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Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2002 |
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The DSDS 2002, which concluded on 11 February, not only laid stress on more concrete endeavours for sustainable development, but also threw up for discussion some measures that would help translate proposals into actions.
The group of environment ministers from several EU countries who met at the DSDS 2002 fought shy of commitments on greater aid to developing countries.
The Israeli environment minister Mr Tzachi Hanegbi, who was in New Delhi to attend the DSDS 2002, said that India and Israel were close to signing an agreement on cooperation in environmental protection.
Dr Thomas M Connelly, global chief science and technology officer of DuPont, a speaker at DSDS 2002, said that fuel cell technology can be used for off-grid power generation.
The second day of the DSDS 2002 focussed on the private sector and what its role would be in defining changes. In an interview, Mr Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman of the Business Action for Sustainable Development and a speaker at DSDS, speaks about his expectations from Johannesburg.
Dr Maritta R. von Bieberstein Koch-Weser, head of Earth 3000, was in New Delhi to attend the DSDS 2002. In an interview, she speaks on funding environment protection
Dr Thomas M Connelly, global chief science and technology officer of DuPont, a speaker at DSDS 2002, said that fuel cell technology can be used for off-grid power generation.
Addressing the delegates at DSD 2002, the union power minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu said the government is targeting a whopping increase in power generation from cleaner renewable energy resources
The need to address the issue of education in the coming summit in Johannesburg was discussed at the DSDS 2002.
Mr Jan P Pronk, special envoy for the UN Secretary General to the WSSD, attended the DSDS 2002 organized by TERI.
Mr Lester R Brown, president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, was in New Delhi to attend the DSDS 2002 and for the release of his book Eco-Economy. The book describes how to rework the existing structure to make it compatible with the earth’s ecosystem.
Prof. Charles Perrings, head of the Environment Department at the University of York, England, attended the DSDS 2002. Prof. Perrings advocates putting the right price on each commodity, which reflect not only the economic cost but also the ecological cost.
Beginning on 8 February 2002, the DSDS 2002 will focus on Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods: Challenges for Governments, Corporates, and Civil Society at Rio+10.
The forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in Johannesburg between 26 August and 4 September will identify the obstacles to progress since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
Primarily through its research activities, TERI has carved a niche for itself in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development, both in India and abroad.
To be given out in April 2002, the TERI Corporate Environment Awards 2002 will laud three Indian corporates who have best integrated sustainability elements in their corporate strategy.
Inaugurating the DSDS 2002, organized by TERI, the Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee emphasized that removal of poverty should be at the core of all efforts for sustainable development.
Mr Lester R Brown, president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, was in New Delhi to attend the DSDS 2002 and for the release of his book Eco-Economy.
Inaugurating the DSDS 2002, organized by TERI, the Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee emphasized that removal of poverty should be at the core of all efforts for sustainable development.
Inaugurating the DSDS 2002, organized by TERI, the Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee has suggested imposition of specific multilateral levies on global natural resources used by the rich nations to raise resources for funding sustainable development efforts of the poor nations.
The Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the DSDS 2002, organized by TERI, which comes as a precursor to the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Mr Lester R Brown, president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, attended the DSDS 2002. Mr Brown says: `This summit, I believe, is important because it addresses the issue of making development sustainable.
Addressing the 10th plenary session of DSDS 2002, the union minister of environment and forests, Mr T R Baalu said that the highest priority for the world today should be overcoming of under-development, the alleviation of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and the crushing debt burden
The Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the Second Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. The union minister of environment and forest Mr T R Baalu; Director-General, TERI, Dr R K Pachauri; and Chairman, TERI, Dr Arcot Ramachandran were present on the occasion.
In an interview with the newspaper, the union minister for environment and forests, Mr T R Baalu, says that the outcome of DSDS 2002 will reflect the aspirations of millions of people in the developing world and form the basis for further negotiations at WSSD at Johannesburg.
India stands poised to usher in its first-ever 'Integrated Energy Policy' when world leaders, environmentalists and corporate bigwigs sit across the table at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. The organisers, TERI, will be presenting the document detailing energy policy to Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee when he inaugurates the inaugural session of the four-day summit. |
Summit on sustainable development sets up a do-able agenda