Sustainable Development in India

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History

In 1987, theUnited Nationsreleased theBrundtland Report which comprised of the concept of sustainable development. attention on sustainability peaked at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, in Rio de Janeiro. It brought together the heads or senior officials of 179 governments, and included the Earth Summit, the largest-ever meeting of world leaders. Rio produced two international agreements, two statements of principles and a major action agenda on worldwide sustainable development. 5/27/12

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What is Sustainable Development?

According

to the Brundtland Report,

"Sustainable

development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:

The concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs."
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Benefits of Sustainable Development

Sustainable

development addresses environmental stewardship issues, while also providing opportunities for economic growth and social responsibility. Incorporating sustainable development principles into ER3 projects allows for environmental, economic, and social benefits beyond what are usually achieved.

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Benefits of Sustainable Development

Green Buildings
Environmental-

Reduce the impacts of our built environment in areas such as energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, and use of environmentallyfriendly materials. Studies show that installing green building technologies can be cost-efficient in the long run Improving indoor environmental quality creates a healthier environment for the occupants of a building, which may help 5/27/12

Economic-

Social-

Benefits of Sustainable Development (Contd.)

Ecological Enhancements
Environmental-Ecological

controls can benefit the environment in numerous ways, such as serving as a filtration system in storm water runoff or biodegrading environmental contaminants. projects with ecological enhancements are resulting in significant cost-savings. development using ecological enhancement serves communities by preserving green space and creating 5/27/12

Economic-Remediation

Social-Sustainable

Benefits of Sustainable Development (Contd.)

Smart

Growth

Environmental-

Smart Growth strategies can improve air and water quality, facilitate redevelopment of contaminated properties, and preserve open space. Growth strategies can create jobs and expand the local tax base to create economically competitive communities. Smart Growth development creates healthy communities by creating a cleaner environment and builds stronger 5/27/12

Economic-Smart

Social-

In India
Sustainable

development in India encompasses a variety of development schemes having caught the attention of both Central and State governments and also public and private sectors. sustained efforts towards reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) will ensure that the country's per capita emission of GHG will continue to be low until 2030-31,

India's

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Sustainable Development in India: Perspectives

Poverty

eradication and sustainable livelihoods unsustainable patterns of consumption and production and managing the natural resource base for economic and social development development in a globalizing world

Changing

Protecting

Sustainable Health

and sustainable development

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Major Achievements of india

The

number of carbon credits issued for emission reduction projects in India is set to triple to 246 million by December 2012 from 72 million in November 2009, according to a CRISIL Research study. will cement India's second position in the global carbon credits market (technically called Certified Emission Reduction units or CERs). The growth in CER issuance will be driven by capacity additions in the renewable energy sector and by the eligibility of more renewable energy projects to issue CERs. Consequently, the share of 5/27/12

This

TERI
The

Energy and Resources Institute established in 1974, is aresearch institute based inNew Delhifocusing its research activities in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development. sustainable development institute in

Leading

India.

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Some of its achievements

Bio

technologists at TERI developed a new technique for the revival of sick oil wells called (MEOR). It has helped in recovering 5% to 15% of crude oil from the wells. developedOilzapper, a mix of bacteria that destroys crude oil sludge. initiated theLighting A Billion LivesCampaign in 2007 to light energy starving rural villages.

TERI TERI

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Cases
Mitsubishi embeds sustainability into core business philosophy -The company identified seventy shared sustainability targets to work towards and achieve in environment, energy and resource, human development and health areas.

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Cases
ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal

- Conserving indigenous forests in Liberia assembled a large team of specialists and partners from Liberia and other neighboring countries, including the Liberian Forestry Development Authority, the NGOs Conservation International and Fauna and Flora International, and the Cte d'Ivoire-based Afrique Nature, to study the current state of biodiversity in the region. of the positive consequences of the work carried out has been the establishment of an
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One

Cases
Reducing

waste and conserving energy:

L'Oral
The

factory now recycles and/or reuses over 75% of all waste generated at the plant. polythene, wood, steel and cardboard are now being re-used and/or recycled, with a large proportion being reused by site suppliers.

Plastic,

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Useful link

http://www.sustainabledevelopment.in/services/corpor

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http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/lay

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 Sustainable

development is not UNATTAINABLE.

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Major World Organizations

Institute

for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Developm

(ITSSD)
International International

Institute for Environment and Development Institute for Sustainable Development

(IISD)
International TERI The The

Organization for Sustainable DevelopmentThe Earth Institute The Energy and Resources Institute Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net) Venus Project
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