The Lima-Callao area has a population of 9 million andan economy worth US$66 billion in 2014. The preliminary results of our research indicate that the total energy bill for the city was US$4.7 billion and that the bill for waste and water was US$50 billion - meaning that 8% of everything earned in the local economy was spent on energy, water and waste.
Event: Launch - Climate Smart Cities report
19th November 2013, 11:30am
Pine Hall, The Park Hotel 17 Park Street Kolkata 700 016 India
Smart Cities: We will be launching our Climate Smart Cities final report ' The Economics of a Low Carbon Kolkata', with Jadavpur University and the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the British Deputy High Commission,Kolkata.
Programme
11:00 Regsitration
11:30 Welcome remarks by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty, Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University
11:35 Presentation on the results of the report by Professor Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University and Professor Andrew Gouldson, University of Leeds
12:05 Address by Mr Scott Furssedonn-Wood, British Deputy High Commissioner, Kolkata
12:15 Feedback and comments by Professor Binay K Dutta, chairman West Bengal Pollution Control Board and other eminent guests, Government of West Bengal TBC
12:30 Question and answer session by media and other guests
12:40 Concluding remarks by Jon Price CEO, Centre for Low Carbon Futures
12:45 Networking over lunch
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