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Keynote address 3
The
Anthropocene: Human Activity as a Geologic Force. Where are we Heading?
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Session
chair: Dr Suman K Bery, Director-General, National Council of
Applied Economic Research, New Delhi;
Speaker: Nobel Laureate Prof. Paul Crutzen, Director Emeritus,
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany |
Nobel Laureate Prof. Paul Crutzen
Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
Germany
'Asia’s economy is developing very fast and standards
of living are rising but we have to be careful that we do not
overload the environment.' |
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Plenary
session 4
Public Education
in a Knowledge Society: Creativity, Content, and Delivery Mechanisms
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Left
to Right: Prof. Jeffrey I Steinfeld, Professor of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA;
Ms Tiahoga Ruge, Director-General, Centre for Education and
Training for Sustainable Development, Mexico;
Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN Asia, Bangkok;
Mr Paul Iredale, Journalist, Reuters Foundation, Kent, UK; Prof.
Gilberto M Jannuzzi, Universidade Estaudual de Campinas, Deparmento
de Energia, Brazil; Dr Roger Baud, Executive Director, Alliance
for Global Sustainability, Zürich |
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Plenary
session 5
Defining
the Stakes, Engaging the Stakeholders: Inclusive Approaches for Coordinated
Action |
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Left
to Right: Mr Warren Evans, Deputy Director of Environment, The
World Bank, Washington, DC; Ms Cornelia Richter,
Director-General, Planning and Development, GTZ, Postfach, Eschborn;
Dr Charles McNeill, Team Manager, Environment Programme, Bureau
for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme,
USA; Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Government of India, New Delhi; Mr Vikram Singh Mehta,
Chairman, Shell Group of companies in India, New Delhi; Dr Stephen
Bass, Chief Environment Advisor, Department for International
Development, London; Ms Preety Bhandari, Director, Policy Analysis
Division, TERI, New Delhi |
Dr Stephen Bass
Chief Environment Advisor, Department
for International Development, London
'We need to improve and clarify the involvement
of governments in partnerships; they should not act just as
gatekeepers.' |
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Mr Vikram Singh Mehta
Chairman, Shell Group of companies in India,
New Delhi
'There is no universal model fit for partnerships. A fit-for-all
partnership is required.' |
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Ms Cornelia Richter
Director-General, Planning and Development,
GTZ, Postfach, Eschborn
'Public–private partnerships are possible in virtually
all countries and all economic situations… They become
more effective if local stakeholders are involved.'
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Keynote
address 4
The Millennium Development Goals. Can we afford failure?
Can we avoid failure? |
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Session
chair: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI;
Speaker: Dr Jan P Pronk, Chairman, Water Supply
and Sanitation Collaborative Council & Special Envoy for
the Secretary General, United Nations |
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Dr Jan P Pronk
Chairman, Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council & Special Envoy for the Secretary
General, United Nations
'Neither
in India nor in America can you live on one dollar a day.'
'A combination
of being excluded, being poor, and being considered inferior
is an example of violence. Can we afford it?'
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Plenary
session 6
Bridging the Science and Technology Gap: Institutional Innovations
and Effective Financing |
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to Right: Prof. Patrick Whitney, Head of the Design School,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; Mr Steven D Smith,
Venture Investor, Redding, CT; Prof. V Ramanathan, Director,
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
and Board Member, TERI-North America, Virginia, USA; Ambassador
Walter Fust, Director General, Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation, Berne; Dr Chris Mottershead, Distinguished
Advisor, Environment, BP plc, Middlesex, UK; Dr Jorgen Kjems,
Managing Director, Riso National Laboratory Management, Roskilde;
Prof. Joanne Kauffman, Political Scientist, Academic Advisor
on Sustainable Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA |
Prof. Joanne Kauffman
Political Scientist, Academic Advisor on Sustainable Development,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
'Industry
and academia must be provided incentives to work for sustainability.'
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Prof. Patrick Whitney
Head of the Design School, Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago
'The price they
[slum-dwellers in urban Mumbai] pay for water is higher than
what we pay in the West.' |
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Session
chair: Mr S Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, New Delhi, India;
Speaker: Mr Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing
Director, Mahindra & Mahindra and President, President,
Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi |
Mr Anand Mahindra
Vice Chairman and Managing Director,
Mahindra & Mahindra and President, President, Confederation
of Indian Industry, New Delhi
'Sustainable
development could be the world’s biggest business opportunity.
The new tribe of entrepreneurs will view sustainability as
the next big thing.'
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