Developing regional collaboration in river basin management in response to climate change: Final Workshop Wednesday 16 – Thursday 17 December, 2015 Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi Proudly supported by:
Wednesday 16 December, 2015 Day One 9:00am Registration, tea & coffee ‐ 9:30am 9:30am Dr R.K. Pachauri, Director‐General, and Dr S.K. Sarkar, Director, Water Resources Division, TERI, India ‐ 10:00am Official Welcome 10:00am Dr Paul McShane, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia ‐ 10:30am Introduction 10:30am Group photograph & morning tea ‐ 11:00am 11:00am Professor A.K. Gosain, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
‐ 11:30am Keynote Address ‐ Resolving transboundary river basin management issues: the challenge for India 11:30am Dr Mandira Singh Shrestha, ICIMOD, Nepal
‐ 12noon Regional co‐operation in flood risk reduction in the Ganges Brahmaputra Basins
12noon Professor Narendra Raj Khanal, Tribhuvan University and ICIMOD, Nepal
‐ 12:30pm Water resource development issues in the Koshi Basin: a transboundary river 12:30pm Lunch ‐ 1:30pm Dr Shresth Tayal, Water Resources Division, Area Convener, Centre for Himalayan Ecology, 1:30pm Adjunct Faculty, TERI University, India ‐ 2:00pm Water availability and changes in the cryosphere Professor Hari K. Shrestha, Nepal Engineering College, Nepal
2:00pm The impact of hydropower projects on water availability in Tamor Basin, Koshi, in the context of ‐ 2:30pm climate change 2:30pm Dr Ashok Ghosh, A.N. College, Patna, India ‐ 3:00pm Water quality issues in river basins of Bihar, India: Challenges of the Anthropocene 3:00pm Afternoon tea ‐ 3:30pm Dr Paul McShane, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia 3:30pm Developing a knowledge management framework to encourage regional collaboration in river basin ‐ 4:30pm management 4:30pm Workshop close Thursday 17 December, 2015 Day Two 9:00am Registration, tea & coffee ‐ 9:30am 9:30am Dr Nupur Bose, A.N. College, Patna, India ‐ 10:00am Impact of the Anthropocene on the channel flow of the Koshi River Basin 10:00am Dr Douglas Hill, University of Otago, New Zealand ‐ 10:30am Developing regional collaboration 10:30am Morning tea ‐ 11:00am 11:00am Safa Fanaian, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), India
‐ 11:30am Perspectives of the current governance challenges given power asymmetries among riparian states 11:30am Professor Prem Sagar Chapagain, Tribhuvan University, Nepal ‐ 12noon Community issues in transboundary river management: examples from the Koshi 12noon Interactive Discussion Session ‐ 12:30pm 12:30pm Lunch ‐ 1:30pm 1:30pm Interactive Discussion Session ‐ 2:30pm 2:30pm Dr Paul McShane, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia ‐ 3:00pm Closing remarks and next steps 3:00pm Afternoon tea 4:00pm Workshop close Notes: ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................