraduates (Pursuing and Above), basic english comprehension as sessions will be in English, & Access to Internet
Process of Registration: #WebPolicyLearning on Understanding Recurring Heatwaves: Risk, Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience
- Click on the Register link on the page https://training.nidm.gov.in
- Register on the NIDM Training Portal
- After creating a profile, select the “Online Course on Understanding Recurring Heatwaves Risk Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience” on the Training Portal and click on Enroll Now.
- You will receive an email with further details to join the meeting with the Zoom link.
User Manual for NIDM Online Training Portal
For any queries, please contact learningatimpri@gmail.com.
Day 1
Live Video YouTube: https://youtu.be/mpwVnvZ-bxM
YouTube HQ Video: https://youtu.be/QfkJB1EUDnc
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Day 2
Live Video YouTube: https://youtu.be/o9WO9lTFbGk
YouTube HQ Video: https://youtu.be/IJM_a7GI65M
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Day 3
Live Video YouTube: https://youtu.be/1hiUk7AkgOk
YouTube HQ Video: https://youtu.be/KorO82WwxpY
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Additional Details
Registration Deadline Time - 12:00 AM
Organizer
IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
