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The Green India 2047 study series
In 1997, TERI undertook a major study called the GREEN
India 2047 (GREEN – Growth with Resource Enhancement of Environment
and Nature), with an objective to determine and quantify the extent
of damage to India’s natural resource base that accompanied
economic growth during the first 50 years of independence (1947–97).
The results of this study were documented in a publication titled
‘Looking Back to Think Ahead’. This study was followed
by a ‘think ahead’ component, documented in the form
of ‘DISHA for sustainable development’ (DISHA –
Directions, Innovations, and Strategies for Harnessing Action),
envisaging alternative development options for adopting strategies
that would lead to a more sustainable future, presenting ‘base’
and ‘alternative’ scenarios for the period 1997–2047
and projected quantitatively the status of our natural resources
and environment.
The sequel to GREEN India 2047, ‘GREEN India 2047 renewed:
looking back to change track’, reviews the status of the environment
and natural resources to assess the gains and losses since 1997.
Through this study, TERI examines if the country indeed has changed
track to a more sustainable path when compared with the first 50
years of development, since 1947. It also aims at identifying areas
for further action and suggests ways to gather and sustain a critical
momentum for a positive change.
The analysis contained under TERI’s GREEN India project,
will be used over a period of time in various documentations under
the Council.
Inputs for the 13th Finance Commission:
the Finance Commission was set-up with the mandate to examine ‘the
need to improve the quality of public expenditure to obtain better
outputs and outcomes’. It is a premiere commission responsible
for identifying the flow of funds between the centre and states
in India. The 13th Finance Commission set-up, under the chairmanship
of Dr Vijay Kelkar, lays emphasis on the need to manage ecology,
environment, and climate change consistent with sustainable development
amongst its terms of reference. In this regard, TERI, has undertaken
a yearlong study under the aegis of ICSD, with the overarching objective
of studying the feasibility and laying out criteria of achieving
‘Fiscal Environment Federalism’, in the light of maximizing
social welfare. As a result of this study the Council will submit
a report, which will serve as an input to the Finance Commission.
ICSD and CCICED: the Council envisages
to work in close coordination with the CCICED, by bringing together
experts and policy community from the two countries, to help forge
a common understanding and comparative analysis of the country contexts
of both India and China. As a step in that direction, ICSD in collaboration
with CCICED is to carry out a joint project on “Environment
for Development: Policy Observation for China and India”.
The study seeks to influence, share and draw upon each country’s
environmental policies and actions to inform environmental policies
and actions in various other countries, thereby charting a sustainable
Low Carbon Path of Development by setting an example.
The yearlong study will have comprise of two working teams representing
the two Councils, with the first project initiation meeting to be
held in September 2008.
ICSD Newsletter: the first issue of the
ICSD Newsletter will be published in the month of September 2008.
The newsletter will focus on sustainability issues for India based
on an economic modeling framework and future scenarios, thus suggesting
key policy initiatives.
ICSD collaborates with the CCICED
11-12 September 2008
TERI, New Delhi
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A collaborative study "Environment
for development: policy observations for India and China"
was formally launched by India Council for Sustainable Development
(ICSD) and the China Council for International Cooperation
on Environment and Development (CCICED) in a two-day meeting
held from 11-12 September 2008, at TERI, New Delhi. During
the meeting the two-core team members representing the two
Councils discussed the scope of work for the yearlong study.
Being first of
its kind the study aims to understand the environment and
development nexus in the two countries in the overall sustainability
context. It would provide an overview of environmental issues
in the last decade (1997-2007), identify key challenges and
suggest areas of mutual interest where cooperation between
the two countries can be enhanced. This project will enable
identification of commonalties and differences in the environment-developmental
context in India and China and with both countries emerging
as major players in the global arena the messages from the
study can enhance the lessons that the two countries can draw
from each other while tacking their environmental issues.
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Conference on “Vision 2025: a sustainable roadmap
for India”
1-2 November 2007
The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi
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