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The DSDS series | Past Series
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| The DSDS
series
DSDS is a global forum organized by TERI
that seeks to provide long-term solutions to protect this
planet and provide hope for communities lagging behind on
development indicators. Held each year in February, DSDS is
the only event of its kind in the world, involving participation
by global stakeholders including multilateral and bilateral
development organizations, governments, the corporate sector,
NGOs, and academic and research institutions. Over 400 people
participate in the Summit each year.
Who should attend
A must for decision-makers from governments, corporates,
non-governmental organizations; pioneering researchers and
scientists; leading media representatives; and senior executives
from bilaterals, multilaterals, and the diplomatic corps.
Why attend
DSDS brings together prominent
leaders in government, corporate, non-profit and independent
organizations, on one platform stimulating debate and discussions
that offers both breakthrough ideas and direct action. |
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| Past summits
| DSDS
2005
Beyond Universal Goals: steering development
towards global sustainability.
It would treat as a threshold
the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the
United Nations in 2000 and reach beyond them to
- review what has been achieved
in the past five years,
- highlight
the imperatives of attempting much more than
what the global community has accomplished,
and
- set a
path for action in the following ten years that
would create a brighter future for the next
generation and a secure and safe planet, devoid
of irreversible damage to its natural resources
and ecosystems.
As in previous years, DSDS 2005
(3–5 February) will also involve heads of
government, Nobel laureates, corporate CEOs, and
leaders of development organizations, research
institutions, and reputable non-governmental organizations.
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DSDS
2004
Partnerships for Sustainable Development
DSDS 2004 (4–7 February)
catalysed intensive deliberations on the theme
Partnerships for Sustainable Development: addressing
the WEHAB agenda encompassing water and sanitation,
energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity.
The summit this year was unique in its own way,
accompanied by a number of side events focusing
on important issues of sustainable development,
including climate change, corporate social responsibility,
biotechnology, environment–health linkages,
rural development, renewables, and role of the
media. The curtain raiser event of the summit
was the CEO Forum for which over 35 CEOs of Indian
and international corporates assembled to deliberate
on the theme From Johannesburg: a future roadmap
on the social and environmental challenges for
business.
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DSDS 2003
Beyond Johannesburg
DSDS 2003 (6–9
February) was aptly titled The Message from WSSD:
translating resolve into action for a sustainable
future. Held in the wake of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development, which set priorities for
action, DSDS 2003 essentially focused on ways to
turn those priorities into concrete action. Encompassing
a number of pertinent issues – water and sanitation,
environment and health, education, corporate social
responsibility, forestry and biodiversity, governance
and media, climate change, and so on – DSDS
2003 added value to the WSSD process through many
action-oriented suggestions. The summit proceedings
reiterated that sustainable development issues are
complex and must be tackled through integrated efforts
of business organizations, governments, and civil
society.
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DSDS 2002
Looking at livelihoods
The second edition, DSDS 2002 (8–11 February
2002), focused on Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods:
challenges for governments, corporates, and civil
society at Rio + 10. It sparked opportune dialogue
and debate, and recharged the political momentum
and enthusiasm of all involved in the Rio + 10
process, just ahead of the Johannesburg Summit.
It provided concrete recommendations to feed into
the Johannesburg process, advocating a holistic
approach to natural resource management with an
understanding of the dynamic interactions of the
people – especially the poor – with
the environment.
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| DSDS
2001
Tackling poverty
2.8 billion people still live
in crippling poverty, which constrains choices,
exacerbates vulnerability, and perpetuates inequities
with dangerous consequences. DSDS 2001 (7–9
February 2001) brainstormed on Poverty: the global
challenge for governments, industry, scientists,
and civil society. The summit stressed that sustainable
solutions should be swiftly devised and implemented
by governments, corporates, civil society, and
the scientific community, working in tandem.
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