Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012
In Durban we took many significant steps forward: EU climate strategy official
Feb 16, 2012 02:08 PM In an exclusive interview to OneWorld South Asia, Artur Runge-Metzger, Director, International and Climate Strategy of the European Commission, says that the European Union will try to come to a conclusion on emission reductions, setting milestones on reductions and look at the next steps after Durban.
"I hope increased awareness will lead to concrete actions," Pachauri
Feb 16, 2012 02:00 PM
TERI Director-General R.K. Pachauri applauds the exchange of knowledge and ideas at DSDS 2012 and hopes to transform them into action at the Rio+20 summit.
[Environment]
[South Asia]
[India]
[Sustainable Development]
Need oneness of purpose in handling climate change: Uganda
Feb 04, 2012 06:50 PM Ministers from various countries shared their ideas and action plans to reduce their carbon footprint for a more sustainable world at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012.
How to feed the world
Feb 04, 2012 06:22 PM
The DSDS was not just talk. It also saw the launch of a book that deals comprehensively with agriculture and climate change.
[Agriculture]
[Sustainable Development]
"It's time to discuss a set of new development indicators, which would complement MDGs," says Heidi Hautala, Finnish International Development Minister
Feb 04, 2012 02:28 PM
MDGs should be complemented with access to energy and internet, says Heidi Hautala, the Minister for International Development to the Finnish government at DSDS 2012.
[Energy]
[MDGs]
Make biodiversity people's movement, says Indian environment minister
Feb 04, 2012 01:00 PM
India's environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan called for people-centred development to save India's biodiversity at a special session at the TERI hosted Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012.
[Environment]
[Biodiversity]
[Sustainable Development]
Not many takers for Africa's green concerns
Feb 04, 2012 12:11 PM
Africa is facing grim challenges of food security and climate change, lack of global concern, however, is the bigger challenge.
[Land]
[Sustainable Development]
[Climate change]
[Africa]
[Environment]
[Food security]
[Poverty]
Go for 'conscious consumerism' to ensure sustainable development
Feb 04, 2012 11:21 AM
Eminent green warriors impressed upon making consumers aware of the benefits of buying green products for a sustainable future in a special session at DSDS 2012.
[Environment]
[Consumer]
[Sustainable Development]
"We have to put people at the centre of change," says Finnish President Tarja Halonen
Feb 04, 2012 12:05 AM
Finnish President Tarja Halonen, recipient of this year's Sustainable Development Leadership award at DSDS 2012, speaks about people's choices in sustainable development, in an exclusive interview to OneWorld South Asia.
[Sustainable Development]
We want India to have green development: French climate change negotiator
Feb 03, 2012 10:47 PM
The French Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Serge Lepeltier, currently visiting Delhi for the DSDS, said that they want the Indian people to have the benefits of development, but want the country to pursue green growth.
[Durban Meet]
[Durban]
[Climate change]
[Energy]
[India]
[France]
[Emissions]
[Kyoto Protocol]
Climate change through a Southern lens
Feb 03, 2012 08:56 PM
Policies must address the vulnerability of existing infrastructure to climate variability, says Shiv Someshwar, Director of Climate Policy, Earth Institute, in close conversation with OneWorld South Asia.
[Climate change]
[Governance]
Corporates debate business responsibility at TERI meet
Feb 03, 2012 06:20 PM
Leading business houses debated the best strategies and opportunities that would deliver profits and also protect global commons at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012.
[Corporate social responsibilty]
[Business]
[Sustainable Development]
Himalayan ecosystem losing ground
Feb 03, 2012 04:21 PM
A workshop at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012 focused on the need for more mountain friendly eco services for sustained development of the mountain ecosystem.
[Environment]
[Biodiversity]
[Sustainable Development]
Abhishek Bachchan steals the limelight at Green Globe Awards
Feb 02, 2012 11:50 PM
The Green Globe Awards were given to ‘Planet Heroes’ - people as diverse as businessmen, political leaders and even a sports team, for their contribution to the environmental cause.
[Environment]
[Climate change]
[Award]
Towards sustainable and equitable growth
Feb 02, 2012 09:14 PM
Sustainability demands interconnecting society, economy and environment, says a latest UN report launched at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012.
[Gender]
[Sustainable Development]
[Economy]
Prime Minister's address at the 12th DSDS
Feb 02, 2012 08:32 PM
The Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's inaugural speech at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012 at New Delhi today.
[Climate change]
[Sustainable Development]
[India]
[South Asia]
Don’t wait for big international agreements: Schwarzenegger
Feb 02, 2012 08:12 PM
At a discussion on preserving the global environment at the DSDS on Thursday, leaders from provincial governments agreed about creating local solutions for some of the earth's problems.
[Sustainable Development]
[Climate change]
[India]
[Policy makers]
[Environment]
[Policy]
Asian Century's green future
Feb 02, 2012 07:59 PM The ADB-Asia 2050 panel at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012 discussed what will be instrumental in driving Asia’s growth momentum in future.
Every country needs to understand green growth is possible and can lift people out of poverty: Yvo de Boer
Feb 02, 2012 07:37 PM
Yvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor on Climate Change and Sustainability, KPMG International, explains the need of green growth for the world and how the DSDS acts as a platform for Southern perspectives, in an interview with OneWorld South Asia.
[Environment]
[Climate change]
