Delhi Sustainable Development Summit is an annual summit organised by The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI in New Delhi in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Delhi Sustainable Development Summit is an annual summit organised by TERI, a research and policy organization in India in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)since 2001. The DSDS attracts worldwide thinkers and practitioners, coming from governments, business and industries, multilateral and bilateral organizations, research and academia and civil society.
Following this success, TERI has established the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF), which aims to emulate the DSDS, but applying its talks and research worldwide, and aiming to monitor worldwide industrial development, associated environment and sustainability analysis, and to provide interesting solutions to local industries and government, to meet the MDGs.
In 2005, TERI established the Sustainable Development Leadership Award. They award to the various countries' leaders every year, as one of the special attractions at DSDS.
| Year | Name | Nationality | Position then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Shoichiro Toyoda | Japan | Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 2006 | Ernesto Zedillo | Mexico | Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization |
| 2007 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | United States | Governor of California |
| 2008 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives | President of the Maldives |
| 2009 | Ban Ki-moon | South Korea | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 2010 | Yukio Hatoyama | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan |
| 2011 | Dr.Manmohan singh | India | Prime Minister of India |