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Keynote
address 1
 Sustainable
Energy Systems for the 21st Century |
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Session
chair: Mr Apolonio Ruiz Ligero, Vice Governor, Council of Europe
Development Bank, Paris;
Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, New York |
Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs
Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, New York
'There is an urgent need to bring about 2 billion
people on this planet under modern energy systems. This cannot
be done on a market basis alone.'
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need alternative resources that go beyond renewable energy.
One way is to rely on nuclear energy, which can be dangerous.
The other is to decarbonize a fossil-fuel-based energy system.'
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Plenary
session 1
The
Water and Sanitation Challenge: How Complex? How Urgent?
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Left
to right: Mr Ashok Jaitly, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, New Delhi;
Ms Martha Wangari Karua, Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources
Management and Development, Kenya; Dr Maritta R von
Bieberstein Koch-Weser, President, Earth 3000, Berlin,
Germany; Mr Gourisankar Ghosh, Executive Director, Water Supply
and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva;
Dr Joe Madiath, Executive Director, Gram Vikas, Orissa; Mr Rajat
Nag Director-General, Asian Development Bank, Manila, the Philippines;
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak Founder, Sulabh International, New Delhi |
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Ms Martha Wangari Karua
Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources Management
and Development, Kenya
'India
has come up from being a country, which needed food aid, to
one that supplies food aid… This is certainly linked to
water governance.' |
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Dr Maritta R von Bieberstein Koch-Weser
President, Earth 3000, Berlin, Germany
'Every single day, some 30,000 children die before the age of
five, most of them due to inadequate water and sanitation services.'
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Dr Joe Madiath
Executive Director, Gram Vikas, Orissa
'Safe water is the magic potion, which gives
strength to the village poor… When we speak about sanitation,
we are talking not only about toilets but also about dignity.' |
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Keynote
address 2
Atmospheric
Changes during the 21st Century
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Session
chair: Mr Hiroyuki Watanabe, Senior Managing Director, Member
of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan;
Speaker: Nobel Laureate Prof. F Sherwood Rowland, Professor
of Chemistry and Earth System Science, University of California,
USA |
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Nobel Laureate Prof. F Sherwood Rowland
Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science,
University of California, USA
'It is clear that the US is using far more energy than the others
(if we consider per capita consumption).' |
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Plenary
session 2
Energy
for Sustainable Development: Ensuring Economic Growth and Universal
Access
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Left
to right: Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New
Delhii; Dr Peter Hennicke, President, Wuppertal Institute of
Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany; Dr Hoesung
Lee, President, Council on Energy and Environment,
Seoul;
Sir Charles C Nicholson, Group Senior Advisor, BP plc, London;
Mr R V Shahi Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India,
New Delhi; Mr Subir Raha Chairman and Managing Director, Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, New Delhi;
Mr David Roberts, Executive Vice President and Managing Director,
Eastern Hemisphere, BG Group, Reading, Berkshire;
Prof. Jean-Claude Van Duysen, Director, European Institute for
Energy Research, Karlsruhe, Germany; |
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Dr Peter Hennicke
President, Wuppertal Institute of Climate, Environment
and Energy, Germany
'Let us integrate renewable energy and efficiency;
let us integrate energy and materials. This will be the path
to sustainable energy.' |
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Dr
Hoesung Lee
President, Council on Energy and Environment,
Seoul
'Energy policy changes are occurring but the
pace is slow and the scope is narrow, given the scale and challenge
of sustainable development.' |
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Plenary
session 3
Food
Security and Sustainable Livelihoods: Global Surpluses and Household
Deficiencies |
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Left
to right: Dr Vibha Dhawan Director, Bioresources and Biotechnology
Division, TERI, New Delhi; Mr Clive Butler, Corporate Development
Director, Unilever, London; Prof. Leen Hordijk Director, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Mr Paolo
Soprano, Director of Sustainable Development Policies, Ministry
for the Environment, Rome, Italy;
Mr Ian Johnson, Vice President, The World Bank, Washington,
DC; Dr R B Singh, Former Deputy Director-General, Food and Agricultural
Organisation, New Delhi; Ms Julia Marton-Lefevre, Executive
Director, LEAD International, London;
Dr Suman K Bery, Director-General, National Council of Applied
Economic Research, New Delhi |
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Mr Ian Johnson
Vice President, The World Bank, Washington,
DC
'We need a new science and technology revolution driven by ecological
concern and opportunities for health benefits built into agriculture.'
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Dr
R B Singh
Former Deputy Director-General, Food and Agricultural
Organisation, New Delhi
'India is home to 25% of the world’s food-insecure
people. Agriculture must occupy centre stage wherever poverty
exists.' |
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Address (Ball Room, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi) |
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chair: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi
and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Geneva; Speaker: Dr Karan Singh, Hon’ble Member
of Parliament, New Delhi |
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Dr Karan Singh
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, New
Delhi
'Nature
finds a significant place in religions. Therefore, religious
traditions of the world could be yoked to become the chariot
of conservation... We need to have some kind of a 'world-wide
alliance' of educationists, conservationists, and religious
leaders to conserve the nature, and protect the earth.'
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