The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), organised by TERI, was held in the Indian capital 7-9 February. Sustainable development and climate change was the theme of this year’s conference. Norway had a permanent stall at the exhibition for the first time.
08/04/2008 :: The Norwegian Prime Minister, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, participated in the panel debate at the opening of DSDS on 7 February together with other heads of state- and governments. The DSDS was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (for more info about this, see other articles on the site).
In addition to speeches and panel discussions during the main event as well as several seminars, an exhibition was open for invitees for the summit. Being the premier partner for the event, the Norwegian Embassy had a permanent stall throughout the exhibition together with representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Finance where Norway’s climate policy was presented and discussed. The Norwegian Embassy in Delhi had in collaboration with TERI and the Norwegian Ministry of Finance developed the idea for the stall, The stall informed about the Embassy’s work in India in terms of Norway’s climate change policy- and targets, development initiatives, the Norwegian Programme for Carbon Capture and storage (CCS), and the Ministry of Finance’s carbon scheme. The Norwegian stall was well received by the audience at the DSDS conference 2008.