Tapping Local Initiatives and Tackling Global Inertia
Science now tells us that climate change, trends of unsustainable use of natural resources, and ecosystem degradation are problems of immediate and growing concern the world over. We know that solutions are urgently required, and that the world’s sustained attention and focus must be applied to find them.
Yet, though there are many local initiatives addressing these problems throughout the world, global-scale political will is still lacking and inertia remains. Creating the momentum the world needs now on these crucial issues will be the focus of the 11th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
DSDS 2011 will be a unique platform for showcasing examples of local initiatives that successfully address the planet’s most pressing problems. The summit will gather leaders and innovators from politics, NGOs, corporations, academia, and other stakeholders to work and focus together on the all important need to find a way to turn these examples of local initiatives into global momentum.
DSDS 2011 will serve both as a platform for and a challenge to the world, to learn together the key lessons from local success stories that are needed to move the world in the right direction.
Source: dsds.teriin.org