PM leaves for New Delhi

February 4 – Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley is leaving the kingdom today (February 4) to attend the Delhi sustainable development summit (DSDS) 2010, being convened in the Indian capital from February 5 to 7.

DSDS 2010 is touted as the first major gathering of leaders, drawn from every part of the globe and from every sphere of human endeavour, to focus on new pathways the world is expected to explore and move along as a consequence of the Copenhagen conference of the parties in December 2009.

Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley will be among several world leaders, who will deliver keynote addresses at the summit. Other notable speakers include former US president Bill Clinton, former Norwegian prime minister Dr Gro Harlem Bruntland and, interestingly, the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who will speak through a satellite video link.

Dasho Paljor J Dorji, an advisor to the national environment commission, will chair Ministerial Session III – Building on the Copenhagen Accord. Bhutanese environmentalists will also be present at the summit.

Organisers say the summit hosted at the Taj palace will be packed with great sessions, dynamic speakers from the world over, and fabulous displays. Participants from corporates, governments, international agencies, and institutes will provide critical mass for formulation and delineation of strategies to take the sustainable development agenda forward.

The sub-themes of the summit include building institutions for effective climate governance, from sustainable livelihoods to sustainable development, sustaining business in a climate-constrained world, financing opportunities post Copenhagen, role of emerging economies in fostering climate cooperation, and, in pursuit of sustainable development: ethics, equity, and social justice.

source: kuensel