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  • : Hon'ble President of India inaugurates the World Sustainable Development Summit

    Hon'ble President of India inaugurates The World Sustainable Development Summit

  • Overall Summit  Key Messages

    Key Messages from WSDS 2016

  • 2.	Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India

    The theme of this Summit 'Beyond 2015: People, Planet & Progress' will motivate us to transform the way we think about progress- Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India

  • 3.	Presentation of Sustainable Development Leadership Award (SDLA) to Shri Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim

    Presentation of Sustainable Development Leadership Award to Shri Pawan Chamling, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Sikkim

  • The Sustainable Development Leadership Award is a validation of our efforts towards protection and conservation of nature

    The Sustainable Development Leadership Award is a validation of our efforts towards protection and conservation of nature- Shri Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim

  • The WSDS seeks to promote advocacy for implementation.

    The WSDS seeks to promote advocacy for implementation.- Shri Ashok Chawla, Chairman, TERI

  • We will deliver on the promise of action

    We will deliver on the promise of action- Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI

World Sustainable Development Summit 2016
5-8 October 2016 | India Habitat Centre, NEW DELHI

The World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, themed, 'Beyond 2015: People, Planet & Progress', is among the first international platforms to discuss the new agenda post the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the signing of the Paris Agreement. It has gathered global leaders and thinkers on a single platform to stimulate action for sustainable development.

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Glimpses

Media Colloquium

TERI is hosting a Media Colloquium on the sidelines of the World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, with participation of 22 journalists from middle- and lower-income countries, including Cameroon, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and India.

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Features

Business Day - Mobilising Business Strategies & Solutions

A platform for industry captains to dialogue on ideas for conducting business while accelerating action on achieving India’s sustainable development goals.

Exhibition: Greenovation

An excellent platform for global players to showcase innovative technologies, business models and designs to policy makers and corporate leaders.

Themes and sub-themes

A series of plenaries at the Summit, designed to discuss niche sustainable development topics with global leaders, decision makers and domain experts.

Thematic tracks

Wide-range of parallel tracks for in-depth and nuanced discussion with global domain experts and key practitioners on sustainability issues & solutions.

Regional Dialogues

Localising the Post-2015 Development Agenda through a series of pre-events to be hosted in cities of Mumbai, Guwahati, Bengaluru and New Delhi.

Media Colloquium

A unique initiative to sensitise and educate young journalists on issues of sustainability and climate change reporting.

Sustainable Development Leadership Award

Sustainable Development Leadership Award is awarded every year, since 2005, to an eminent global leader, felicitating their contributions in the field of sustainable development.

Green Day

An Evening dedicated to Environmental Innovation Dialogues, Open Mic and Literary Prize

October 8, 6 PM onwards at the Residence of France
Please register by October 7 noon, at : sve@ifindia.in

WSDS Installation

WSDS Installation at Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi

WSDS Installation at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

International Steering Committee

Bringing together global leaders from the fields of polity, economy and academia to guide the preparations and content of WSDS 2016

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WSDS carries the DSDS legacy forward

15

Editions

46

Heads of State & Government

60

Ministers

13+

Nobel Laureates

1500

International & Indian Business Leaders

1600+

Speakers

10000+

Delegates

Who We are

Realizing that the global exchange of knowledge, ideas and technology is central to all aspects of sustainable development, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), organizes the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS). The Summit Secretariat is housed in the Sustainable Development Outreach and Youth Education division of TERI.

TERI

Buoyed by more than 40 years of excellence in research and innovation, TERI is poised for future growth with a philosophy that assigns primacy to sustainable development and environmental governance.

SDO & YE Division

The Sustainable Development Outreach & Youth Education (SDO&YE) division of TERI ensures that TERI's research and knowledge is shared with varied audiences including Governments, policy makers, corporates etc.

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