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Washington DC '24
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Susmita Dasgupta, PhD

She/Her.

Lead Environmental Economist at World Bank.

About

Susmita Dasgupta is a Lead Environmental Economist in the Sustainability and Infrastructure Team of the Development Research Group. Her research focuses on environmental management in developing countries. Dr. Dasgupta has done extensive analysis on health hazards of pollution, poverty/environment nexus, setting priorities in pollution control, deforestation, biodiversity loss, impacts of climate change on coastal zones and climate extremes, adaptation to climate change, use of satellite readings for climate change mitigation, cost effective regulations, monitoring and enforcement of regulations. She has conducted research activities in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cuba, India, Iran, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Mexico, Tanzania, Tunisia, Vietnam and Yemen, and has published numerous articles on issues related to development and environment. Before joining the Bank in 1992, she taught at the American University and the State University of New York at Albany. She holds a B. Sc from Presidency College, India; an M. Sc. from University of Calcutta, India; an M. Sc. and a Ph. D. in economics from the State University of New York at Albany.


On the agenda

  1. The Coming Revolution in Monitoring Greenhouse Gas

    May. 17 '24, 10:15am
    Session
    The Forum (South)

    This is a dynamic moment for GHG Monitoring. Multiple ambitious efforts have recently been launched to create the most accurate picture of our GHG reality. These include new satellite constellations, data platforms, and broad coalitions. This panel will include representatives of some of the leading efforts across GHG data collection, publishing, and use.

    Moderators

    1. Gyami Shrestha, PhD

    Speakers

    1. Argyro Kavvada, PhD
    2. Johannes Loschnigg, PhD
    3. Mikel Maron
    4. Susmita Dasgupta, PhD

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Sponsors

Platinum

  1. NASA Lifelines

Bronze

  1. Element84

  2. Esri

  3. Impact Observatory

  4. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)


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