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Towards Copenhagen: an Equitable and Ethical Approach Delhi Sustainable Development Summit Towards Copenhagen: an equitable and ethical approach 5–7 February 2009 Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, India SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS The Energy and Resources Institute World Sustainable Development Forum WSDF he WSDF (World Sustainable Development Forum), P Mr Warren Evans, Director of Environment, The World established by TERI in 2005, is a platform to identify, Bank, USA Tanalyse, and disseminate policy interventions to P Dr Prodipto Ghosh, former Secretary, Ministry of enhance human well being in the present, and create Environment and Forests, Government of India, Distinguished conditions for a sustainable future. In its endeavours, the Fellow, TERI forum is supported by highly distinguished patrons and P Ms Frannie Leautier, former Vice President, World advisory committee members who are global leaders in Bank Institute, Washington, DC; Managing Partner of The government, industry, and academia, as well as opinion- Fezembat Group makers in a world characterized by locale specific P Dr Bindu N Lohani, Vice-President (Finance and Administration), Asian Development Bank socio-economic and environmental priorities. Given the P Dr Ligia Noronha, Director, Resources and Global Security diverse developmental imperatives across regions, WSDF Division, TERI activities and events seek to spread the key messages P Dr Pal Prestrud, Director, Center for International Climate emerging from the annual DSDS (Delhi Sustainable and Environmental Research Oslo, Norway Development Summit) and RSDS (Regional Sustainable P Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI Development Summit), collate information, monitor P Dr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Vice Rector, United Nations developments, and report on the progress of MDGs, apart University from understanding and disseminating information on the P Mr Georges Valentis, Managing Director, The Institut issues of sustainable development in varied contexts. Veolia Environnement, France P Prof. Wei Zhihong, Deputy Director - Global Climate List of Patrons Change Institute, Tsinghua University P Mr Kofi Annan, former Secretary General, United Nations; and President, Global Humanitarian Forum, Geneva The WSDF Patrons and Advisory Group members meet P HE Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister annually, providing an opportunity for the Secretariat to of Norway; President Oslo Centre for Peace and Human submit an update of activities under the forum for each Rights; and Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of year and seek guidance on the forum’s proposed way Africa, United Nations forward. P Lord John Browne, former Group Chief Executive, British Petroleum Co. plc. P HE Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, former President, Regional Sustainable Development Summit Republic of Maldives Given diverse developmental imperatives across regions, P HE Mr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland WSDF conducts RSDS (Regional Sustainable Development P HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland Summit) annually, to focus on sustainable development P Mr Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive issues regionally. The first regional summit held under Officer (CEO), General Electric Company, USA the WSDF-RSDS series was held in Shirakawa, Japan in P Mr Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and 2006 as a Policy Forum on Science and Technology for Industry, Government of India Sustainable Development. This was followed by the second P Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director, Earth Institute; and Special WSDF summit in 2007, held in Tunisia, focusing on Climate Advisor to the Secretary- General of the United Nations Change Strategies for the African and Mediterranean P HE Mr Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway Regions. The year 2009 will witness two regional summits, P Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Honorary Chairman/Member of the both in the month of June to be held in Athens, Greece, Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan with the emphasis on ‘Climate Change and Challenges for P Mr A Raja, Hon’ble Minister of Communications and Future Generations’ and in Manila, Philippines as a ‘High- Information Technology, Government of India. Level Dialogue—Climate Change in the Asia Pacific: a P Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, President and Chairperson, Board development challenge’. of Directors, ADB P Dr Jose Antanio Ocampo, Professor at the school of International and Public Affairs; Fellow of the Committee WSDF newsletter series on Global Thought at Columbia University; former Under As part of its outreach activities, the forum publishes a Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, United biannual newsletter series titled ‘Tackling tomorrow’s Nations challenges today’, discussing development prerogatives, debates, and discourses with the aim of highlighting WSDF Advisory Group Members challenges to the attainment of development that is P Ms Lorraine Bolsinger, President and Chief Executive sustainable worldwide. Officer, General Electric (GE) Aviation The 21st century has been dubbed the century of the P Dr Adnan A Shihab-Eldin, former Acting Secretary environment. To truly maximize the available opportunities General, Director of Research at OPEC; Advisor to Kuwait and a forum of this caliber, we invite expressions of interest Petroleum Corporation, Austria for WSDF endeavours. 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 DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2009 Towards Copenhagen: an equitable and ethical approach 5–7 February 2009 Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, India SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS The Energy and Resources Institute © The Energy and Resources Institute, 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior permission from The Energy and Resources Institute. Published by TERI Press The Energy and Resources Institute Tel. 2468 2100 or 4150 4900 Darbari Seth Block Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 IHC Complex India +91 • Delhi (0) 11 Lodhi Road E-mail [email protected] New Delhi – 110 003, India Web www.teriin.org Printed in India Contents PREFACE .................................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................ vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................ ix WORLD CEO FORUM: Curtain raiser to DSDS 2009 ............................................... 1 DSDS 2009 .......................................................................................................... 11 Agenda ....................................................................................................... 12 Background note ..................................................................................... 20 Day 1: 5 February 2009 .......................................................................... 25 Inaugural session Leadership panel Ministerial session I: Innovative policies and technologies Business as a stakeholder The global challenge The Asian challenge Special address: Strengthening partnerships Dinner session: Green Globe Foundation’s Annual Awards Ceremony Day 2: 6 February 2009 .......................................................................... 38 The challenge in Africa: climate change and its humanitarian dimensions Multilaterial institutions Keynote address: View from Copenhagen To Copenhagen with ethics and equity Ministerial session II: Building a new spirit of cooperation Nobel Laureates’ keynote session Keynote address Dinner session: Norwegian nite dsds 2 0 0 9 Towards Copenhagen: an equitable and ethical approach proceedings Day 3: 7 February 2009 .......................................................................... 50 Discussions thus far: a summary by Dr R K Pachauri Adapting to the impacts Mitigation and co-benefits Special address Engaging all stakeholders Ministerial session III: Climate change and sustainable development Valedictory session DSDS 2009: a snapshot .......................................................................... 64 PARALLEL EVENTS ..................................................................................................... 67 Special events .......................................................................................... 68 International Climate Change Exhibition 2009 ............................... 76 QUOTES FROM SPONSORS ......................................................................................... 79 AppENDIX ................................................................................................................ 87 List of speakers: DSDS 2009 ................................................................. 88 List of speakers: World CEO Forum 2009 .......................................... 90 List of participants: DSDS 2009 ........................................................... 90 List of participants: World CEO Forum 2009 .................................... 96 List of exhibitors: ICCE 2009 ................................................................. 98 List of steering committee members ................................................. 100 Note on DSDS 2010 ......................................................................................... 101 iv Contents dsds 2 0 0 9 Towards Copenhagen: an equitable and ethical approach
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