Third Notre Dame South Asia Conference: Environment, Health & Development

As South Asian countries and peoples struggle to develop, these efforts have created a host of environmental problems — particularly air and water pollution — that negatively impact people’s health.

At the same time, South Asia is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, despite being a relatively small contributor to the processes that cause it. This makes the protection of local forests and other natural resources even more important and challenging.  

Panels and Speakers

Panel: “Political Instability and the Environment”
Featuring Maira Hayat, Arun Agrawal and Krister Andersson (University of Notre Dame)

Panel: “Policies to Improve Health in the Face of Environmental Crisis.”
Featuring Santosh Kumar Gautam (University of Notre Dame), Saad Gulzar (Princeton University); Ghazala Mansuri (World Bank)

Organizers:

Lakshmi Iyer, Professor of Economics and Global Affairs
Susan Ostermann, Associate Professor of Global Affairs

Presented by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies’ South Asia Group, and cosponsored by the Kellogg Institute