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DSDS 2014 Speakers
- Heads of State
- Nobel Laureates
- Ministers
- Government
- Institutions
- Corporate
- Media
Heads of State
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H.E. Mr Bharrat Jagdeo,
Former President,
Guyana
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HE Mr Göran Persson,
Former Prime Minister, Sweden
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Lord John Prescott,
Former Deputy Prime Minister & Member of Parliament, House of Lords, UK
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HE Ms Tarja Halonen,
Former President, Finland
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HE Mr Danny Faure,
Vice President, Seychelles
Nobel Laureates
Mr Kofi Annan,
Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation & Former Secretary–General, United Nations
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Dr Yuan Tseh Lee,
Nobel Laureate & President, International Council for Science
Ministers
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HE Ms Ana Paulo Samo Gudo Chichava,
Deputy Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique
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HE Mr Belete Tafere Desta,
Minister of Environment and Forest, Ethiopia
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HE Prof Ephraim Kamuntu,
Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda
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Rt Hon'ble Gregory Barker,
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, UK
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HE Mr Henri Djombo,
Minister of Forestry Economy and Sustainable Development, Congo
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HE Mr Jorge Moreira da Silva,
Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Portugal
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HE Mr Juhan Parts,
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
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HE Mr Lars Andreas Lunde,
State Secretary (Deputy Minister) of Climate and Environment, Norway
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HE Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren,
Minister of Environment and Green Development, Mongolia
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HE Dr Raphael Edou,
Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Reforestation, Benin
Prof Rolph Payet
Minister for Environment and Energy, Seychelles
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Hon'ble Prof Silas Lwakabamba,
Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda
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HE Mr Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji,
Minister of Agriculture & Forests, Bhutan
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Dr Farooq Abdullah,
Hon'ble Minister of New and Renewable Energy, India
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Mr Salman Khurshid,
Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, India
Hon'ble Mass Axi Gai,
Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources, Gambia
HE Dr Thet Thet Zin,
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar
Government
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Dr Ajay Mathur,
Director-General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India
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Mr B K Chaturvedi,
Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
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Mr Heherson Alvarez,
Commissioner, Climate Change Commission, Philippines
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Mr John Bryson,
Head, Bryson Climate Initiative, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Former Secretary of Commerce, USA
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Rt Hon'ble John Gummer, Lord Deben, Former Secretary of State for Environment & Member of Parliament, House of Lords, UK
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HE Mr Marcin Korolec,
Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Climate Policy & President of COP19/CMP9, Poland
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Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia,
Hon'ble Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India*
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HRH Prince Mostapha Zaher,
Director-General, National Environmental Protection Agency, Afghanistan
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Dr Remi Quirion,
Chief Scientist, Fonds de Recherche du Quebec
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Mr Amitabh Kant,
CEO and Managing Director,
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation
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Mr Rajeev Kher,
Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India
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Mr Surender Kumar,
Secretary, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Tripura, India
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Mr Arunendra Kumar,
Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, India
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Mr Ajai Malhotra,
Former Ambassador of India to Russia
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Dr S K Sarkar,
Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, India
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Mr Gireesh Pradhan,
Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
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HE Mr Dasho Paljor J Dorji,
Special Advisor, National Environment Commission, Bhutan
Mr Muhammad Irfan Elahi,
Chairman, Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
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HE Mr Graco Ramírez Garrido Abreu,
Governor of Morelos, Mexico
Institutions
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Dr R K Pachauri,
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Dr Annapurna Vancheswaran,
Director, Sustainable Development Outreach Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Mr Achim Steiner,
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) & UN Under- Secretary–General
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Mr Ajay Vir Jakhar,
Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj (Farmers' Forum, India)
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Mr Alexandre Meira da Rosa,
Manager, Infrastructure and Environment Department, Inter–American Development Bank
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Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh,
CEO, LEAD Pakistan & National Program Director and Asia Regional Director, CDKN
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Dr Anindya Chatterjee,
Asia Regional Director, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
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Ms Anne Paugam,
CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Mr C Dasgupta,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Dr Carlos Lopes,
Executive Secretary, UNECA & UN Under–Secretary–General
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Dr David Molden,
Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Dr Fatima Denton,
Officer In–Charge, African Climate Policy Center, Special Initiatives Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
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Prof François Mancebo,
Full Professor, IRCS (International Research Center on Sustainability) – IATEUR Rheims University
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Dr Georges Valentis,
Managing Director, Veolia Environment Institute
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Mr Guido Schmidt–Traub,
Executive Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya,
Under–Secretary–General & High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
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Mr Hideaki Domichi,
Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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Prof Hironori Hamanaka,
Chair, Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
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Mr Howard Bamsey,
Director General, Global Green Growth Institute
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Dr Ines Dombrowsky,
Head of Environment and Resource Policy, German Development Institute
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Mr Jack Andraka,
Inventor
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Mr Jake Schmidt,
International Climate Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Prof Jeffrey D Sachs,
Director, Earth Institute & Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General (via Video)
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Dr Jim Yong Kim,
President, The World Bank Group
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Mr John A Beed,
Mission Director, USAID India
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Dr Kandeh K Yumkella,
Special Representative of the UN Secretary–General for Sustainable Energy for All & Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
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Dr Kazuhiko Takeuchi,
Vice–Rector, United Nations University
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Mr Lance Ignon,
Managing Director, Public Relations, Citizen Group
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Dr Leena Srivastava,
Vice Chancellor, TERI University
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Dr Ligia Noronha,
Executive Director (Research Coordination), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Ms Lise Grande,
UN Resident Coordinator & Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme India
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Prof Luigi Paganetto,
President, Economics Foundation, University of Rome Tor Vergata
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Dr Naoko Ishii,
CEO & Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
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Prof Nebojsa Nakicenovic,
Deputy Director General, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Mr Nitin Desai,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Mr Onno RÜhl,
Country Director, India, The World Bank
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Prof Pavel Kabat,
Director General & CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Prof Petteri Taalas,
Director General, Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Dr Pradeep K Khosla,
Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
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Dr Prodipto Ghosh,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Dr Shiv Someshwar,
Director, Climate Policy, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University & Senior Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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Mr Takehiko Nakao,
President, Asian Development Bank
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Mr Tim Nuthall,
Media Manager, European Climate Foundation
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Ms Tomoyo Nonaka,
Chairperson, NPO Gaia Initiative
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Prof Veena Sikri,
Convener, South Asia Women's Network (SWAN) & Vice Chairperson, South Asia Foundation (SAF–India)
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Mr Vikram Singh Mehta,
Chairman, Brookings India
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Mr Adam Koniuszewski,
Chief Operating Officer, Green Cross International
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Dr Bindu N Lohani,
Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank
Corporate
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Mr Assaad Razzouk,
Group Chief Executive Officer, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
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Dr Zubin Varghese
Senior Director, Innovation and Advanced Engineering, Ingersoll Rand
Media
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Sir Jonathon Porritt,
Founder–Director, Forum for the Future
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Mr Nitin Sethi,
Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu
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Mr Karma Paljor,
Business Editor and Senior Anchor, CNN-IBN
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