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Watch the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) live online

Posted by: sarah-indra, 1. February 2012 - 12:06
Source: http://cdkn.org

Heads of State, Ministers and academics from across the world are arriving in New Delhi, India for the 2012 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), to be held 2-4 February. This year’s summit titled ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 years post Rio’ is a landmark event in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference to be held in June later this year.

It will take stock of what has been achieved and what more urgently needs to be done to achieve ‘sustainable development’.

As Dr Pachauri, Director-General of TERI has said: “The Rio Summit of 1992 was a rallying point for those concerned with the planetary crisis faced on account of mounting neglect in this area, but sadly actions since Rio have been far below expectations. It is, therefore, appropriate that DSDS 2012 focus on this major theme, 20 years since Rio and help evolve strategies, by which the neglect of the past can be addressed effectively and urgently in the immediate future”.

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