Special event on transport and climate change during DSDS 2010
TERI organized its flagship event DSDS (Delhi Sustainable Development Summit), from 5-7 February 2010 in Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi focusing on the overarching theme ‘Beyond Copenhagen: new pathways to sustainable development’. Tenth in the series, the summit received audience from all over the globe. Distinguished world leaders, influential opinion-makers and high-level participants were present during the event that was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. On the sidelines of this global event, TERI and ADB organized a special event on ‘Transport and Climate change’ on 6th February 2010. The event aimed at bringing together main actors in transport sector to deliberate upon relevant climate change issues and the way forward. Sectoral experts discussed the key trends of transport growth and their impacts in terms of increasing energy use and CO2 emissions. Dr. Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI in her inaugural remarks welcomed the participants and thanked ADB for partnering with TERI for organizing this event on transport and climate change issue, which she felt needs urgent attention keeping in view the complex nature of the problem. Ms. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development), ADB in her introductory remarks emphasized the need for a paradigm shift while planning for transport sector, especially in Asian cities. She highlighted the importance of the subject in view of the rapid growth of urban population in Asian cities.
A series of presentations were made by experts to present the global, Asian, Indian and urban perspective on transport and climate change issues. Speakers presented the on-going growth trends in transport sector, their impact on energy use and CO2 emissions and the solutions/pathways to move the transport sector on a low carbon path. The presentations were followed by a panel discussion wherein the panel actively responded to the questions of the audience and emphasized on implementing key solutions like providing cycle lanes, pavements and public transport to reduce the dependence on personal vehicles. Key speakers included Mr. S Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI; Mr. Jamie Leather, Senior Transport Specialist, ADB; Mr. Per Sandberg, Managing Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Dr. Geetam Tiwari, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi; Professor H M Shivananda Swamy, Professor and Associate Director, CEPT University, Ahmedabad; and Mr Sanjeev Kumar Lohia
OSD (MRTS), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Overall, the event was instrumental in raising the key issues and solutions to address the transport and climate change problem in developing countries.
A series of presentations were made by experts to present the global, Asian, Indian and urban perspective on transport and climate change issues. Speakers presented the on-going growth trends in transport sector, their impact on energy use and CO2 emissions and the solutions/pathways to move the transport sector on a low carbon path. The presentations were followed by a panel discussion wherein the panel actively responded to the questions of the audience and emphasized on implementing key solutions like providing cycle lanes, pavements and public transport to reduce the dependence on personal vehicles. Key speakers included Mr. S Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI; Mr. Jamie Leather, Senior Transport Specialist, ADB; Mr. Per Sandberg, Managing Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Dr. Geetam Tiwari, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi; Professor H M Shivananda Swamy, Professor and Associate Director, CEPT University, Ahmedabad; and Mr Sanjeev Kumar Lohia
OSD (MRTS), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Overall, the event was instrumental in raising the key issues and solutions to address the transport and climate change problem in developing countries.