The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India’s leading research and development institute, is organizing the seventh chapter of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) from January 22-24. Titled ‘Meeting the MDGs: Exploring the Natural Resource Dimensions’, the summit this year will explore the natural resource dimensions to sustainable development.

The DSDS, an annual international event organized by TERI since 2001, has emerged as the only forum on global sustainability issues with an accentuated thrust on problems relating to the developing world. The DSDS brings the finest minds of the world together to deliberate upon and set forth paradigms and approaches of sustainable development. The summit series attracts participation from a host of dignitaries worldwide, comprising heads of governments, Nobel laureates, corporate leaders, and ministerial-level representation from more than 25 countries around the world -- Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, The Netherlands, USA and UK.

Some of the prominent names this year include HE Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway; Lord John Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP, UK; P HE Dr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland; Mr Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Company, USA; Mr Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister for Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Dr Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations; Mr A Raja, Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India; Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA; Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Honorary Chairman /Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan; HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland; Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, India; Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change, Head of the Government Economic Service, UK; Dr Bindu N Lohani, Director General - Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank; Mr Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman, Shell Group of Companies in India; among many others.

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