Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit is an annual summit organised by The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI in New Delhi in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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Introduction

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit is an annual summit organised by TERI, a research and policy organization in India in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)since 2001. The DSDS attracts worldwide thinkers and practitioners, coming from governments, business and industries, multilateral and bilateral organizations, research and academia and civil society.

Following this success, TERI has established the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF), which aims to emulate the DSDS, but applying its talks and research worldwide, and aiming to monitor worldwide industrial development, associated environment and sustainability analysis, and to provide interesting solutions to local industries and government, to meet the MDGs.

Sustainable Development Leadership Award

In 2005, TERI established the Sustainable Development Leadership Award. They award to the various countries' leaders every year, as one of the special attractions at DSDS.

Year Name Nationality Position then
2005 Shoichiro Toyoda  Japan Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
2006 Ernesto Zedillo  Mexico Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
2007 Arnold Schwarzenegger  United States Governor of California
2008 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom  Maldives President of the Maldives
2009 Ban Ki-moon  South Korea Secretary-General of the United Nations
2010 Yukio Hatoyama  Japan Prime Minister of Japan
2011 Dr.Manmohan singh  India Prime Minister of India

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