DSDS 2006

The sixth edition of the [i][b]Delhi Sustainable Development Summit - DSDS 2006[/b][/i] 2/4 february 2006 New Delhi, India. With intent to foster hope and stimulate action towards respectable standards of living for the world’s poorest and a responsible pattern of production and consumption among the richest, TERI organizes the DSDS (Delhi Sustainable Development Summit) annually. The only forum convened in a developing country, the Summit brings together the finest minds and the leading thinkers of the world to focus attention on the challenge of sustainable development as it relates to current trends at the global, regional, and local levels. By combining the talents of leaders from government, bilateral and multilateral development organizations, business and industry, academia and civil society, this unique annual summit develops and articulates solutions that become increasingly important in a world of large-scale hunger and malnutrition, extensive disease, and physical suffering, which may increase with major threats such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and damaged ecosystems—in a world that has reached unprecedented levels of wealth and prosperity in aggregate terms! [i]Themes:[/i] * Involving diverse stakeholders: partnering for change * Ensuring people’s participation: governance issues for meeting sustainability challenges * Applying science and technology for sustainable development * Energy the underlying MDG * Health and sanitation: a crucial determinant? *Agricultural threats: coping and adaptation strategies For further infromation and registration: http://www.teriin.org/dsds/2006/index.htm