Day 2 Live Blog Session on Business Practices Acclerating Local Progress

In this session we are discussing how the private sector can help local sustainable development.

Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head, HSBC India, speaking on the initiatives taken by HSBC

Mr. Rajiv Bawa Executive Vice President, Uninor India speaking about the growth of mobile and the potential it has in sustainable development.

90% of the worl d population now have mobile phones and the impact it has on socioeconomic growth is inarguable. There are 3 major technology move towards sustainable development. Technology have now become instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Mobile phones are creating jobs and changing people’s lives. What we need for the future is supportive telecom regulations, enforce industry legislations and targetted investments

Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam, Vice President (Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations), Asian Development Bank, Philippines speaking about the ADB initiatives and practices.

Mainstreaming the practice of inclusive business is required.

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2011 – Photos from the Exhibition Hall

 

 

Day 2 DSDS 2011 Live Blog – Nobel Perspective, Integrating Civil Society in Development

2.30 pm

“Bearing the Costs” – A session on Nobel Perspective, moderated by Mr. Vikram Chandra, CEO and Managing Director of NDTV Networks PLC, India. Speaker, Nobel Laureate Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University, USA

3.15 pm – Session on Integrating Civil Society in the Development Process.

Dr. Ajay Mathur Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India now speaking about consumer interest, sustainable growth and role of civil society.

Civil society is an amazingly effective driver of change. Information works when it is is provided in a way you and I can relate to it.

Prof Luigi Paganetto, IEA Secretary General and Tor Vergata Economics Foundation President, Italy speaking now emphasizing on the need of integrating civil society with development.

Day 2 DSDS 2011 Live blog – Special Address by Minister Jairam Ramesh

 

Jairam Ramesh Minister of State for Environment and Forrest at the Day 2 of DSDS 2011

Special Adress by Jairam Ramesh speaking about the roadmap from Cancun to Durban

Cancun was a politically correct move because it gave a platform to negotiate but from the environmental point of view it wasn’t so successful. Cancun provided a platform for Durban and a template for actionable points and eight major issues: shared vision of all the nations, adaptation, mitigation, forestry, biodiversity, market mechanism, finance and technology development.

It is time now we stop interpreting Cancun, and start implementing it. There is a need to improve the quality of the forrest and not just look at the quantity. We need extensive research to develop clean fuel. India has levied tax of about roughly 1 dollar on feuls such as coal, gas, oil and the revenue generated from this is going to be used for research. A team of 250 scientists spread across 128 research institutes are working on climate change research.

A quick chat with Digvijay Singh

We had a quick chat with Mr. Digvijay Singh for our magazine TERRA Green. The full interview excerpts will be available on our magazine soon.

For followers of our live blog, here is a quick peek at the rapid fire round with Mr. Digvijay Singh (DS)

TERI – Sir which is your home state?
DS – Madhya Pradesh
TERI – City / Town you are from –
DS – Rahugarh
TERI – Tell us a green fact about your homeland
DS – Plenty of Green forests
TERI – One green daily practice you follow
DS – I do one hour of yoga daily
TERI – A book you read
DS – My experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
TERI – Your green advises for the future
DS – Developed country should be more sensitive to need of developing country, they must show greater concern.
TERI – And developing countries?
DS – They would have to take responsibility; they cannot keep depending upon developed country and must not miss out on local initiatives.
TERI – Your green message to the youth
DS – Understand the limitation of nature