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The Energy and Resources Institute

24 February 2012

New Delhi

JanuaryFebruary 2012

Delhi SuStainableDevelopment SummitProtecting the global commons:

20 years post Rio


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From the Di rector -Generals desk . . .

R K Pachauri

Director-General, TE RI

T he Delhi Sustainable Development Summit has now become themost prominent gathering, held annually anywhere in the world toocus on issues o sustainable development. The Summit itsel was launched

in 2001, and has gained momentum and relevance because there is now a

growing awareness across the globe and on the part o all stakeholders to

see that the concept o sustainability is translated into action on the ground

and into policies that bring about a transition to a sustainable pattern

o development.DSDS 2012 ocused on protecting the global commons and this is a

subject, which has been receiving great attention over the last 50 years, but

has not really aroused the social conscience o policy-makers in dierent

countries, who predictably ocus on narrow and short-term priorities that

seem to dominate politics rooted in elections and the normal practice o

democracy. Typically, thereore, the global commons, which by denition

are really nobodys direct property or responsibility, are neglected both in

private decisions and those o governments that represent narrow national

interests. Yet, the benets and services we derive rom the global commons

are o incalculable value and to that extent as we continue with depletion,

degradation, and damage to these commons, so also are we reducing the

potential benets that human society has been thriving on since time

immemorial. I we do not bring about a reversal in our responsibility orprotection and conservation o the global commons, humanity will have

to pay an increasingly heavy price in the years ahead. A very pertinent

example o the implications o damaging the global commons is related to

the increased concentration o greenhouse gases in the earths atmosphere.

Since the atmosphere o this planet benets all, but is the direct

responsibility o no single entity, we have continued with indiscriminate

dumping o these gases into the earths atmosphere. This has led to climate

change, which not only has an impact on all economic activities across the

world, but also on the ecosystems essential or the survival o species across

the length and breadth o our planet.

DSDS as an annual event can really not solve, in any eective

way, any o the major problems that we have in the world linked with

unsustainable use o natural resources and their progressive degradationand depletion. However, by collecting some o the nest minds drawn rom

various countries o the world and by convening an assembly o decision

makers at the highest level, DSDS is able to bring into the consciousness

o the worlds oremost policy-makers knowledge that would perhaps

otherwise be ignored in dealing with the challenge o sustainability. The

act that both the magnitude and the quality o participation in successive

Summits has been on the increase, it can be concluded that DSDS is now

looked on as an essential part o the global calendar or people who are not

only concerned with issues o sustainable development, but can actually

make a dierence in implementing the concept o sustainability in real lie

conditions. We now know that the world is seriously engaged in assessing

the easibility o patterns o growth that are greener and embody a large

component o sustainability. Consequently, the Summit theme or next year

would be The Global Challenge o Resource Ecient and Low Carbon

Development. For us as organizers o DSDS, it is a source o gratication

and pride that TERI has launched this Forum, which has the potential or

redening the concept o development or the betterment not only o the

current generation, but also o generations yet to come.

TERI Governing Council

Chairman

Research and Support DivisionsEnergy Environment Policy

Centre or Environmental Studies

Western Regional Centre

Modelling and Economic Analysis

(Including GIS)Transport and Urban Development

Centre or Resources and the Environment,

Bengaluru

Climate Change

Centre or Global Environment Research

Forestry and Biodiversity

Water Resources

Water Resources Policy and Management

Regulatory Studies and Governance

Energy Regulation and Practice

Centre or Regulatory Impact Assessment

Centre or Competition Promotion

Resources and Global Security

Centre or Global Agreements, Legislation,

and TradeMinerals and Metals

Science and Technology

Resources and Development Economics

Energy Environment Technology

Resource Efcient Process Technology

Applications

Renewable Energy Technology Applications

Biomass Energy Technology Applications

Centre or Research on Sustainable Building

Science

GRIHA (Green Rating or International

Habitat Assessment)

Industrial Energy Efciency

Industrial Energy Efciency & Sustainable

Technologies

Industrial Energy (Bengaluru)

Decentralised Energy Solutions

LaBL

Social Transormation

Rural and Renewable Energy, Delhi

Rural Extension Activity

Environmental Education and Awareness

Relocation and Rehabilitation

Youth Education and Action

Biotechnology and Bioresources

Centre or Mycorrhizal Research

Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology

Micropropagation Technology Park

Environmental and Industrial

Biotechnology

Plant Biotechnology

Microbial Biotechnology

Bioremediation TechnologyAgricultural and Rural Extension

Biotechnology

North-Eastern Regional Centre

Sustainable Development Outrea

DSDS

TERIBCSD India

Film and Television Unit

Communications Group

Inormation Technology and Serv

Centre or IT Inrastructure and Net

Centre or IT Applications

Technology Dissemination & Ent

Development

TERI Press

Accounts

Secretaries (Administrative Services an

Personnel

Project Monitoring

Purchase

Administrative Services

TERI Technologies Ltd

Human Resources Development

HR Cell

Training & Development

Recruitment

Support Services & Protocol

Library and Inormation Centre

Despatch

Housekeeping

Receptionists

Support StaTelecommunications and Transport

Tour Travel and Programme

Director-Generals Ofce

TERI University

Southern Regional Centre, Benga

and TERI Mumbai

TER I Worldwide

TERI North America, Washington, D

TERI Europe, London, UK

TERI Gul Centre, Dubai, UAE

Representation in Japan, Malaysia, an

Arica

Dr A Ramachandran

Former Under Secretary-General, United Nations, High Grounds, Bengaluru, India

Vice Chairman

DrRKPachauri

Director-General, TER I, New Delhi, India

Members

Prof.BVSreekantan

Honorary Visiting Proessor, Culture, Cognition and Consciousness Unit, Nation

Institute o Advanced Studies, Indian Institute o Science, Bengaluru, India Dr(Mrs)WakakoHironaka

Member, House o Councillors, Tokyo, Japan

MrDeepakSParekh

Chairman, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, India

DrMKBhan

Secretary, Department o Biotechnology, Ministry o Science and Technology,

Government o India, New Delhi

MrCaioKoch-Weser

Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group, Winchester House, London


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World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF) is a conduit to identify, analyse, and disseminate poli

interventions to enhance human well-being in the present and create conditions for a sustainable futur

It was established in 2005 as a platform to create awareness of and ensure action towards meetin

the objectives of sustainable development. This Forum has been inspired by the success of the DSDand the need for spreading the message from each annual summit to different parts of the world. In i

endeavour, the WSDF has been able to secure patronage of a group of highly distinguished global leade

drawn from government, industry, and the academia, as well as opinion-makers in a world characterize

by locale specic socio-economic and environmental priorities. Given diverse developmental imperativ

across regions, WSDF conducts Regional Sustainable Development Summit (RSDS) annually, to focus o

sustainable development issues regionally.

The rst regional summit held under the WSDF-RSDS series was held in Shirakawa, Japan in 200

as a Policy Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. This was followed by th

second WSDF summit in 2007, held in Tunisia, focusing on Climate Change Strategies for the African an

Mediterranean Regions. The year 2009, witnessed two regional summits, one held in Athens, Greec

with the emphasis on Climate Change and Challenges for Future Generations and the other in Manil

the Philippines focusing on Climate Change in the Asia Pacic Region.

WSDF Advisory Group Members

P Ms Lorraine Bolsinger, President and CEO, GE Aviati

P Dr Adnan A Shihab-Eldin, Former Acting Secreta

General, Director of Research at OPEC; Advisor to Kuw

Petroleum Corporation, Austria

P Mr Warren Evans, Director of Environment, The Wo

Bank, USA

P Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Former Secretary, Minist

of Environment and Forests, Government of Ind

Distinguished Fellow, TERI

P

Ms Frannie Leautier, Former Vice President, WoBank Institute, Washington, DC; Managing Partner of T

Fezembat Group

P Dr Bindu N Lohani, Vice-President (Finance a

Administration), Asian Development Bank

P Dr Ligia Noronha, Director, Resources and Glob

Security Division, TERI

P Dr Pal Prestrud, Director, Center for Internation

Climate and Environmental Research Oslo, Norway

P Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI

P Dr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Vice Rector, United Natio

University

P Mr Georges Valentis, Managing Director, The Instit

Veolia Environnement, France

P Prof. Wei Zhihong, Former Director, Global Clima

Change Institute, Tsinghua University

The WSDF Patrons and Advisory Group members me

annually, providing an opportunity for the Secretariat

submit an update of activities under the Forum for each ye

and to stimulate discussions on the Forums way forward

WSDF

For further details, contact

The WSDF Secretariat, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003

Tel. +91 11 2468 2100 or 4150 4900 Fax +91 11 2468 2144 or 2468 2145

E-mail [email protected] Web www.wsdforum.org

World Sustainable Development Forum

List of WSDF Patrons

P Mr Kof Annan, Former Secretary-General, United

Nations; and President Global Humanitarian Forum,

Geneva

P Lord John Browne, Former Group Chief Executive,

British Petroleum Co plc

P HE Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Former President,

Republic of Maldives

P HE Mr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland

P HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland

P Mr Jeffrey R Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive

Ofcer (CEO), General Electric Company, USA

P Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, President and Chairperson, Board

of Directors, ADB

P Dr Jose Antonio Ocampo, Professor at the School of

International and Public Affairs; Fellow of the Committee

on Global Thought at Columbia University; former Under

Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United

Nations

P Shri Jairam Ramesh, Honble Minister of State for

Environment and Forests (Independent charge)

P Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director, Earth Institute; and

Special Advisor to the Secretary- General of the United

Nations

P Mr George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management,

LLC and Founder of the Open Society Institute*

P HE Mr Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway

P Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Honorary Chairman/Member of

the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan


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DSDS at the forefront of sustainable change

4TERIscopE JanuaryFebruary 201

Doing Business:

While Protecting the Global Commons

prcg g cs: 20 yrs s R12th Delhi SuStainable Development Summit

Curtain Raiser to

W RLD9th

Sustainability Summit

2012

Inaugural Session

Inauguration by Mr Anand Sharma, Honble

Union Minister o Commerce and Industry andTextiles, Government o IndiaWelcome and opening Dr R K Pachauri, President, TERI-BCSD and Director-General, TERISpecial remarks Mr Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council or SustainableDevelopment, SwitzerlandPMr Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC LtdKeynote address Dr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Innovation Council, Governmento India & Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Inormation Inrastructure & InnovationsVote of thanks Ms Annapurna Vancheswaran, Director Sustainable DevelopmentOutreach, TERI

This session was initiated by

Dr R K Pachauri; who spoke

about the impact o climate

change and greenhouse gasemission on global commons,

and the eects o their

destruction on society. As an example o these eects,

Dr Pachauri mentioned the impact o climate change

on sea-level rise in coastal areas. Mr Peter Bakker

revealed how in India, a greater number o people are

being made aware o sustainability. Mr Bakker also

stated that business has a clear role to play in ensuring

sustainability. Mr Sudhir Vasudeva shed light on

sustainable development

in terms o his work in

the hydrocarbon sector.

He illustrated a ve-point agenda; dealing

with a companys carbon

ootprint, the role o small

businesses, initiation o

outreach or sustainability,

global citizenship, and issues o ethics and morality.

Dr Sam Pitroda emphasized that developmental

modules based on 20th century experiences are not

sustainable or desirable, and we need to critically

analyse them. According to Dr Pitroda, sustainability i

a buzz word that everybody is concerned about. Healso illuminated Gandhis thoughts on sustainability.

Mr Anand Sharma spoke about the role o

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in relation to

sustainable development, and the potential o

green and clean technology in the cause o sustainabilit

Ms Annapurna Vancheswaran delivered the vote o

thanks.n

Mr Anand Sharma

Dr Sam Pitro

Sustainability 2050 - 9+ billion people who all live wellwithin the boundary of the world.

Mr Peter BakkerPresident, World Business Council or Sustainable Development, Switzerland

As they said it


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TERIscopE JanuaryFebruary 2012

Panel Discussion I

Doing Business while Protecting the GlobalCommons: Case studies and lessons learntsince Rio 1992Chairperson and Moderator Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI-BCSD and Former UN

Under Secretary GeneralPanelists Ms Aime Christensen, Founder & CEO, Christensen Global Strategies, LLCand Strategic Adviser, Prince o Waless Business & Sustainability ProgrammeP Mr AjitGulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC LtdP Mr Anil Jain, Chairman andManaging Director, Jain Irrigation Ltd P Mr Philippe Joubert, Deputy Chie ExecutiveOfcer, AlstomP Dr Bindu N Lohani, Vice-President, Knowledge Management andSustainable Development, Asian Development BankP Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General,Bureau o Energy EfciencyPMr Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and Managing Director, HindustanUnilever LtdP Mr Venkatesh Valluri, Chairman, India Region, Ingersoll-Rand (India)Limited

Former Under Secretary General or Economic and

Social Aairs o the United Nations, Mr Nitin Desai,

chaired and moderated the rst panel discussion at the

World CEO Sustainability Summit. As 2012 has been

designated the International Year o Sustainable Energyor All by the UN; it was appropriate that the Special

Advisor to the United Nations High Level Group o

Sustainable Energy or All, Ms Aimee Christensen,

emphasized the roles and responsibilities o business

development, and the necessity to internalize

externalities or sustainability. Ms Christensen

subsequently spoke about the requirement o mutual

cooperation between businesses and government as an

essential pre-requisite or sustainable development.

Mr Ajit Gulabchand, the Chairman and Managing

Director o the Hindustan Construction Company,

drew upon his vast experience in the areas o sustainab

development and disaster resource management to

describe how water resource management is an essent

part o the movement towards sustainability. Mr

Gulabchand also spoke about ensuring the reusability

and recyclability o water resources. Mr Anil Jain

emphasized the role o irrigation in ood and water

management, and spoke about the impact o water

recycling; which is a orm o renewable energy in the

realm o sustainable agriculture.

Mr Philippe Joubert talked about carbon emissions

and carbon ootprints as major issues related to

sustainability, and mentioned the kind o research and

development that is needed to address this problem.

Dr Bindu N Lohani talked about the role o policy-

makers in sustainable development; in addition, he also

addressed the need or orest conservation as a crucialcomponent o sustainability.

Dr Ajay Mathur shed light on energy eciency

and sustainability, while Mr Nitin Paranjpe addressed

the role o water resources as sources o renewable

energy. Mr Venkatesh Valluri spoke about the use o

conversion strategies as one o the possible solutions o

sustainable development; expanding this idea to cover

business conversion, technology conversion, and socia

conversion. n

MsAimeChristensen

MrAjitGulabchand

MrAnilJain

MrPhilippeJoubert

DrBinduNLohani

MrNitinParanjpe

MrVenkateshValluri


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Panel Discussion II

Business Challenges and Opportunities ina Transition Towards a Green and InclusiveEconomy: Helping change happenChairperson and Moderator Mr Yvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor, Climate Change and

Sustainability, KPMG; Former Executive Secretary o UNFCCCPanelists Mr Raghupathi N Cavale, Vice-President India Business, Inosys LtdP Dr Joseph Fiksel, Sustainability Advisor, US EPA; Executive Director, Center orResilience, The Ohio State UniversityP Mr Girish Aivalii, Country Head, Developmentand Sustainability Banking, YES BankPMr M S Mehta, Group CEO, VedantaP Mr RajivRanjan Mishra, Managing Director - India, CLP Power India Pvt. Ltd PMr Noel Ryan,President, Danoss IndiaP Mr Arun Seth, Chairman, BT India & Alcatel Lucent India &Vice-Chairman, TERI-BCSD

Mr Yvo de Boer chaired and moderated the session

invoking Gandhijis wordsOur planet can

accommodate our need, but not our greed. Mr

Raghupathi N Cavale emphasized on inclusive andsustainable growth and ocused on the IT, telecom, and

automation industries with regard to energy eciency.

He also talked about energy saving in the agriculture

and banking sectors, and how progress was being made

in the right direction. Dr Joseph Fiksel raised concerns

about the rapid and rampant consumption o the

existing pool o natural resources as a result o which the

pool was ast depleting. He also stated that India could

be a laboratory or innovation and provision o concrete

and workable solutions in sustainable development,

and mentioned about dematerialization as a solution

or a sustainable environment. Talking about the role o

banking in environment, Mr Girish Aivalii emphasized

on the need or adopting sustainable practices and

excellent management systems. Mr M S Mehta

ocused on ood security and energy security as well as

conservation o natural resources. The main ocus o

the deliberations moved to the power sector where Mr

Rajiv Ranjan Mishra spoke about the role o the power

sector in maintaining a sustainable environment and thprogress made thus ar. On a dierent note, Mr Noel

Ryan talked about the acceleration o the process o

urbanization in India, which is proving to be a challeng

to the restoration and maintenance o the ecological

balance. In his address, Mr Arun Seth ocused on the

business ecosystem in the telecom sector and the move

towards a sustainable environment.n

MrYvodeBoer

DrJosephFiksel

MrRaghupathiNCavale

MrGirishAivalii

MrNoelRyan

MrRajivRanjanMishra

As they said it

Policy-making goes hand in hand with strategy to build theatmosphere for sustainable development.

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The high level session was introduced by Dr Kandeh K Yumkella where he set the

theme or the discussion by highlighting three targets that need to be achieved by

2030, namely; ensuring universal access to modern energy, doubling the rate o

improvement in energy eciency, and doubling the share o renewable energy in the

global energy mix. Mr Erik Solheim stressed upon the public-private partnership

where the grants/unds should lead to leveraging investments towards technology-neutral

modern energy access programmes. Dr Farooq Abdullah suggested measures towards

cutting down subsidies on kerosene and diesel so as to mobilize resources or renewable

energy promotion and environmental protection. Dr R K Pachauri urged the proactiveparticipation o big corporates in the eld o research and development to cater to the

needs o the society at large. He urther emphasized the need or awareness creation at the

household level to adopt clean and energy ecient technologies. Mr David Sandalow also

stressed on taking energy ecient products to the market and up-scaling them.

The session also witnessed interesting discussions on recognizing traditional local

knowledge and skills, where Dr Elinor Ostrom identied some o the best practices

in Arica and Asia. Mr Peter Bakker mentioned the importance o stable policies and

regulatory regimes to support the initiatives taken by the private sector. Dr Bindu

N Lohani raised some pertinent issues like modalities o leveraging private money,

diculties in taking projects to remote and ar fung rural areas, and linking energy

projects with income generating activities. Mr Patrice Coeur-Bizot advocated the

importance o capacity building to strengthen the energy security projects.n

Regional Rollout of the International year of Sustainable

Energy for All (SEFA)

High Level Panel Discussion

Co-Moderators Dr Kandeh K Yumkella, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Austria PDr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, IndiaHigh Level Panelists PHE Mr Erik Solheim, Honble Minister o the Environment and International Development, Ministry o the Environment and International Cooperation, Norway PDr Farooq Abdullah, Honble Union Minister o New and Renewable Energy, Government o India and Member o the UN Secretary Generals High Level Group on the Sustainable Energor All Initiative PNobel Laureate Dr Elinor Ostrom, Proessor, Indiana University, USA PMr Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council or Sustainable Development, SwitzerlandPMr Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, India P Dr Bindu N Lohani, Vice-President, Knowledge Management and SustainableDevelopment, Asian Development Bank, Philippines PMr David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary or Policy and International Aairs, US Department o Energy, USA

Dr Kandeh K Yumkella

Dr R K Pachauri

HE Mr Erik Solheim

Dr Farooq Abdullah

Nobel Laureate Dr Elinor OstromDr Bindu N Lohani Mr David SandalowMr Patrice Coeur-Bizot Mr Peter Bakker

Concluding Remarks/Way

ForwardP Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI-BCSD and Former UN Under Secretary GeneralP Mr Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council or Sustainable Development,

Switzerland

Mr Peter Bakker delivered the vote o thanks and

also mentioned that dematerialization could be a

solution or a green uture and sustainable environment.

According to Mr Bakker, the rst panel ocused on

technical perceptions o sustainability while the second

panel emphasized on the role o business leadership or

a move towards sustainability. Mr Nitin Desai used the

keyword Optimus or the World CEO Sustainability

Summit and mentioned about the integration otechnologies or achieving the goal o sustainable

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D a y 1 , 2 F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 2

The Delhi Sustainable Development Summi

(DSDS) organized each year by TER

since 2001brings together the world

fnest minds and leading thinkers on on

platorm to deliberate over the challenge

o sustainable development. The eleventhedition o the annual summit was held

during 24 February 2012. As in previou

years, DSDS 2012 also engaged heads o

governments, Nobel laureates, corporat

CEOs, academics, and representatives o

bilateral and multilateral organizations an

research institutions. TERIScope brings to

its readers an overview o the proceedingoDSDS 2012.

Inaugural SessionInauguration by Dr Manmohan Singh,Honble Prime Minister, Government o India

Dr R K Pachauri

welcomed the

august delegation

to the 12th Delhi

Sustainable

Development

Summit,

highlighting the

environmental

and water sectors

and reerring to

the tragedy o

the commons.

He refected on

the progression o

international talks, rom Stockholm, to Rio, and nally

looking ahead to the upcoming Rio+20. According

to Dr Pachauri, energy security would be the biggest

challenge in times to come.

Honble Prime Minister o India Dr Manmohan

Singh reminded the audience about the United Natio

Conerence on Sustainable Development in June 201

that marks the twentieth anniversary o the landmark

1992 Earth Summit. He reiterated poverty eradication

as the overarching objective o Indias approach

towards sustainable development and commended

India or playing an important role in the climate

change negotiations at COP17, where the agreement

on the second commitment period to the Kyoto

Protocol was reached. Dr Singh stressed that India ha

believed in moving orward with ocus on equity, but

dierentiated responsibilities as central dimensions. H

expressed satisaction that the National Action Plan o

Climate Change and the eight national missions undeit were making satisactory progress and stated

that the Twelth Five-Year Plan would be designed to

ensure sustainable development and inclusive growth

He seemed delighted to report that the tiger populatio

is on the rise in India, as is the orest cover.

Concluding the session, Dr Arcot Ramachandran

thanked the Prime Minister or his presence and his

encouraging inaugural address. He highlighted the

urgent need to set standards.n

Dr Manmohan Singh

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HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland was conferred

the Sustainable Development Leadership Award by the

Honble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh. In he

acceptance speech, she highlighted the crucial linkages

between sustainable development, human resources

development, and the empowerment of women.

The SuSTainable DevelopmenT leaDerShip awarD

The Sustainable Development

Leadership Award, instituted by TERI

in 2005, is given away every year in

recognition o signicant contributiontowards the cause o sustainable

development.

Leadership Panel ILeading to Preserve the Global CommonsChairperson Dr Prannoy Roy, Founder and Executive Chairperson, NDTV, IndiaSpeakers HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President, FinlandP HE Mr Anote Tong, President,Kiribati P HE Mr James Alix Michel, President, Seychelles

Dr Prannoy Roy, chair and moderator o the session,

emphasized on the importance o global summits like

DSDS. Opening the session, HE Mr Anote Tong,

President, Kiribati emphasized on the need or global

ocus on sustainable development and pointed out thathuman beings are central to the process. Mr Tong also

said that carbon tax was the need o the hour, even

though it is likely to ace criticism. He also reiterated th

multi and bilateral organizations should assess what the

are doing or sustainable commons.

HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President, Finland,

emphasized on the need or social justice. She stressed

on the importance o keeping the people who are part o

the biodiversity o a country or region in mind. Talking

about resources, she quoted Mahatma Gandhi in sayin

that there is enough or everyones need, but not or

everybodys greed. Pricing models or products was an

important thrust o her address. Sustainable agriculturwas the other major ocus area o Ms Halonens addres

Actions and not words was the call given by HE Mr

James Alix Michel, President, Seychelles. He pointed

out that we have to address these problems through

not only G7 and G20, but also G193 where all nation

o the world can come together. President Michel

stressed that time has come to develop strong politica

will to come together and work towards sustainable

development. In his concluding remarks, he called

upon citizens to put pressure on their respective

governments to become responsible and move towardsustainable development.n

HE Mr James Alix Michel HE Ms Tarja Halonen HE Mr Anote Tong


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Keynote Addresses

ChairpersonMr Yvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainability,KPMG International, UK and Former Executive Secretary, United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)Speakers HE Ms Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Minister o Foreign Aairs, Governmento Mexico PMr Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank, Philippines P NobelLaureate Dr Elinor Ostrom, Proessor, Indiana University, USA

HE Ms Patricia

Espinosa Cantellano was

concerned that even ater

20 years o Rio, the world

is still struggling to make

sustainable development

a part o social and

economic planning. She

stressed that the need o

the hour is to take right

political decisions and argued that with the support o

NGOs, academia, local communities and other organizedcivil societies, the government can be more eective. She

also mentioned that we have to use our nancial and

technological resources to bring together the Millennium

Development Goals and climate change initiatives. Ms

Cantellano emphasized on the need or a common goal

and called or uniting all eorts with a genuine political

will under a proactive leadership, which will pave the

way or strong initiatives and carry on the spirit o Rio,

Cancun, and Durban.

Mr Haruhiko Kuroda urged or corrective action

that needs to be taken as regards climate change and

preserving the global commons. He added that the

ADB was playing an important role in inculcating green

growth in the Asia-Pacic region. Arguing in avour o

international cooperation to combat the global problem

o climate change, he prescribed a green growth with a

perect network o regional cooperation and links with

global partnerships or going ahead. He concluded by

adding that the green energy development initiative

is making a noticeable change in the Asia-Pacic

region and hoped or the development o the Green

Climate Fund by 2020. Proessor Ostrom called or

a polycentric approach. She added that the problem

MrYvodeBoer

HEMsPatriciaEspinosaCantellano

MrHaruhikoKuroda

NobelLaureateDrElinorOstrom

with the global change is that everyone wants to ocus

only on the international level; but we actually need

to look regionally and locally at policies to enhance

possibilities. She also added that eective monitoring

by resource users can mitigate the problem o common

and categorically emphasized the need or a more

interdisciplinary approach or a sustainable solution. n

Leadership Panel IILeading to Preserve the Global CommonsChairperson Mr Nitin Desai, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, India and Former Under-Secretary General o the United Nations, IndiaSpeakers HE Mr Festus Mogae, Former President o Botswana and Chairperson oCODA, Gaborone, Botswana PHE Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, Former President, GuyanaPHEDr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister o Norway and Member o the UNSecretary Generals Global Sustainability Panel, Norway PThe Rt. Hon. Lord John LPrescott, Former Deputy Prime Minister & Member o Parliament, House o Lords,UK

The panel members agreed that leadership to preserve

the global commons is raught with challenges. These

include the act that the middle class is expected to

rise by 3 billion by 2030; and the realization that despi

Copenhagen, Cancun, and Durban, there have been

ew encouraging signs. Moreover, unlike Kyoto, when

As they said it

Green economy meansachieving three dimensionsof sustainable development environmental, social and

economic.

Mr Haruhiko KurodaPresident, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Whether we havetaken action or not,

we should rememberthat we are running out

of time.

HE Mr James Alix MichelPresident, Seychelles


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a handul o countries participated; today, 190-odd

nations are vying to reach a similar agreement. For so

many countries to reach consensus will itsel be a huge

challenge.

The skeptics tend to overlook that the issue o

sustainability is being increasingly refected in politics.

It is now up to politicians to judiciously balance short-

term political compulsion with long-term sustainability

requirements. Simultaneously, it needs to be understood

that leaders, in their eorts toward guiding the worldtowards sustainability, need public support. Hence,

NGOs and the media have extremely important roles

to play. In developing countries, such as those in Arica,

people burn wood and damage orests to survive, simply

because they have no other alternative. Since Arican

nations also ace serious challenges regarding adaptation,

their ability to contribute to environmental mitigation

is rather limited. However, such a situation does not

exempt leaders o Arica rom leading responsibly. It

is indeed encouraging to notice that some o them

have already taken the initiative in motivating theircountrymen to plant trees. This brings us to the point o

devising the correct perormance indices that will refect

true commitment to the environment.

The time has come to change the way we use our

resources, including human resources. Our leaders need

to recognize that since hal o the people in the world

are women, it is necessary to motivate them to realize

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We must recognize that we cannot reach the goal ofsustainability without involving half of humanity, i.e., women.

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Sustainability Panel, Norway

their ull potential. Only then can the goal o sustainab

development be reached. n

Dialogue with Leaders of

States and ProvincesCo-moderators Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, IndiaPMr Terry Tamminen,Founder and President, Seventh Generation Advisors, USAKeaynote Address HE Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger, Founding Chair, R20 - Regions oClimate Change & Former Governor, Caliornia, USASpeakers Ms Marie-Hlne Aubert, Former EUropean Parliamentarian, France P HEDr Yves Bolduc, Minister o Health and Social Services, Government o Quebec P Prof.Prem Kumar Dhumal, Honble Chie Minister, Government o Himachal Pradesh, India PMs Sheila Dikshit, Honble Chie Minister, Government o NCT o Delhi, India P Mr TaruGogoi, Honble Chie Minister, Government o Assam, India P Hon. Mr Mike Rann, FormPremier o South Australia, Australia P Capt. Ajay Singh, Honble Minister or Power,Forests and Environment, Government o Haryana, India

The session was chaired by Dr R K Pachauri andmoderated by Mr Terry Taminnen. In his keynote

address, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger reiterated two key

messages, which are important or managing the globa

commons. First, he reiterated that it was possible to

have sustainable development action in an economical

viable environment. Second, he urged all stakeholders

not to wait or international agreements, but initiate

local action to the extent possible. He gave the exampl

o Caliornia, where he was till recently the Governor,

and cited that most people were skeptical about very

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radical steps. But, Caliornia now has a vibrant

green economy, and has achieved energy eciency

and large-scale renewable energy deployment. Mr

Schwarzenegger also suggested that it was important

not only to have top-down approaches or sustainable

development, but also bottom-up initiatives.

The panelists concurred that climate action muststart at the provincial level. The panel highlighted

the importance o a body like R20, which promotes

interventions at the local level. Ms Sheila Dikshit, Chie

Minister o Delhi, emphasized on the human resource,

health, and education dimensions. Dr Pachauri

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concluded by saying that new innovations are decisive

transitioning to a sustainable development pathway. n

ADB - Asia 2050 Panel

Moderator Dr Iwan Azis, Head, Ofce o Regional Economic Integration, Asian

Development Bank, PhilippinesSpeakers PMs Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Deense Council, USAP Mr Hon Cheung, Regional Director, Ofcial Institutions Group, SSgA Singapore PMS (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Inosys Limited, India PHE Dr NaokIshii, Deputy Vice Minister or International Aairs, Ministry o Finance, Government oJapan PDr Bindu N Lohani, Vice President (Knowledge Management and SustainableDevelopment), Asian Development Bank, Philippines PDr R K Pachauri, Director-GenerTERI PDr Kandeh K Yumkella, Director General, United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO), Austria

Dr Iwan Azis chaired the panel and inormed the

participants that the panel discussion would revolve

around ADBs recent publication the Asia 2050

report. Dr Bindu N Lohani provided a comprehensive

overview o the study and mentioned that it was

commissioned to examine the possible scenarios or2050 or Asia and to draw the attention o policy-

makers.

Ms Frances Beinecke emphasized on taking action

as urbanization was taking over Asia and there was a

need to deal with issues at an early stage. Dr Kandeh K

Yumkella reiterated that shared global afuence could

reduce poverty and create wealth pockets. Growth

in Asia is linked to global prosperity. Mr S (Kris)

Gopalakrishnan mentioned the need or new holistic

models o development, employment, job creation, and

social development.

Dr Naoko Ishii stated that action on climate

change is in our interest. Asia is uniquely positioned

to make a dierence through policy interventions.

Mr Hon Cheung ocused on debt nancing as an

interesting instrument to nance projects on sustainab

technologies and models. Dr R K Pachauri said that

an ideal pattern o growth should include health,

education, and disaster management, and highlighted

the importance o culture and innovation. n

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Dont wait, never stop moving. Our future will become a greenfuture and our vision will become a reality.

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Da y 2, 3 F ebrua ry 20 11

Special Session on

Biodiversity

Moderator Dr Ashok Khosla, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN), SwitzerlandSetting the Theme Mr M F Farooqui, Additional Secretary, Ministry o Environment andForests, Government o IndiaKeynote Address Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Honble Minister o State (I/C), Ministry oEnvironment and Forests, Government o IndiaSpeakers Dr P P Bhojvaid, Chie Conservator o Forests, Government o Haryana, IndiaP Prof. Timothy Gregoire, J P Weyerhaeuser Jr Proessor o Forest Management, Schoolo Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, USA P Dr Abdul Rahim Nik, DeputySecretary General, Ministry o Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia P Prof.Paavo Pelkonen, University o Eastern Finland, FinlandP Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Vice-Rector, The United Nations University & Director o Institute or Sustainability and Peace,Japan

Dr R K Pachauri introduced the panel and emphasizedthat increase in global temperature would endanger

biodiversity. The session was chaired and moderated

by Dr Ashok Khosla who emphasized that the present

level o degradation o natural resources is beyond the

regenerative capacity o the earth. Setting the theme or

the session, Mr M F Farooqui stated that biodiversity and

issues o global commons were closely interlinked. Ms

Jayanti Natarajan, in her keynote address, stressed on the

act that interlinking the interest o global commons and

economics is required in the day-to-day lives o common

persons. She also emphasized that the global regime or

protecting biodiversity should be rooted in the principle

o the Rio Declaration. Pro. Kazuhiko Takeuchi ocused

on the Satoyama Initiative, which ocuses on issues,

such as resilience o society equipped with traditionalknowledge and the need or a new business model or

sustainable exploitation o resources.

Dr Abdul Rahim Nik emphasized challenges, such as

inventory o biodiversity and proper law enorcement

in managing biodiversity in Malaysia. Dr P P Bhojvaid

stated that orests are responsible or creation and

sustenance o soil, water, and all fora and auna, and

the interaction o all these externalities are important in

protecting orest resources. Pro. Timothy Gregoire state

that innovations like standardization in measurement

procedures is needed or the conservation o biodiversity

Pro. Paavo Pelkonen stressed that sustainable orestmanagement is the need o the hour along with the

promotion o the concept o bio-economy. n

Corporate Dialogue on

Global Commons

Moderator Prof Jeffrey A Sonnenfeld , Senior Associate Dean or Executive ProgramsLester Crown Proessor in the Practice o Management, Yale School o Management, YaUniversity, USASpeakers Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General & CEO, Indian Institute o

Corporate Aairs, IndiaP Mr Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi

, Founder & Managing DirectorKaruturi Global Limited, India P Mr Mahesh Makhija, Director - Renewables BusinessDevelopment, CLP Power India Private Limited, India P Mr Pasi Rousu, Partner andCo-ounder, President, Chempolis Asia & Pacifc, Finland P Mr Bjrn Stigson, FormerPresident, World Business Council or Sustainable Development, Switzerland P Ms HildM Tonne, Executive Vice President and Head o Group Industrial Development, Telenor,Norway P Mr Venkatesh Valluri, Chairman, Ingersoll-Rand (India) Limited, India

Pro. Jerey A Sonneneld started the session by

explaining the notion o corporate social responsibility

(CSR). Mr Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi talked about

his companys initiatives in developing the land and

ood production o Ethiopia by investing in rainwater

harvesting and supporting organic mode o arming.

Mr Mahesh Makhija pointed out that they entered the

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renewable energy space in 2001

not just because o environmental

consciousness, but because it is also

a lucrative business opportunity.

Mr Stigson emphasized on the

partnership between businesses and society or

addressing todays sustainability challenges. Mr Pasi

Rousu discussed his companys initiatives in nding new

ways o addressing sustainability by using byproducts

o bio-rening in India and China. Ms Hilde Tonne

called or exercising CSR as a win-win approach. She

underscored the role o (1) developing technology by

opening up new business avenues and ocusing on

energy eciency; (2) adopting a project-based approach

towards CSR; and (3) cleaning up the supply chain by

eradicating child labour and exercising zero tolerance

to corruption. Mr Venkatesh Valluri delineated the

role o converging business, technology, and society as

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As they said it

We should try to integrate business opportunities whileaddressing global commons.

Mr Bjrn Stigson

Former President, World Business Council or Sustainable Development, Switzerland

DrBhaskarChatterjee

MrSaiRamakrishnaKaruturi

MrPasiRousu

MsHildeMTonne

MrBjrnStigson

MrVenkateshValluri

an emerging strategy to stay in business. Dr Bhaskar

Chatterjee ocused on the Indian governments two

important CSR policies: (1) Reporting all CSR activitie

should be mandatory and (2) large business corporatio

are expected to put at least 2% o their prot ater tax

into CSR activities. n

Ministerial Session ISustainable Management of Global

Commons in South AsiaModerator Dr Kandeh K Yumkella, Director General, United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization (UNIDO), AustriaModerator HE Lyonpo Dr Pema Gyamtsho, Minister o Agriculture and Forests, Ministryo Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan P HE Mr Mohamed Aslam, Minister o Housing andEnvironment, Maldives P HE U Win Tun, Union Minister, Ministry o EnvironmentalConservation and Forestry, Myanmar P Mr Hemraj Tater, Honble Minister or EnvironmenNepal P Mr Malik Amin Aslam, Former Minister o State (Environment), Senior ClimatePolicy Advisor to UNDP in Pakistan and Senior Member o Climate Core Advisory Group toGovernment o Pakistan

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Starting the session, Dr Kandeh K Yumkella

emphasized that or Asia to account or 50% o the

global GDP by 2050, sustainable management o globcommons will be crucial. Mr Malik Amin Aslam said

that despite being one o the lowest greenhouse gas

emitters, Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate chang

and that the countrys cost o adaptation could be 3%

5% o the GDP.

HE Dr Pema Gyamtsho mentioned about the

importance o common properties o natural resources

across territorial boundaries. He said that the region

should not wait or global agreements and should take

action towards minimizing the impacts o climate chang

Pointing at the enormous diversity o the region, HE M

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problems related to resource management. He added

that countries like Maldives are at the ront line o

bearing the impacts o climate change and that there is

a moral duty o the global community to protect them.

He urther said that since aith plays an important role

in the region, religious scholars should be involved in the

process.

HE Mr U Win Tun highlighted the challenges aced

by the region in addressing environmental problems and

stressed the role o technology and capacity building orresolving these issues. Mr Hemraj Tater underlined that

poor people are the worst aected by climate change

and that a green economy can provide an important

paradigm or resource management. In this session, the

speakers highlighted that although countries in South

Asia have to ormulate domestic action plans to address

climate change, there is a need or regional cooperation

in research and development and data sharing. The

potential or SouthSouth cooperation needs to be

harnessed. n

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As they said it

Regional cooperation is not a luxury, but an imperative.

Mr Malik Amin AslamFormer Minister o State (Environment), Senior Climate Policy Advisor to UNDP in Pakistan and Senior

Member o Climate Core Advisory Group to Government o Pakistan

Sustainable development is important for the economicdevelopment of Myanmar.

HE U Win TunUnion Minister, Ministry o Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar

Global Commons and

Challenges in Africa

Moderator Mr Abdoulie Janneh, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary,United Nations Economic Commission or Arica, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaSetting the Theme Mr Gurjit Singh, Additional Secretary (East & Southern Arica),Ministry o External Aairs, Government o India

Moderator HE Mr Ogunlade Davidson, Former Minister o Energy & Water, Sierra LeonP Mr Hama Arba Diallo, Chair o Global Water Partnership (GWP), Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso P HE Mr Henri Djombo, Minister o Sustainable Development, Forestry anEnvironment, Brazzaville, Republic o Congo P Dr Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egzabiher,Director General Environment Protection Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia P Mr GeorgeGendelman, Coounder, Planetworkshops, Paris P Dr Youba Sokona, Coordinator, AricClimate Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission or Arica, Ethiopia

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MrGurjitSingh

The session highlighted that Arica must take adaptatio

measures to address the impacts o human-induced

climate change. Adaptation measures will also demand

a change in liestyles o the common middle-income

section o the people o Arica. While addressing those

challenges, it is important to maintain a balance betwee

present and uture use o natural resources. In the

current context, Arica does not have a strong voice in

the global orum and, hence, requires support rom

international organizations. The support can come

through strong SouthSouth cooperation between Indi

and Arica. In addition to these challenges o adaptatio

issues such as ood security, role o science and

technology, and renewable energy have to be addressed

while charting out a growth and development pathway

or Arican nations. In order to grow and develop, Aric

has to address the challenges o desertication, land

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degradation, ood security, and biodiversity, including

preservation o wildlie, orest cover, and availability o

water and energy. Developmental goals o the continent

have to be achieved by addressing the challenges

acing them due to the exploitation o two resources

petroleum and minerals. The empowerment o women,

education, and community-based resource management

are the key to achieving developmental goals. Renewable

energy resources like solar, hydro, wind, and agri-waste

have already been tapped or ostering green growth in

Arica. The energy potential in these resources needs

to be enhanced through basic inrastructure creation

and partnerships between the government and the

private sector as well as the civil society. However, the

implementation o all o these will require a strong

political will. n

Water Our Vital Commons

Moderator Mr Ashok Jaitly, Distinguished Fellow & Mentor, TERI, IndiaSpeakers Dr Don Blackmore AM, Chair-eWater CRC & Chair-Water or a Healthy Country,

AustraliaP

Mr Henry Saint Bris, Senior Vice President Strategy, SUEZ Environment,France P Mr Serge Lepeltier, French Ambassador or Climate Change negotiations, Mayoro Bourges, France P Dr David Molden, Director General, International Centre or IntegratedMountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal P Mr Suresh P Prabhu, Chairperson, Councilon Energy, Environment and Water, India P Prof Johan Rockstrm, Executive Director,Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden P Dr Shiv Someshwar, Director Climate Policy,CGSD & Senior Advisor Regional Programs, IRI, The Earth Institute, Columbia University,USA

Mr Ashok Jaitly chaired and moderated the session

and put orth a ew critical issues concerning water.

Dr Dan Blackmore emphasized on the human

aspect o water management. Mr Henry Saint Bris

emphasized the signicance o decentralized alternatives

o water management to overcome water stress in

urban areas. He expressed concern

that the traditional inrastructure

arrangements were inadequate

leading to about 40% o the loss

o water. He stated that large

uture cities need to invent new

solutions through decentralized

water management, involving all

stakeholders, thus, refecting a new

vision. Mr Serge Lepeltier shared the

signicance o the expectations rom the orthcoming

6th World Water Forum being organized in France in

March 2012 and emphasized on the need or collectiv

action in the water and sanitation sector. Dr David

Molden spoke about the ambiguity over the quantity

o water available in the Himalayan region. Mr Suresh

Prabhu stressed the need to customize innovative wate

related technologies with traditional knowledge.

Pro. Johan Rockstrm reiterated that i mitigationto climate change is about the gases, then adaptation to

climate change is about the water. Dr Shiv Someshwar

discussed the knowledge related dynamics between

micro- and macro-level o water management. Mr

Ashok Jaitly concluded the session by emphasizing

the need or good governance to manage global and

local commons. This session also discussed issues

relating to productivity and eciency o water, virtual

water, the mismatch between demand and supply, and

strategies and solutions to resolve local conficts, and

enhancement o regional cooperation.n

DrDonBlackmoreAM

MrHenrySaintBris

MrSergeLepeltier

MrSureshPPrabhu

DrDavidMolden

ProfJohanRockstrm

AFD book launch A Planet for Life Series

The latest book in A Planet or Lie series, Development, Food and the Environment: towards agri-cultural change, published by Agence Franaise de Dveloppement (AFD) and Institute or Sustain-able Development and International Relations (IDDRI), in collaboration with TERI, was unveiled by(let to right) Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Dr Laurence Tubiana, Director, IDDRI; andMr Pierre Jacquet, Chie Economist, AFD, the co-editors o the book. Mr Jacquet commended the

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Sustainable Development

and Consumption

Moderator Dr Ligia Noronha, Director, Resources, Regulation and Global SecurityDivision, TERI, IndiaKeynote Address Ms Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner or Climate Action,European Commission, Denmark

Speakers Mr Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council or SustainableDevelopment, Switzerland P Mr Warren Evans, Senior Advisor, Sustainable DevelopmentNetwork, The World Bank, USA P Mr Pierre Jacquet, Chie Economist, Agence Franaisede Dveloppement (AFD), France P Mr Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia and SanctuaryCub Magazines, India P Prof. Petteri Taalas, Director-General, Finnish MeteorologicalInstitute, Finland

Dr Ligia Noronha chaired and moderated the session

and highlighted the importance o looking at not

just issues o over consumption, but also issues o

under consumption in the context o the sustainable

development discourse. Ms Connie Hedegaard, in

her keynote address, emphasized on the importance

o redening growth characterized by ecient use

o resources and optimum pricing. Mr Peter Bakker

dened the vision o sustainable consumption as

better products and services, enlightened consumers,

maximized total value, new measures, and a cohesive

and responsive market place. Mr Warren Evans urged

rich countries to take a lead in making consumption

sustainable through an appropriate regulatory ramewor

Mr Pierre Jacquet mentioned that we need to ocus on

under-consumption in developing countries the way we

ocus on over-consumption in developed countries. He

also emphasized the need to address problems o ood

security, energy, and involvement o local people.

Mr Bittu Sahgal communicated the need to care

or Nature and to take urgent action to protect it. He

emphasized on the role o children in bringing about a

change. Pro. Petteri Taalas shared meteorological data

which indicated the signicant changes in temperature

hydrosphere, snow cover, glaciers, and so on and

highlighted the need to recognize these changes and

take appropriate actions. n

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MrPeterBakker

Prof.PetteriTaalas

DrLigiaNoronha

MrBittuSahgal

MrWarrenEvans

Da y 3 , 4 F ebrua ry 20 11

Ministerial Session II

Looking Ahead: Preserving GlobalCommonsSpeakers Hon. Stphane Dion, MP, House of Commons, Canada P HE Ms Heidi Hautala,Minister for International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FinlandP HE MsHeidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Member of the German Parliament and Former Federal Ministerof Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany P HE Dr Naoko Ishii, Deputy ViceMinister for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan P Mr Janusz Zaleski, UnderSecretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, Poland P HE Dr Assuno Cristas, Ministerfor Agriculture, Maritime Affairs, Environment and Regional Planning, PortugalP HE Ms Maria

Mutagamba, Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda

Dr R K Pachauri welcomed the panel and

inormed the audience that the summary o

the proceedings o the Summit will be made

available or wider dissemination. Chairing

and moderating the session, HE Dasho Paljor

J Dorji said that to think ahead we need to

look back and or this we have to stop and

plan our uture actions. Hon. Stephane Dion

stated that there is no single solution to attain sustainabl

development and expressed the need or a global price o

carbon, which will generate revenues that could be used

to address climate change issues.

HE Ms Heidi Hautala ocused on the Modern

Trinityeconomic, environmental, and social goals or

sustainable development and emphasized on bridging

the gap between the North and the South. She also spok

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crisis. HE Ms Heidemarie

Wieczorek-Zeul oriented her

talk on the impact o ongoing

globalization, power shits in

the world, and climate change

and its consequences. HE Dr

Naoko Ishii, citing the example

o natural disasters, emphasized

on the importance o local

action on developing resilience

in development process. While

Mr Janusz Zaleski emphasized on mobilizing nances

or environmental protection and eective policy, HE Dr

Assuncao Cristas emphasized on eciency both in the

production and consumption processes and the act that

decarbonizing the economy and empowerment o citizens

are the key to sustainable development. HE Ms Maria

Mutagamba emphasized on the right to live, including

eradication o diseases, water and ood security, and

access to energy based on the LaBL model. n

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Hon.

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MrJanuszZaleski

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HEDrAssunoCristas

New Frontiers in Combating

Climate Change

Moderator Ambassador C Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, IndiaSpeakers Mr Ted Hanisch, Executive Chairman, Eno Group AS, Norway P Mr GhulaMohd Malikyar, Deputy Director General, National Environment Protection Agency,Aghanistan P Mr Carl Pope, Executive Director, The Sierra Club, USA P Dr HalldorThorgeirsson, Director or Implementation Strategy, United Nations Framework Conventon Climate Change (UNFCCC), Germany P Dr Laurence Tubiana, Director, Institute or

Sustainable Development and International Relations, France

AmbassadorCDasgupta

MrTedHanisch

The moderator, Ambassador C Dasgupta, set the toneo the session by drawing the attention o the panel on

the method to arrive at an international agreement on

equity within the international legal ramework. Mr Te

Hanisch opined that, although progress had been made

in a number o areas, the success o intergovernmental

eorts have been limited. He also raised an important

question on the need or a smarter dierentiation o

countries than the present Annex 1 and 2 scenario.

Mr Carl Pope stressed that the high carbon pathway

is no longer possible, and Latin America, Arica, and

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MDGs have to be fulfilled and we have to combine it withclimate change and sustainable goals.

HE Ms Heidemarie Wieczorek-ZeulMember of the German Parliament and Former Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Most of the time local needs prevail over global needs and theday-to-day prevails over the future.

HE Ms Heidi HautalaMinister or International Development, Ministry o Foreign Afairs, Finland

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Asia cannot ollow the European and the American

pathways. These countries have to develop an alternative

development trajectory. Mr Ghulam Mohd Malikyar

highlighted the vulnerability o Aghanistan to the

impacts o climate change and provided an update on the

scarce water conditions in the country. While Dr Halldor

Thorgeirsson explained that the basis o all negotiation

must be policy and not technology as technology remai

static, Dr Laurence Tubiana stressed on the act that

availability o unds is not really the problem in the

sustainability arena. The problem is whether these und

are being utilized in the right manner and direction. n

This Century of Knowledge

Moderator Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director-Operations, TERI & Vice ChancelTERI University, IndiaSpeakers Dr Lee Yee Cheong, Chairman, UNESCO International Science, Technology Innovation Centre, Malaysia P Mr Michael Keating, Deputy Special Representative o tSecretary General, United Nations Assistance Mission in Aghanistan, Aghanistan P MAnnika Markovic, Environment Ambassador, Ministry o the Environment, Sweden P MHideyuki Mori, President, Institute or Global Environmental Strategies, Japan P Prof.V Ramanathan, Distinguished Proessor and Director - Center or Clouds, Chemistry anClimate, Scripps Institution O Oceanography, University o Caliornia, USAP Prof. Perttu Vartiainen, Rector, University o Eastern Finland, Finland

Dr Leena Srivastava introduced

and moderated the session. Dr LeeYee Cheong highlighted his work

in Arica and emphasized the role

o Military Engineers in Climate

Change Adaptation. Mr Michael

Keating sensitized the audience to

the challenges aced by people in

Aghanistan viz., poverty, unemployment, drought, and

governance challenges. Ms Annika Markovic highlighted

Indo-Swedish knowledge-sharing initiatives such as

solar-powered GSM to serve the rural population, task

orce on sustainable liestyles, and resource-sharing inIndia and Arica. Mr Hideyuki Mori suggested a three-

pronged approach or innovative development: creative

knowledge generation, eective knowledge management,

and enhancing social capital through human interactions.

Dr V Ramanathan reiterated the impact o GHGs on

climate change and emphasized the need or translating

existing knowledge into actions. He highlighted projects

in collaboration with TERI which involved assessing the

impact o traditional chullahs on the health o rural wome

and innovations or reducing emissions rom cookstoves.

Pro. Perttu Vartiainen opined that knowledge on socio-

Moderator Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, IndiaSpeaker Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director The Earth Institute, Columbia University &Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, United Nations, USA

Keynote AddressThe Information Revolution andSustainable Development

The session began by

a tribute rom Dr R K

Pachauri to Pro. Sachs.

He mentioned thatPro. Sachs has been

a great supporter and

active participant in

DSDS and a patron o

the World Sustainable

Development Forum,

which shows his

unrelenting commitment to the cause o sustainable

development.

Dr Prodipto Ghosh set the scene by highlighting

that the inormation revolution has progressed

rapidly in the last decade. He mentioned that due

to easy access and aordability in current times, the

IT revolution has helped in the empowerment o

society, the development o skill and capabilities, and

greater accountability o all involved.

Pro. Sachs emphasized on the role that

technology can play in sustainable development and

the need o the hour to overcome deep structural

challenges that limit diusion o technology or

sustainable development. He discussed in detail

the our pillars o the sustainable development

goals, which are ending extreme poverty, ensuringenvironmental sustainability, social inclusion, and

good governance. n

Action will be at the very centre of the challenge ofsustainable development in the years ahead.

Pro. Jerey D SachsDirector The Earth Institute, Columbia University & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General,

United Nations, USA

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political processes is essential to improve sustainable

development outcomes. Dr Leena Srivastava wrapped up

the session by questioning whether the ever-increasing

supply o knowledge was impeding human capacities

or absorption and utilization in decision making. She

urther enquired whether knowledge generation is leading

to knowledge imperialism and mistrust or to equitable

knowledge sharing?n

Clean Energy: Improving the

Global Commons

Moderator Mr David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary or Policy and International Aairs,US Department o Energy, USASpeakers Ms Fiza Farhan, Chie Operating Ofcer, Buksh Foundation, Pakistan PMr Kazuo Furukawa, Chairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology DevelopmentOrganization (NEDO),Japan P Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau o EnergyEfciency, India P Mr Binu Parthan, Deputy Director General, Renewable Energy andEnergy Efciency Partnership (REEEP), Austria P Mr Christof Schoser, Deputy Head oUnit, Directorate-General or Energy, European Commission

Mr David Sandalow chaired and moderated the session.

Dr Ajay Mathur stated that India has been working

towards addressing market ailures through building

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Prof.VRamanathan codes and energy labeling o appliances. In his view,

a natural cooperation exists between governments

to improve the energy scenario. Ms Fiza Farhan

emphasized the need or action on the eld through

individual contributions. She gave an overview o the

activities undertaken by her organization, which has

been working at the grassroots level on energy nancing

schemes.

Mr Binu Parthan highlighted the need to combine

renewable energy and energy eciency solutions to

achieve energy access or all. These solutions need to

be linked with the volatile needs o the poor. Mr Kazuo

Furukawa inormed the audience that the Japanese

government has been involved in over 100 projects and

signed more than 150 MoUs with several other countri

in its eort to conserve energy. Mr Christo Schoser

stated that there is a need or a broader approach to

reducing GHGs. He also mentioned that country-wise

energy policies need to be linked to ecient resourceutilization. The panel then deliberated on the cost

eectiveness o clean energy technology and the impac

o these technologies on the global commons. n

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Overcoming the Divide:

Global North vs Global South

Moderator Mr Suman K Bery, Country Director, India Central, International Growth CenLondon, UKSpeakers Dr Subho Banerjee, Deputy Secretary, Adaptation, International & RegulatoGroup, Department o Climate Change and Energy Efciency, Australia P Prof. HironorHamanaka, Chair o the Board o Directors, Institute or Global Environmental StrategieJapan P Dr Artur Runge-Metzger, Chie Climate Negotiator, European Commission,Belgium P Prof. Luigi Paganetto, President, Centre or Economic and InternationalStudies, University o Rome, Italy P Dr Gopa Sabharwal, Vice- Chancellor, Nalanda

University, IndiaP

Dr Tumur-Ochir Sanjbegz, President, The National University oMongolia, Mongolia P Mr Ali T Sheikh, Asia Director, Climate & Development KnowledNetwork, Pakistan

The session began with Mr Suman

Bery acknowledging that the topic

o discussion was designed to be

deliberatively provocative. Dr

Subho Banerjee spoke about the

need to recognize the sustainable

development agenda and its

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challenges within climate negotiations and ocused on

more dierentiated understanding o the issue. Mr

Hironori Hamanaka emphasized that accelerating the

movement towards a low carbon economy is necessary

or long-term economic and social development.

Dr Artur Runge-Metzger highlighted that reducing

emissions and economic growth are compatible goals.

He discussed the European Union Emissions TradingScheme (ETS), which provides or equal treatment

o sectors with high risk o carbon leakage. Pro.

Luigi Paganetto spoke about the act that an energy

technology revolution is required to oster economic

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Summit Summary: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, India

Valedictory SessionProtecting the Global Commons: The Future Roadmap

Dr R K Pachauri announced the TERI Georgescu-Reogen Annual Award, paying tribute to Pro.

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, the ounder o the

discipline o ecological economics on his 106th birth

anniversary. He summarized the events at the World

growth. Dr Tumur Ochir Sanjbegz emphasized that the

integration o mitigation and adaptation action, and the

improvement in the area o technology transer are key

or sustainable development.

Dr Gopa Sabharwal said that the binaries o North

and South are problematic, reductionist, and exclusivis

She highlighted the need or collaboration and

cooperation in the areas o education and research. MrAli Sheikh insisted that the evidence base or climate

change is imperative or good decision

making. Thus, there is a need to strengthen linkages

between science and policy. n

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CEO Sustainability Summit by emphasizing on the

key messagesde-materialisation and integration o

technologies or sustainable development. Dr Pachauri

then provided a succinct summary o the Summit

deliberations reerring to the issue o poverty eradication

and sustainable development raised by Dr Manmohan

Singh, Honble Prime Minister o India. The surprise o

the evening was young climate enthusiasts rom TERI

University providing a resh perspective on the youth

as being the untapped global common. At the end o

the session, Dr Pachauri announced the next DSDS (30

January2 February 2013) on the theme The Global

Challenge or Resource Ecient and Low Carbon

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S P E C I A L E V E N T S

Business Solutions or Sustainable Energyor All: Corporate Leadership in AddressingEnergy Challenges in IndiaThe TERI-BCSD, in collaboration with the WBCSD

organized a special event Business Solutions or

Sustainable Energy or All: Corporate Leadership in

Addressing Energy Challenges in India on 1 February on

the sidelines o the 9th World CEO Sustainability Summit.

Speaking at the Expert Panel I, Mr Harry Verhaar, Senior

Director Energy and Climate Change, Philips Lighting

compared the current status o rural India and Arica to

Europe in the 1860s. Dr Pradeep Monga, Director o

Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO emphasized

that to achieve energy or all, we have to keep in mind

three goalsachieving energy access to all by 2030;doubling sharing o energy by 2030; and doubling energy

eciency by 2030.

The Expert Panel II discussed the act that energy

access, renewable energy, and energy eciency are the

ocus areas or the energy sector or providing sustainable

energy to all. It was stressed that business should engage

with policy-makers and the process o policy-making

should consider that ossil uel reserves are nite and

the present distribution o energy is inequitable. The

panelists also emphasized on adequate policy rameworks

and innovative nancing mechanisms and the need to

move beyond dialogue and partnership and address the

aspirations o the poor.

The CEO Panel dwelt on the role to be played by business

in transorming national energy systems. While environment

riendly technologies were the ocus, it was also clearly stated

that unlike the developed world, renewable energy is a part o

the mainstream energy solution in India and, hence, busine

should drive the nal solutions.n

Realizing the MDGs: the Forests-Poverty Link

The Forestry and Biodiversity Group, in partnership

with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, organized a

Special Event on the theme Realizing the MDGs: the

Forests-Poverty Link on 1 February 2012. In his openin

remarks, Dr P J Dilip Kumar, Director General Forests,

and Special Secretary, Ministry o Environment and

Forests, Government o India, said that orests should

be used to maintain ecological services while reducing

peoples dependence on orests and developing alternativ

livelihood opportunities. He stressed on the importanceo cross-ertilization o ideas among scientists and

practitioners, and the need or orest services to develop

allies outside the department, who could represent

their views adequately. Mr Ashwini Kumar, Additional

Chie Conservator o Forests, Uttar Pradesh provided

an overview o orestry and poverty, and alleviation

programmes in the state.

The technical sessions ocused on the poverty

reduction potential o participatory orestry approaches

and the Forest Rights Act 2006. Speakers in these sessio

included high level representatives rom central and state

governments, international agencies, research institutes,

and grassroots organizations. Special presentations were

made by ocials o states (West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, an

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On 2 February 2012, Mr Arnold

Schwarzenegger, Former Governor o

Caliornia and Founding Chair, R20 -

Regions o Climate Change interacted with a select

group o Indian CEOs over working lunch hosted

by TERI-BCSD. With a vision to create synergy or

the corporate sector as a whole to move towards

sustainability, TERI BCSD (Business Council or

Sustainable Development) was set up by TERI in

2001. The council has evolved into a strong industry

body with membership o more than 100 companies

rom diverse sectors including PSUs, MNCs and

private companies rom across India with a market-

cap o over 13.8 trillion Indian rupees.

The luncheon session witnessed the presence o

eminent dignitaries like Dr R K Pachauri, Director-

General, TERI; Mr Terry Tamminen, Founder and

President, Seventh Generation Advisors, USA; and

Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Honble Chie Minister,

Government o Himachal Pradesh, India. The

interaction was moderated by Dr Jerey Sonneneld,

Senior Associate Dean or Executive Programs

and Lester Crown Proessor in the Practice o

Management, Yale School o Management, Yale

University, USA.

Over 65 Indian and global CEOs and seniorrepresentatives rom businesses and Indian

government discussed the challenges and

opportunities pertaining to Business Leadership

or Sustainability. The participants represented the

manuacturing and services sectors which overall

contributes about 82 % in Indias GDP.

In course o this candid interaction with the ormer

Governor, the business community voiced their

opinions through a voting session where issues like

organizational sustainability and eective partnerships

were deliberated upon. During the voting session,

the group considered more inormation sharing o

best practices and awareness building as the most

important actor that motivates businesses to actively

address the issue o sustainability. The group was o

the opinion that early mover advantage and brand

value and social responsibility have been their

driving orce to respond to sustainability. Designing

and implementing innovative nancing mechanisms

was identied as the most critical elements o eective

partnerships towards sustainability. R&D o low-

carbon technologies was identied as a leading area

in which businesses should play a leadership role to

advance the action on climate change in India.

Addressing the gathering, Mr Schwarzenegger said,

No one can tell i there will be an energy uture. I

there is no energy policy in place, there will be no

environment. He urged that the business community

should never wait or the ederal government or anyinternational treaties to take actions and ensure

that the cost comes down so that people can aord

renewable technologies.n

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LAUNCH OF THE rEPOrT OF UN SECrETArY gENErALS

HIgH-LEVEL PANEL ON gLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

The session was chaired by HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President,

Finland. The session marked the regional launch o the

report, which elicited an invigorating discussion on the key

recommendations o the report. It was pointed out that the

road to sustainable development had changed track, and

the panelists refected on the lack o success in achieving the

objectives. The two main reasons cited were discrimination

against women and lack o access to resources and energy.

Another key message that was highlighted was that the global

community cannot carry on with the business as usual

scenario, and a change is required in the growth narrative.n

The 4th Green Globe Awards ceremony elicitated the eorts o those

unsung heroes who have contributed towards sustainable development in

India in several categories. Introducing the event, Dr Pachauri said that the

Green Globe Awards were important to recognize the initiatives o those

who were working towards saving the planet. While the Gujarat Cooperative

Milk Marketing Federation won the award in the Manuacturing category,

IndusInd bank received the award in the

Business category or running ATMs on

solar power. The Centre or Research on

Environment and Development rom

Meghalaya was the big winner in the NGO

sector, and the state government o Madhya

Pradesh won the award or Outstanding

Contribution to Sustainable Development by

a State Government. Husk Power Systems

was the winner in the Product, Innovation,

and Design category, while Mr

Joydeep Gupta was the recipient

o the Green Globe Award 2012

in the Media category. A special

award was presented to the Royal Challengers

Bangalore IPL cricket team or being carbon

neutral. The Lietime Achievement Award was

presented to Mr Bjorn Stigson, ormer

President o WBSCD. While Mr Rahul Saini won the award inthe Yuva category, the Salwan

Public School was the winner in the Outstanding Contribution by an Educational Institution

category. The award or Outstanding Contribution by a Celebrity was presented to Mr

Abhishek Bachchan or his initiative to save paper, and reducing energy consumption during

lm shootings and his contribution towards LaBL. Receiving the award, Mr Abhishek

Bachchan, also the chie guest o the event, said that he became more conscious about the

environment ater having met Dr Pachauri and started taking steps to conserve energy. He

said that he tried to lead by example and was even prepared to star in a lm which has the

minimum carbon ootprint provided someone makes it.n

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Workshop on Large Scale Deployment oSmart Grids: opportunities and strategies

TERI, in association with Electricite de France (EDF),

organized a one-day workshop on Large Scale

Deployment o Smart Grids: opportunities and strategies

on 31 January 2012. The workshop saw participation

o experts rom the regulatory commissions, public and

private sector utilities, project developers, academia,

and R&D institutions. The workshop emphasized the

need or disseminating the experience (both national

and international) and oered a platorm to discuss the

emerging opportunities in the eld o smart grids. The

speakers shared their experiences in implementing the

smart grid initiatives worldwide. Panelists discussed the

huge potential or smart grid initiatives in the country and

the emerging challenges. There was consensus on the need

o policy and regulatory interventions to accelerate the

execution o the smart grid projects, and the need to ocus

on transition rom product to service mode o smart grid

development. It emphasized on the large scale renewable

energy penetration in various grid models. n

Learning rom Emerging Energy Innovationsin Asia with a Focus on Energy Access andClean Energy: contributing to the discourse

on an institutional ramework or sustainabledevelopmentThe event was part o a TERI-IGES study supported by

the Energy or All initiative o the Asian Development

Bank. Session I discussed some select Asian case studies

that demonstrated innovative practices in energy access

and clean energy, providing evidence o bottom-up

endeavours and top-down approaches that have enabled

policy diusion. Session II elucidated emerging issues in

energy governance and challenges or institutions involved

in providing decentralized energy access. The ocus was on

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