Plenary session 7: Climate change: many paths, many stakeholders

Left to right: Dr Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Project Leader - Transitions to New Technologies, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria; Mr Andrei Marcu, Executive Director, International Emissions Trading Association, Switzerland; Ambassador C Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI; Session Chair - Ms Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Bonn; Dr John Ashton, Director for Strategic Partnerships, LEAD International, London; Dr James R Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, US Department of Commerce; Dr Chris Mottershead, Vice-President - Technology and Health, Safety and Environment, Gas, Power and Renewables, BP, UK

Ms Joke Waller-Hunter
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Bonn

"Without climate change mitigation there can be no sustainable development."

Dr John Ashton
Director for Strategic Partnerships, LEAD International, London

"The heart of the challenge is how to deliver the solution (to the problem of climate change)."

Dr James R Mahoney
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, US Department of Commerce

Dr Chris Mottershead
Vice-President - Technology and Health, Safety and Environment, Gas, Power and Renewables, BP, UK

"We need to sell (the options for reducing climate change) as an opportunity and not simply as a threat."

Dr Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Project Leader - Transitions to New Technologies, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

"Premature replacement of capital with new technology is too costly."

Plenary session 8: Ministerial session

Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Prof. Saifuddin Soz, Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Former Union Minister - Environment & Forests, India; Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa; Session Chair - Prof. Emil Salim, Chairman, National Economic Board, Government of Indonesia; Mr Elliot Morley, Parliamentary Under Secretary (House of Commons) for Fisheries, Water and Natural Protection, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK; Mr Pieter van Geel, Hon'ble State Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment, Government of The Netherlands

Prof. Emil Salim
Chairman, National Economic Board, Government of Indonesia

Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi
Deputy Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

"We need to rebuild a strong and able civil society that carries with us the responsibility of sound environmental governance."

Mr Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under Secretary (House of Commons) for Fisheries, Water and Natural Protection, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

"We need more collaboration amongst the international community if we are to achieve sustainable development. Climate change is one area where the scientific community has truly excelled at working together across national boundaries to deepen our shared knowledge and understanding"

Mr Pieter van Geel
Hon'ble State Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment, Government of The Netherlands

"We need more coherent strategies for technology transfer."

Prof. Saifuddin Soz
Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Former Union Minister - Environment & Forests, India

Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI

"Environment ministries cannot be effective if they operate in isolation."

Valedictory session

Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI ; Ms Anu Aga, Chairperson, Thermax Ltd, India; Mr Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva; Session Chair - Prof. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi; Dr Claude Martin, Director-General, WWF International, Gland; Mr V K Duggal, Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

Prof. Klaus Töpfer
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi

Mr Björn Stigson
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva

"The way you deal with the political agenda (of sustainable development) has a direct impact on market capitalization (of companies)... Business cannot succeed in societies that fail."

Dr Claude Martin
Director-General, WWF International, Gland

Ms Anu Aga
Chairperson, Thermax Ltd, India

"The business of business is to promote the well-being of all stakeholders on this planet."

Mr V K Duggal
Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

"Resilience is an extremely challenging aspect of sustainability."

Dr R K Pachauri
Director General, TERI

"We should communicate the results of this summit and the purpose of the summit far better than we have done before.

It would be valuable to keep revisiting Johannesburg each year. In other words, we should come up with some indicators by which we assess whether the world is making progress or not."

Special session: "Energy for Sustainable Development: Translating the WSSD Plan of Implementation into Concrete Action, including Targets and Timetables"
(Jointly organised by TERI and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Dr Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, Chairman, Organisation for Energy Planning, Egypt; Dr Zhou Dadi, Director-General, Energy Research Institute, State Development Planning Committee, P.R. China; Mr Daryoush Karimi, Director-General for Environmental Education, Department of Environment of Iran, Secretary for National Committee on Sustainable Development, Iran; Dr J Gururaja, Interregional Adviser, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Dr Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Project Leader, Transitions to New Technologies, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria; Dr Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh; Dr Ogunlade Davidson, Director, Energy & Development Research Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr Emil Salim, Chairman, National Economic Board; Former Minister for Population & Environment, Indonesia