DSDS 2012

Special Features

Videos

Welcome and DSDS 2012 theme presentation By Dr R K Pachauri

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh; Your Excellency President of Finland, Ms Tarja Halonen; Your Excellency President of Kiribati,

Sustainable Development Leadership Awards

HE Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland was conferred the Sustainable Development Leadership Award by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.

Photo Gallery

DSDS 2012 Inaugural

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated DSDS 2012

PM's Speech
Webcast

Past DSDS Speakers

Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon'ble Prime Minister Government of India
HE Mr Hamid Karzai
President of Afghanistan
HE Dr Leonel Fernandez President of Dominican Republic
HE Mr James Alix Michel
President of Seychelles
HE Mr Jigmi Yoser Thinley
Prime Minister of Bhutan
HE Mr Matti Vanhanen
Prime Minister of Finland
HE Mr George Papandreou
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Greece
HE Mr Anote Tong
President of the Republic of Kiribati
HE Mr Jens Stoltenberg
Prime Minister of Norway
HE Mr Danilo Trk
The President of the Republic of Slovenia
HE Ms Tarja Halonen
President of Finland, Government of Finland
HE Mr Meles Zenawi
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
HE Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
President, Government of Maldives
HE Mr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
President of Iceland
HE Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Prime Minister, Government of Denmark
HE Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway
HE Mr Moritz Leuenberger
Former President of Switzerland
HE Prof Ruud F M Lubbers
Former Prime Minister, Government of the Netherlands
Prof Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico
HE Mr Mamadou Lamine Loum
Former Prime Minister of Senegal
Mr Ola Ullsten
Former Prime Minister of Sweden
HE Mr Alain Juppe
Former Prime Minister of France and Mayor of Bordeaux
HE Mr Ricardo Lagos
Former President, Government of Chile
HE Mr Jose Maria Figueres Olsen
Former President of Costa Rica
HE Mr Tony Blair (by video)
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Mr William Jefferson Clinton (by video)
Former President of USA
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
President of India
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India

Sustainable Quotes

The Summit has now become an
important annual landmark in
the international discourse on
sustainable development.

Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
Transition from fossil fuel to
renewable energy is truly in
line with principles of sustai-
nable development

HE Mr Jan Dusik
Minister of the Environment
Czech Republic
Deserts are spreading, water
scarcity is increasing, tropical forests are shrinkingclimate
change is looming large

Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
United Nations
Climate change is indeed a
threat but it also presents a unique opportunity to work
together

Pranab Mukherjee
Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs
Government of India
India has the potential to be a
forerunner in driving the
movement towards a low
carbon economy

Dr Nandan Nilekani
Co-Chairman
Infosys Technologies