Every year since 2001, political, economic and institutional leaders from all over the world meet in Delhi to debate on both sustainable development and climate change. Organized by the TERI(1), the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) will take place this year on February 2009, from 5th to 7th, in presence of Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

This time, the DSDS would sharpen the focus on the theme ‘Towards Copenhagen: an equitable and ethical approach’, referring to the agreement that would have to adopt the countries of Kyoto Protocol, next December in Copenhagen. The goal is to arrive at a global consensus on climate change beyond 2012, when ends the Kyoto Protocol on reducing Greenhouse gases emissions.

Indeed, to Rajendra Pachauri, TERI’s director, 2007 Peace Nobel Prize and member of the Fondation Chirac’s honor committee, it urges to reinforce international mobilization in favor of a more sustainable environment. A move step in which the Fondation Chirac fully involves itself, according to its fight against deforestation. Therefore the Fondation Chirac already leads an experimental project in Congo-Brazzaville to achieve the certification process for 7 million hectares of the forest by 2010. (Click here to know more)

To know more about the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit : the DSDS website

(1) The TERI:
TERI was formally established in 1974 with the purpose of tackling and dealing with the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to be faced with in the years ahead:
-    on account of the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite energy resources which are largely non-renewable and
-    on account of the existing methods of their use which are polluting.

Research is one of the TERI’s priorities in order to use natural resources in the most efficient possible way. Therefore, it seeks to make up and value technologies, politics and institutions supporting efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. The central element of TERI’s philosophy has been its reliance on entrepreneurial skills to create benefits for society through the development and dissemination of intellectual property. That’s why it organizes the DSDS in order to debate on various aspects of sustainable development.