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Keynote
address 6
Leadership
is key to sustainable development |
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Session
chair: Dr Claude Martin, Director-General,
WWF International, Gland;
Speaker: Mr Borge Brende, Hon’ble Minister
of Environment, Government of Norway, Oslo and Chairman, United
Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, New York |
Mr Borge Brende
Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Government of Norway,
Oslo and Chairman, United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development, New York
'The enthusiasm
and leadership demonstrated by organizations like TERI can
have a crucial impact on sustainable development.'
'To help
the poor access financial resources, micro financing has been
developed. One example is the SEWA Bank in India.'
'We must
focus on governance, foster creative solutions to the finance
challenge, and mobilize all actors into action.' |
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Ministerial
session
Taking
Stock: Have We Achieved Anything Since WSSD |
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Left
to Right: Mr Erich Stather, State Secretary,
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany;
Ms Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Delhi; Dr Jan P Pronk, Chairman, Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council and Special Envoy for the Secretary General,
United Nations, The Netherlands; Mr Elliot Morley,
Hon’ble Minister for Environment, DEFRA, UK; Mr
Pekka Haavisto, Hon’ble Former Minister of Environment
and Development Cooperation, Finland |
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Ms Sheila Dikshit
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi
'Nothing is unlimited,
particularly water. We must make the people recognize the
necessity of conserving water.' |
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Mr Pekka Haavisto
Hon’ble Former Minister of Environment
and Development Cooperation, Finland
'If one is the
minister for development, the major enemy one has to struggle
with is the minister for finance.' |
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Mr Elliot Morley
Hon’ble Minister for Environment, DEFRA,
UK
'It is
a mistake to present the sustainability agenda in terms of
environment versus development. They must go hand in hand.' |
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Mr Erich Stather
State Secretary, Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
'The success
of Johannesburg is not measured by the impacts of government
action alone. It also depends on partnerships, without which
we will not reach our targets.'
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Ministerial
session
Charting
the Path Ahead: Creating Political Resolve and Forward Momentum |
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Left
to Right: Ms Martha Wangari Karua, Hon'ble
Minister for Water Resources Management and Development, Kenya;
Prof. Yoginder K Alagh, Former Minister of Power, and Science
and Technology, Government of India;
Mr Apolonio Ruiz Ligero, Vice Governor, Council of Europe Development
Bank, Paris; Mr Børge Brende, Hon’ble Minister
of Environment, Government of Norway and Chairman, United Nations
Commission on Sustainable Development;
Mr Omar Abdullah, Hon’ble Former Minister
of Minister ofState for External Affairs, Government of India;
Mr Pieter van Geel, State Secretary, Ministry of Housing,
Spatial Planning and Environment, Government of the Netherlands
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Mr Pieter van Geel
State Secretary, Ministry of Housing,
Spatial Planning and Environment, Government of the Netherlands
'The road
may be long and winding but we do have a compass to chart
the route to sustainable development.'
'Investment is
about Profits but it should also be about the other two Ps:
People and Planet.' |
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Prof. Yoginder K Alagh
Former Minister of Power, and Science and Technology,
Government of India
'Diversification
is very important. Unfortunately, rural diversification in
food and agricultural production has received a setback.'
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Ms Martha Wangari Karua
Hon'ble Minister for Water Resources Management
and Development, Kenya
'We will
never achieve the Millennium Development Goals if we focus
only on aid and not on maximizing existing resources.' |
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Mr Omar Abdullah
Hon’ble Former Minister of Minister ofState
for External Affairs, Government of India
'If we
[politicians] cannot build the resolve, let institutions like
TERI and the courts do it. Put pressure on us to build the
resolve for sustainable development.'
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Valedictory
Session
Joining
Hands: Common Goals and Partnerships Across Borders |
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Left
to Right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General,
TERI, New Delhi and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, Geneva; Ambassador Arne Walther, Secretary General,
International Energy Forum, Riyadh; Mr Björn Stigson, President,
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva,
Switzerland; Dr Claude Martin, Director General, WWF International,
Gland, Switzerland; Dr Jan P Pronk,
Chairman, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
& Special Envoy for the Secretary General, United Nations
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Ambassador Arne Walther
Secretary General, International Energy
Forum, Riyadh |
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Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI, New Delhi
and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva
'Enormous
lessons can be taken from one part of the world into another,
despite differences in culture. There is a need for a formal
framework for partnerships.' |
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Dr
Claude Martin
Director General, WWF International,
Gland, Switzerland
'Is poverty eradication
only an income issue?' |
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Dr Jan P Pronk
Chairman, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
& Special Envoy for the Secretary General, United Nations
'The scarcest resource
is power… Those with more power ought to share and take
two steps backwards.'
'Monitoring of
action is not action. So go through the layer of people who
‘know’ everything to the people who ‘share’
in the process.' |
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Concluding
session |
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Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI, New Delhi and
Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva |
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