Perspective Matters: An interpretational lense
to understand climate performance indices.
Organized by Center for Climate Studies, IIT Bombay
SEMINAR ABSTRACT
Climate performance indices play a crucial role
in evaluating countries' efforts and advancing
global environmental governance. This study
critically examines disparities amon prominent
climate performance indices, including the
DR. CHIRAG DHARA Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Climate
KREA UNIVERSITY Change Performance Index (CCPI),and Climate
Dr Chirag Dhara is a quantum Action Tracker (CAT). We develop an analytic
physicist turned climate scientist tool, called EPI-equity, to demonstrate how
holding two doctorates: one in Earth integrating equity principles can substantially
System Science (2017) from the
alter performance assessments. We propose a
Max Planck Institute for
Biogeochemistry and University of novel conceptual framework to classify indices
Hamburg, Germany and the other in based on the perspectives they embody,
Photonics (2013) from the Institute highlighting how these can shape the
of Photonic Sciences and
Universitat Polytecnica de interpretation of performance. Our results
Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. suggest that the outcomes of climate
Prior to joining Krea University, he performance indices are morel ikely to concur
spent two years as a Research
when they represent similar perspectives. We
Associate at the Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology (IITM). He co- propose that explicitly articulating the
authored India’s first perspective embodied by performance indices
comprehensive climate change can enhance transparency.
assessment report released by IITM
in June, 2020 (as an official report
of the Ministry of Earth Science, 21 Jan 2025 Seminar Hall
India). He is also a contributing 2.30 -3.30 pm 1st Flr, Civil Engg.
author to the IPCC AR6 report
(2021).
In 2018-2019, he freelanced for
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