DSDS: the journey so far

Started in 2001, the DSDS (Delhi Sustainable Development Summit), an annual event organized by TERI, has emerged as the most credible platform for international deliberation and dialogue on issues of long-term sustainable development. Each year, discussions among participants from the corporate sector, governments, international agencies, and institutes result in a comprehensive framework for practical and workable strategies to take the sustainable development agenda forward.

Themes through the years

DSDS 2007: Meeting the MDGs: exploring the natural resource dimensions

DSDS 2006: Linking across MDGs: towards innovative partnerships and governance

DSDS 2005: Beyond universal goals: steering development towards global sustainability

DSDS 2004: Partnerships for sustainable development: addressing the WEHAB agenda

DSDS 2003: Beyond Johannesburg: translating resolve into action for a sustainable future

DSDS 2002: Ensuring sustainable livelihoods: challenges for governments, corporates, and the civil society

DSDS 2001: Poverty- the global challenge for governments, industry, scientists, and the civil society

The DSDS series has enjoyed global support, from over 60 countries, attracting participation from heads of government and ministers, and a host of other dignitaries comprising Nobel laureates, development practitioners, scientists, academics, and corporate leaders.

The Sustainable Development Leadership Award The SDLA (Sustainable Development Leadership Award), instituted by TERI in 2005, is presented yearly in recognition of significant contribution towards the cause of sustainable development. The third SDLA was presented to Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California. It was received on his behalf by Mr Alan C Lloyd, President, International Council for Clean Transportation, Reno Nevada. Mr Alan C Lloyd presenting the award to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. CEO Forum 2008 Sustainable Development and Climate Change: the business outlook 6 February 2008, Hotel Oberoi, New Delhi

Recognizing the increasingly important role played by the business sector in transforming the world economy and its stakes in global development, TERI–BCSD (Business Council for Sustainable Development) India, in partnership with the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Geneva, introduced the CEO Forum as a curtain raiser to the DSDS (Delhi Sustainable Development Summit) in 2004. Since then, the CEO Forum has become one of the foremost global CEO meets to discuss the challenges facing companies in the context of sustainable development.

The CEO Forum 2008 will seek to deliberate on issues, challenges, and opportunities related to industry in the context of climate change. It will bring better understanding of the challenges faced by different sectors of industry; their level of preparedness; and the opportunities, barriers, and scope for partnership among industry, research, and international organizations. The discussions would focus on specific themes like business challenges of climate change; adaptation of businesses and mitigating opportunities; and drivers for change.

The CEOs would be seated at separate roundtables. Each roundtable, facilitated by a chair, will hold specific discussions. Subsequently, the chairs will present the findings of their respective tables. Open discussions will be held and the concluding session will arrive at action-orientated solutions.

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International Climate Change Exhibition 2008

TERI is hosting its first ever ICCE (International Climate Change Exhibition) to compliment the theme of DSDS 2008: Sustainable Development and Climate Change. The ICCE focuses on the challenges, impacts, and existing initiatives for tackling the issues of climate change. The objective is that by allowing participants to showcase their climate change developmental projects to an international market, a momentum will be added to the solution finding process by raising public awareness to the potential offered by climate change.

This platform will offer the exhibitors unmatched branding by signifying their commitment for the environment.

Exhibition layout

The Energy and Resources Institute

The research activities of T E R I (The Energy and Resources Institute) on climate change began as early as 1988. The institute conducts research and outlines policy initiatives for addressing global environmental challenges.

The thrust areas of TERI’s climate change activities include policy analysis and contribution to international climate change debate; climate change mitigation and CDM (clean development mechanism); impacts and vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategies; GHG (greenhouse gas) inventories; and climate modelling.

TERI gives a lot of emphasis on capacity building and outreach of different stakeholder groups: the Government of India officials, industry representatives, civil society organizations, and student groups. Various means to disseminate information and spread awareness on climate change include organizing workshops, seminars, training programmes and dialogues, publishing through print and electronic media, and documentary films.

The Royal Norwegian Embassy

Norway has set itself ambitious climate targets that imply reduction of greenhouse gas emissions both home and abroad. The stall introduces the visitor to Norwegian climate policy and provides information on some of its key components, including CDM and the government’s carbon scheme for purchase of emission reductions, efforts to promote research and development of renewable energy and immature energy technologies, and the programme for carbon capture and storage. Visitors will receive information about the Embassy’s programme for promoting cooperation and partnerships with India, both at the government level, between institutions and in the business sector.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

The SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) has been working for over 40 years on rural development and on issues of environmental and sustainable development. SDC works principally through government and promising civil society partners. The SDC stand at DSDS will put partners’ work in the foreground and representatives of some organisations (DA, IDEI, Intercooperation, MSSRF, and WOTR) will be present to answer participants’ queries. SDC is proud of its more than a decade long involvement with TERI and to be a senior partner of DSDS 2008.

Agence Française de Développement

The stall of the AFD (Agence Française de Développement) will present the projects the AFD has carried out in order to mitigate climate change, as well as the publications it has produced in that field and beyond. It will address issues related to energy efficiency, renewable energies, conservation efforts, sectoral solutions, and financial instruments. The ADEME, which is the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, will also be represented.

Department for International Development

The DFID (Department for International Development) stall showcases some of the work supported by the British government on climate change in India. Here you can find copies of the following. ! ‘Transforming Rural Livelihoods in India’, describing results and impacts of DFID’s programmes with state governments ! 'Monsoons and Miracles', by Defra, Interface FLOR, Unilever plc, and WWF India providing an overview of key contemporary sustainability opportunities and challenges in India ! Consultation document for DFID’s Country Assistance Plan, currently under preparation ! Information on training officials and communities on carbon market opportunities in forestry sector by IGWES

ecomagination ecomagination is GE’s commitment to design and develop new technologies that will help customers address their most pressing environmental challenges, including the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, for reduced emissions, and for increasing sources of clean water. Launched in India in February 2007, GE’s ecomagination business strategy includes cleaner aviation and locomotive engines, cleaner-coal technologies, more efficient gas turbines, and energy and water solutions specifically designed to meet rural areas’ urgent resource needs.

VROM

The rise of the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere disturbs several crucial global balances (people, planet, profit). Moreover, it aggregates environmental degradation and accelerates resources scarcity. The moment to urgent response is here. How to do that in a way that all changes are again in the direction towards new balances? Out of the fourteen trends/issues eight were identified with priority for policy development providing the ministry's top officials a framework to embed short-term policy decisions in a long-term orientation. VROM is a policy-making body that creates favourable circumstances for stakeholders, including corporates, and it guides, reacts, facilitates, stimulates, and inspires partners.

BBC World

BBC World is the world's leading international news channel, which offers a truly international news agenda and a global perspective. BBC World provides news, business and sport and explains not only what is happening but why.

The channel's hourly news programmes offer unmatched, impartial, in-depth analysis of breaking news and events of global importance. Through , Middle East Business Report and , BBC World covers the most important financial, economic, and company stories, while rounds up the results and news from a wide variety of sports. In addition to its news bulletins, BBC World also broadcasts the best of the BBC's lifestyle and factual programming.

BBC World brings the world to India and India to the world. During the past twelve months, BBC World has demonstrated its continued commitment to the Indian market by launching two new programmes designed specifically for the South Asia region. is presented by one of BBC World's top presenters Nik Gowing, and India Business Report is presented by Karishma Vaswani.

The World Bank

The World Bank’s Environment Strategy addresses the links between environment, poverty, and development with particular emphasis on health, livelihoods, and vulnerability of poor people. In 2007, it approved 64 projects with environmental content worth US $2.0 billion in commitments. The World Bank has been a leader in demonstrating how developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change and can adopt appropriate adaptation measures. In addition, the CFU (Carbon Finance Unit) uses money contributed by governments and companies in OECD countries to purchase project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The World Bank was the first multilateral development bank to become carbon neutral in its US operations, major meetings and business travel. The Bank works in partnership with other global development agencies, civil society organizations, and private sector enterprises.

Sida

Sweden works to achieve sustainable development. The riches of nature must be protected in a way that will enable us to hand over a world in balance to our children and grand children. The environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable development shall be pursued in a coherent manner both within Sweden and in our relations with our partners around the world. Priority areas in the Government of Sweden’s environmental policy are climate change, support for technology with minimal environmental , and a sustainable marine environment in our surrounding seas.

Sweden has been involved in the environmental cooperation with India for many years through programmes with special focus on natural resources, water and sanitation. The current technical cooperation focuses on exchange of knowledge and experiences of problems solving in the environmental field.

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) brings together some 200 international companies in a shared commitment to sustainable development through economic growth, ecological balance, and social progress. Our members are drawn from more than 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. We also benefit from a global network of about 60 national and regional business councils and partner organizations.

Our mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.

Our objectives include the following:

Business Leadership – to be a leading business advocate on sustainable development Policy Development - to help develop policies that create framework conditions for the business contribution to sustainable development The Business Case - to develop and promote the business case for sustainable development Best Practice - to demonstrate the business contribution to sustainable development and share best practices among members Global Outreach – to contribute to a sustainable future for developing nations and nations in transition

Connectgaia.com

Connectgaia.com is an economical web-based solution to measure, visualize, analyse, control, and save your electricity consumption anytime anywhere. In line with its USP of ‘Intelligent Electricity’, connectgaia.com empowers users to logon to their secure account over the Internet to view energy consumption trends in graphical format and pinpoint wasteful practices immediately. Connecting to Gaia or Mother Earth is the vision of the company. It is built on top of IBM’s communication protocols, database, and middleware technologies and aims to resolve the concerns being faced by the world in this time of energy crisis by allowing real time monitoring and measurement of electricity usage.

Chicago Climate Exchange®

CCX® (Chicago Climate Exchange®), launched in 2003, is an international exchange whose objectives are to apply financial innovation and incentives to advance social, environmental and economic goals. CCX, with more than 400 members, was the world’s first, and remains North America’s only, legally binding rules-based GHG (greenhouse gas) reduction and emissions trading system, with offset projects worldwide. CCX also remains the only global cap- and-trade system for the six major GHGs. CCX members are leaders from all sectors, and are the only entities in North America committed to emissions reductions on a legally binding compliance basis, with independent third party.

Suzlon Energy Ltd

Founded in 1995, Suzlon Energy Ltd is the world’s largest WTG (wind turbine generator) manufacturer in terms of market capitalization. Suzlon offers its customers total wind power solutions including consultancy, manufacturing, operations and maintenance services. Suzlon is a multinational company with offices, R&D and technology centres, manufacturing facilities and service support centres spread across the globe. With the acquisition of Hansen Transmission and REpower Systems AG, Suzlon has accelerated its expansion into the European wind energy market, which constitutes approximately half of the global wind energy market. Suzlon stands committed to the cause of providing innovative technological solutions for an environmentally benign tomorrow.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd

POWERGRID (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd) an ISO 14001 certified company is one of the largest electrical power transmission utilities in the world. It constructs, owns, and operates EHV (extra high voltage) transmission network in India. POWERGRID is strengthening and expanding its transmission networks to achieve Government of India’s resolve of providing power to all by 2012.

POWERGRID has within the overall corporate ethics internalized the principles of sustainable development. A corporate “ESPP (Environmental and Social Policy and Procedures)’ has been developed and adopted to address the environment and social issues arising from its activities. This outlines the approach and commitment to deal with environmental and social issues, relating to its transmission projects and procedures to mitigate the same. The company’s social responsibility mission also ensures a thrust on environment protection, community development, and energy conservation.

JSW

The social development initiatives of JSW include projects in biofuel plantation, rainwater harvesting, garbage management and drainage management.

JSW realizes that as its interest are in the mineral processing sector it is duty bound to make a substantial contribution to environment management. It set up a power generating facility using waste gases generated in steel making. This project has been registered by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Clean Development Mechanism and the estimated emission reduction (tons of CO2) over a 10 year period would be 7,673,254.

JSW is committed to mitigating the impact of climate change and has established the Earth Care awards for excellence in climate change mitigation and adaptation in collaboration with TERI, CEE and the Times of India. These awards will recognize locally evolved action among industry, community groups and individuals.

Petroleum Conservation Research Association

PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association), under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India was set up in 1978 to promote conservation through efficient utilization of petroleum products by reducing imports and helping to maintain a comfortable supply–demand balance.

In pursuance of its objectives, PCRA's core activities are divided into three broad areas. 1. Field activities, education campaign, and research and development 2. Education campaign seeks to spread the message of oil conservation and environmental protection through campaigns carried out using the media 3. Periodic sample surveys are conducted to assess the reach and impact of these campaigns and necessary changes introduced in approaches based on survey results. Research and development activities are aimed at developing and commercializing new products, processes and technologies, which have the potential to contribute substantially to energy conservation and protection of the environment.

HSBC

HSBC believes that a commitment to environment and social sustainability is a defining strategy that will help build financially successful organizations. More particularly, as the world's first major carbon neutral bank, HSBC understands risks and opportunities provided by efforts to move to lower carbon technologies and economies. HSBC Climate Change initiatives in 2007 are as follows. • HSBC Climate Partnership in collaboration with The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and WWF. • HSBC Global Environmental Efficiency Programme • HSBC Global Climate Change Benchmark Index • HSBC Climate Confidence Index 2007 • HSBC ‘Active Quant’ Climate Change Fund • HSBC India supports a number of climate change initiatives through the HSBC Young Rangers project for children and collaboration with industry association and NGOs on climate change projects

Canadian High Commission

The High Commission of Canada is proud to exhibit selected entries from a recently held drawing competition on the theme of Climate Change. Students aged 12–17 from all across India responded enthusiastically to the call and expressed creatively the challenges associated with climate change. This initiative was supported by TERI, the Canadian Education Centre, Maple Bear, Shankar's International Children's Competition, and Fever 104 FM. Its aim was to contribute to raising awareness about climate change among India's youth. It is also in that spirit that Canada and TERI co-organized a 'Youth Dialogue on Climate Change' at the college level on 6 February 2008.

United Nations Development Programme India and Climate Change

Taking its lead from the global MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) and national objectives articulated in consecutive Five-year Plans, UNDP remains focused on its goal to help improve the lives of the poorest, the marginalized, and the disadvantaged in India. UNDP’s current country programme, designed in partnership with the government, pays special attention to climate change and its impacts on the population. To mitigate and to adapt the impact of climate change, UNDP works with the government to integrate effective mitigation and adaptation strategies into development planning. UNDP also provides institutional support to the Ministry of Environment and Forests to address global environmental issues and their integration into national environmental goals.

gtz

Climate change is making itself felt, hitting people and nature hard. GTZ interventions in this area aim to mitigate the impact on the climate. Further, with partner developing countries, we identify the options to adapt efficiently and appropriately to changed climatic conditions. These activities launch a process of integration that mainstreams the various aspects of mitigating and adapting to climate change over the long term within German and international Development Cooperation, and also within the strategies adopted by partner countries.

Vestas Wind Technology India Private Limited

Vestas Wind Technology India Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vestas Wind Systems, Denmark. Vestas India has been present in India for over a decade through its wholly owned subsidiary, NEG Micon. Vestas India is headquartered in Chennai, with world class manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Puducherry. Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer commands a market share of 40.3% worldwide in the megawatt class, which is nearly two times the market share of its nearest competitor.

Vestas bring decades of rich experience in manufacture and installing wind turbines to help our customers in India get the best out of the wind. In India, Vestas offers 750 kW and 1650 kW turbines and continue its focus on higher capacity turbines. The V82-1650 MW turbine is the most powerful turbine in the country and more than 1000 turbines globally and 250 turbines in India are successfully operating.

Our focus on quality has been implemented through our Integrated Quality Management Systems Certification (ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:1999), which covers manufacturing, installation and service.

Vestas offers complete turnkey solutions. Our competencies cover everything from site studies to erection and commissioning, developing the infrastructure (road, power evacuation, substations, and so on), liaisoning with government agencies and turbine monitoring with Lifetime comprehensive Operation and Maintenance Services. Vestas has installed turbines in wind-rich states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, and Rajasthan.

For more information write to us at [email protected] or visit www.vestas.com

National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd

NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) Ltd, a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking is in the business of power projects construction and operation since 1975. Today, NTPC is the largest power utility of the country with an installed capacity of 28 644 MW through 15 coal based, 7 gas based, and 4 joint venture power stations. The company contributes nearly 29% of electricity generated in the country from about 21% share in India’s installed capacity. In the financial year 2006/07 company recorded a profit after tax of Rs 68 647 million. Treading the path of becoming a 75 000-MW power major by 2017, the company has ventured into diversified areas like hydropower, power trading, power distribution, coal mining, and oil exploration.

Somfy solutions: a major contributor to energy savings and environmental comfort Somfy Group’s activities are based on one business: automatic control of

openings and closures in homes and buildings. Reducing CO2 emissions and energy savings are major challenges for the coming years. About 40% of energy used is for buildings: heating, cooling, lighting, and so on. This requires motorized sun protection systems and automatisms to control and optimize these systems.

Somfy offers a wide range of both. - Motors for all types of sun protection systems: exterior, interior, blinds, screens, awnings, and so on. - Automatisms for all type of use: residential: remote control, sun sensors, wind sensors, light sensors, and so on - Commercial buildings: multi-zone software to manage a complete building.

An automated solar protection reduces the overall building costs (downsizing of active temperature management systems in new buildings. It also reduces recurring energy consumption costs and increases comfort levels for users.