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Jagan Shah
Jagan Shah is Senior Fellow at Artha Global, and Director of the Artha Centre for Emerging Cities. He has previously served as Senior Infrastructure Adviser in UK’s Department for International Development (2019-21), Director of India’s National Institute of Urban Affairs (2013-19), Director of Sushant School of Art & Architecture (2011-12) and Chief Executive of Urban Space Consultants (2007-10). Shah
He has been deeply involved with innovation in India’s urban sector. Under his leadership, the National Institute of Urban Affairs co-created India’s ‘Smart Cities Mission’, prepared the ‘Master Plan for Delhi 2041’, and co-created and managed the ‘City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain’ (CITIIS) programme funded by the French Agency for Development (AfD). He has also conceived the ‘Infrastructure for Resilient Island States’ (IRIS) Facility managed by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, with core support from India, UK, Australia and the EU.
He studied in New Delhi, Cincinnati and New York, and was Visiting Faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (1998-2006). Since 2016, he has served on the Board of Trustees of Clean Air Asia, an international NGO based in Manila.
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क्या भारत के शहर उसके महत्वाकांक्षी शून्य उत्सर्जन (नेट ज़ीरो) लक्ष्य तक पहुंचने में बाधा बन रहे हैं?
विश्व के शहरों में प्रति व्यक्ति उत्सर्जन राष्ट्रीय औसत से काफी कम है, जबकि दिल्ली और कोलकाता जैसे बड़े भारतीय शहरों में राष्ट्रीय औसत से दोगुना तक उत्सर्जन होता है। शाह और डाउन्स इस बात का पता लगाते हैं कि भारत में हो रहा शहरीकरण देश के राष्ट्रीय डीकार्बोनाइज़ेशन प्रयासों को कैसे नाकाम कर सकता है। वे सुझाव देते हैं कि जलवायु परिवर्तन के प्रभाव को स्थापित करने और राज्यों और राष्ट्रीय सरकारों को मिलकर काम करने के लिए विकेंद्रीकृत दृष्टिकोण अपनाना पड़ेगा।
Are cities holding India back from reaching its ambitious net zero targets?
While per capita emissions in global cities are significantly lower than the national average, large Indian cities like Delhi and Kolkata emit up to double the national average. Shah and Downes look at how urbanisation in India could derail national decarbonisation efforts. They suggest a more decentralised approach, where local and national governments work together to minimise the impact of climate change.