Brainstorming Session:

Designing Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs)

30 January, 2013

Venue: Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre,

Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

Session Summary

One of the main outcomes of the United Nations

Conference on Sustainable Development

(UNCSD), popularly known as the Rio+20

convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012,

was the agreement by member States to launch a

process to develop a set of sustainable

development goals (SDGs). SDGs were

introduced in the run up to the Rio+20 by the

Government of Colombia and Guatemala and

later supported by many countries. The goals are

intended to advance sustainable development as a

further integration of its three dimensions:

economic, social and environmental. It is also

expected to guide and contribute to

transformative change as stipulated in the Rio+20

Outcome Document, The Future We Want (from

now on, it will be referred to as the Outcome

Document), in support of rights-based, equitable

and inclusive processes that enhance sustainability

at global, regional, national and local levels1.

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

organized a Brainstorming Session on ‗Designing

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)‘ in

light of the relevant terms agreed within the

Rio+20 Outcome document and the various

thematic priorities that are emerging for these

goals. The Session also brought to the table cross

cutting issues of gender and technology

1Rio+20 Outcome Document; Last accessed on 4th January‘ 2013 from http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/futurewewant.html

innovation, governance and partnerships, and

regional perspectives on these goals.

The session had a multi stakeholder representation

including regional and international organizations,

academic and research institutes, development

practitioners, and policy and opinion makers.

This Summary document gives an overview of

issues discussed at the Brainstorming Session and

highlights the key issues. However the document

does not suggest to providing a comprehensive

account of the sessions. The session focussed on

the following broad topics: historical background to

SDGs and the role of UN agencies; key interfaces between

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and SDGs;

thematic priorities for SDGs; and cross cutting perspectives,

governance and commitment for SDGs.

SDGs as an outcome of Rio+20 The Rio+20 Outcome Document (paragraph 245-

251) specifies that the SDGs would be useful in

pursuing focused and coherent action on

sustainable development. This was based also in

the observed success of the Millennium

Development Goals in helping different nations

prioritize towards a development agenda. The

SDGs, however, need to go beyond the

development agenda, to a sustainable

development agenda.

So should the SDGs become the new basis for

defining the post 2015 Development Agenda,

building on the experience with the MDGs? Or

should the SDGs be seen as complementary to the

MDGs? If SDGs are designed to complement

MDGs, it could allow the MDGs‘ focus on

poverty reduction to be matched by

complementary environmental goals and targets.

As per the Outcome document, the proposed

SDGs should be global in nature and universal in

application; covering both developing and

developed countries, keeping in mind common

but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR).

The process of developing

SDGs Member States during the Rio+20 resolved to

establish an “inclusive and transparent intergovernmental

process open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing

global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the

UN General Assembly2.‖ In launching this process,

member States outlined a number of criteria that

the SDGs should meet. Of the broader challenges

threatening the world‘s sustainable development

path, poverty eradication should remain as an

overarching goal of SDGs. Most of the discussion

has focused on the approach to developing the

goals themselves and how the SDG process could

be integrated with the on-going process to define

the broader post- 2015 development agenda or the

post-MDG agenda and in making both, developed

and developing countries accountable.

The Outcome of the Rio+20 Conference decided

the establishment of an Open Working Group

(OWG) in charge of SDGs. The OWG will

include 30 representatives nominated by Member

States from the five UN regional groups.

The Open Working Group was established on

15th of January 2013 by the decision of the

General Assembly3. Although there are 30

2 Report of Secretary-General‘s Initial Input to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals; Last accessed on 4th January‘2013 from http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/1494sgreportsdgs.pdf

3 Refer to General Assembly Resolution Number A/67/L.48/Rev.1; Last Accessed on 28th February‘

representatives of the OWG, some of the

representations include more than one country.

The Member States have decided to use an

innovative, constituency-based system of

representation that is new to limited membership

bodies of the General Assembly. This means that

most of the seats in the OWG are shared by

several countries. For example, the first group

includes Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

The groups which have two or more countries

would have processes, contributions and decisions

made within the group by all countries members

of that group, and they would then come out with

one document. One Member State was also left to

be nominated upon communication by the

African Group. In this way a total of 70 countries

are part of the OWG with 30 representations.

This Group is required to produce a report

containing proposals on sustainable development

goals for consideration and appropriate action by

the General Assembly during its 68th session

which will be convened in September 2013.

The Millennium Development

Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are

eight goals, which were set forth following the

United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000.

These eight development goals ranged from

eradicating poverty and hunger to reducing child

mortality and were targeted towards developing

countries. The MDGs had advantages as well as

drawbacks. Some of the advantages (to name a

few) were:

Their ability to galvanize global and national

concerns to address critical global issues,

They established clear and measurable time

bound targets, fostered greater coordination

on international development assistance and

2013 from http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/L.48/Rev.1&Lang=E

They were able to influence on national and

global design of policy processes.

However, there were drawbacks in terms of the

process. The process was a top-down exclusive

one, the MDGs were silent on many issues like

energy, human rights, governance, etc., there was a

one-way accountability only by developing

countries and there have been constraints on

available funding to achieve these goals. The

MDGs will end in 2015 and the Post-2015 agenda

is working towards what will happen after the

MDGs.

The SDGs will be based on the success of the

MDGs and work towards a set of goals which will

take into account all the points of the Outcome

Document. Sustainable development discussed

social and economic development keeping in

mind the limits of the planer. Although social and

economic development was addressed in the

MDGs, the limits of the planet were not.

There is however a debate on whether and how

the MDGs and SDGs should be connected, given

that the deadline for the achievement of MDGs is

2015. Views revolve around three options:

1. To finish what was started by the MDGs:

The MDGs included eight goals and twenty

one targets. Some of the target indicators did

not completely address the objective of the

goal. One example is from Goal 1 on

eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.

Although the goal seeks to eradicate extreme

poverty, the target is to halve the population

of people living below $1 a day. The target

could be further enhanced to completely

eradicating poverty. Therefore SDGs could

consider working on the MDGs and taking

them forward to achieve what the goals hoped

to achieve.

2. An MDG+ Process: This view holds that the

SDGs should add to the goals that the MDGs

missed out on. For example, goals on energy,

sustainable lifestyles, green economy, and

others. In this view, SDGs would be like an

add-on to the current MDGs.

3. A new, radical approach: Although there is

a need to obtain and sustain what the MDGs

tried to achieve, the SDGs need to be

formulated keeping in mind all the three

pillars of sustainable development and the

path towards SDGs should not just stop at

MDGs but look beyond it.

“A politically realistic view on the SDGs might

be an MDG+. But at the same time, SDGs

are an opportunity for member states to be

brave, aggressive and leaders in multilateral

conversations at the global level.”

Mr. Matthew Hammill, Economic

Affairs Officer, UNESCAP

“It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to

actually review the path taken by the MDGs

and to redefine a truly global sustainable

development agenda.”

Ms. Caitlin Wiesen, Country Director,

UNDP-India

Designing the Goals The Outcome document proposes that the SDGs

must be “action-oriented, concise and easy to

communicate, limited in number, aspirational, global in

nature and universally applicable to all countries while

taking into account different national realities, capacities

and levels of development and respecting national policies

and priorities”. The participants agreed with this

proposal, but suggested the avoidance of a long

list of goals and the associated documents.

While designing the goals, all three pillars of

sustainable development need to be kept in mind.

Two approaches which have been discussed are:

1. To have three separate set of goals: Social

goals, economic goals and environmental

goals

2. To include all the three pillars of sustainable

development in each goal: For example, in

terms of energy, all three dimensions on

energy could be looked at by dividing the

goals into sub-goals, i. Access (social), ii.

Improved efficiency (economic), and iii. Share

of renewable energy (environmental).

Thematic priorities for SDGs Some of the themes that the experts felt the SDGs

should cover are (not an exhaustive list):

1. Energy: This is a theme that was left out of

the MDGs despite it being an important

development issue. It must be explicitly

addressed within the planning for poverty

reduction (Goal 1) and for meeting the

broader MDGs. Including energy in term of

access, and not just looking at the service

provision is very important. Achieving

universal access to modern energy services;

improving energy efficiency; and increasing

the share of energy generated from

renewable resources should be considered.

In order to have a sustainable energy future,

biomass energy will need to play a central

role, though efforts should be made to

enable the use of modern fuels for those

who at present use traditional biomass for

cooking. It was also argued that that energy

and water need to be clubbed together given

the conjunctive use of these resources.

2. Habitat: Densification and high density

development are leading to fewer green

spaces and this is a worldwide phenomenon,

particularly in and around the cities. This

densification is further leading to lower

social cohesion or fewer spaces for social

interaction. It is important for the SDGs to

define goals that encourage taking corrective

action to address these concerns. What is

important is to look at the living conditions

in urban and peri-urban areas including

adequate housing, environmentally sound

urban development and expansion, and land

utilization, promoted through public

policies.

In developing countries like India, land use

changes in sub-urban and peri-urban areas

“Access to energy cannot be achieved if

we cannot measure the service. So service

needs to be a part of the metrics.”

Dr. Veena Joshi, Senior Advisor-

Energy, Embassy of Switzerland

are increasing, without adequate

infrastructure development (roads, water,

transport, etc.). At the building level,

problems are faced with respect to energy

use, water consumption, solid waste

generation, etc. Buildings in India consume

about 30% of the energy consumption, with

residential consumption higher than the

commercial sector. Even though this is the

case, more policies exist for the commercial

sector and none for the residential sector.

There is a need therefore to have micro

goals which look at the following issues:

a. Carrying capacity of land with respect

to water availability

b. Setting carbon footprint goals

c. Land suitability with respect to

planned development

d. Energy standards, energy quality

improvement, reducing energy

intensity in the habitat sector

Cost is a great concern and there is a need

for innovative financing mechanisms,

increasing the role of private sector and

encouraging not only quantitative results,

but also quality factors. For example,

besides reducing the water intensity and

avoiding wastage of water in built

environment, it is equally important to look

at the quality of water being supplied and

reducing the pollution generated by treating

and recycling.

3. Transport: A sustainable transport system

is one where infrastructure and services

grow with the growth in demand. Today,

there is a huge deficit in urban transport

facility delegated to cities. An SDG on

transport should address the following

issues:

a. Infrastructure for non-motorized

transport, i.e. walking, cycle, etc. and

focus on avoiding unnecessary

motorized trips with smarter planning,

pricing, and technology Some of the

means to achieve this is by using price

incentives like green surcharge on

fuels, green cess on insurance, taxes on

new cars to reduce congestion, better

information, and improved service

quality.

b. Road safety and security

c. Road networks, traffic management,

enforcement of laws, parking

limitations and management, smart

parking and car-sharing, vehicle

registration quotas, congestion pricing,

vehicle emission standards, and

intermodal freight and logistics

systems are important

4. Water: Some of the current challenges in the

water sector, highlighted for consideration

when designing SDGs, are as follows:

a. Declining per capita water availability

due to poor planning as well as

population growth

b. Increased competition for water

between agriculture, industry and the

domestic sector

c. Overexploitation of water and in

particular, ground water requiring

improvements in water use efficiency

and conservation

d. Pollution of surface and ground water

which calls for a need to bring in

aspects of quality targets and pollution

issues.

Provision of safe drinking water was one of

the targets of Goal 7 of the MDGs. The

targets itself was a problem, as it measured

access to improved water sources – those that

adequately protect the source from outside

contamination – rather than assessing the

quality, or reliability of the water supply, or

whether water sources were sustainable.

National and international/trans-boundary

issues need to be considered in the design of

SDGs, especially since there are no

international agreements on water. The

inequality factor needs to be reduced while

defining access to water. There is also a need

to look at co-benefits of water with other

natural resources (example Energy) to ensure

improved resource-use efficiency. While

addressing the challenge of providing access

to clean water for all, there is a need to link

the real cost of water, especially to those who

can afford it and by those who exploit the

resource. For this, the private sector also

needs to be included in the process of

designing the goals.

5. Oceans and Marine Ecosystems: There is

a range of problems being faced by the

oceans today ranging from climate change to

ocean acidification. Fishing is one of the

biggest food production systems in the world

and it is also a major source of livelihood.

However at the same time it also leads to

loss of marine biodiversity. This makes the

trade-off between livelihood and marine

environments very dominant.

There is a need to look at minimizing this

trade-off. Issues of socio-economic resilience

are important, especially when climate

change will also destroy the ecosystem due to

ocean acidification. SDGs should incentivise

the use of local knowledge for preserving the

ecosystem and its resources.

6. Disaster Risk and Resilience: Building

disaster preparedness and resilience were also

seen as important SDGs. Considerable shares

of GDP is getting lost due to disasters both in

developing and developed countries. Thus it is

important to ensure that development gains

are protected against these risks. In the

context of disaster risk, there is need to factor

uncertainty, and this needs to be accounted

for in the development planning. Poor people

tend to live in more unsafe and vulnerable

areas in any city and the problems are

multiplying because of this. There is a need to

consider social and biodiversity losses

resulting from disasters, especially in terms of

impacts on livelihoods and focus needs to

extend beyond rebuilding infrastructure to

rebuilding lives. Linkages could be created

between Hyogo Framework for Action

(HFA), MDGs and SDGs. Thus

mainstreaming disaster risk in the

“Our development process is not getting

immune to the exposure of risks (of

disasters) and this is a very important

point to be included in the sustainable

development agenda.”

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Policy, Planning and Cross Cutting

Issues, National Institute of

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important to note that no country has funding

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depend on external funding, loans, to finance

risk reduction and design long term responses.

Climate refugees and disaster resettlement

also need to be considered.

Alternatively, since disaster risk management

cuts across traditional development sectors

including health, education, infrastructure,

water and agriculture, and thus disaster

resilience could be integrated ―horizontally‖ in

a range of sector goals. For example, if a

global goal around education is adopted in the

post-2015 development agenda, an indicator

could include the percentage of primary

schools certified to be in conformity with

hazard resistant building standards relevant to

the region.

Besides these themes, participants also

discussed some issues that cut across these

themes and other thematic priorities that it

was felt should be considered under SDGs.

Cross cutting themes for

SDGs 1. Gender: Gender was a part of the MDG

Goal 3, however, the goal and indicator did

not talk about basic human rights issues and

at times, got the metric wrong. For example,

one of the targets talked about the number of

women in parliament and not the number of

women in the local level governments. These

two indicators would portray a completely

different picture in terms of women‘s

representation in government.

While designing the SDGs, it must be realised

that the world has completely changed since

the time of the MDGs and the indicators in

the MDGs, although crucial, do not highlight

a number of key relevant issues. Women are

participating increasingly in the economic

progress in the countries through their rising

levels of education and participation in labour

market. However this economic progress is

working in parallel with increasing violence

against women and other human rights issues

related to their existence. Gender inequality is

predominant in the unorganized sector and it

needs to be addressed in the SDGs.

On the one hand, women are seen to be

drivers of change, and on the other hand, they

are struggling to live a life of dignity. Gender

in the context of SDGs need to be an equity

based, transformative agenda and a cross-

cutting theme. Gender inequality and

discrimination are key barriers to progress on

human rights, development and peace and

security, and must therefore be central to the

post-2015 agenda, recognising that gender

inequality cross-cuts all other forms of

inequality. There must also be an explicit

―On one hand, women have already proved

themselves to be in the forefront and

accelerators of any development process and

on the other hand, they are still fighting to

lead a life of dignity.”

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All India Women‘s Conference

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rights agreements including the Convention

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Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

and the Beijing Platform for Action

2. Resource use: Keeping in mind that the

Second Law of Thermodynamics is extremely

important to the existence of humanity, there

is a strong need to preserve resources and to

not only use them efficiently, but also reuse

them. Even though some argue that there are

no limits to growth, given that growth is

driven by knowledge, there is need to look at

better means to use resources as these can

impose limits to growth. There is need to

incentivise new technologies and practices to

better use these resources.

Technology can be applied to better meet

basic human needs — alleviating poverty,

creating improved livelihood opportunities,

reducing inequities and building

infrastructures.

3. Education, Access to Information, and

Participation: Universalization of education,

promotion of integrated education for

sustainable development, training for making

production and consumption processes

greener, increased participation of all

stakeholders in the goal setting and freedom

of information are important cross cutting

issues.

4. Consumption and Lifestyles: Sustainable

lifestyles refer to patterns of behaviour shaped

by personal and social interactions that are

influenced by environmental, cultural

technological and socio-economic contexts.

Goals that encourage equity, efficiency and

sufficiency in order to live within global

resource limits need to be identified. In this

context, it was also discussed that the Gini

coefficient could be used appropriately to

track inequality in use of energy, water and

other key resources.

Governance and commitment

for SDGs Some of the issues linked to governance and

commitment for SDGs include:

1. Timing: An important issue that is raising

concerns is that on the timelines for SDGs.

Should 2030 be considered as a target year or

end of the century be considered as the target

when society will be completely sustainable?

Or should the achievements of goals be

framed in smaller time frames, i.e. blending

results-based long-term targets for 2030 or

2050 with policy targets for the short term

and medium time frame with some high

priority goals?

2. Measuring goals: When goals and indicators

are being set, there is a need to ensure the

indicator is actually indicative of the goal. One

of the major drawbacks of the MDGs was

that the indicators did not completely match

“While designing the SDGs, can we focus on what is it that we absolutely cannot live with and use this as a basis for prioritizing action going up to 2030.” Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor TERI University and Executive Director-Operations, TERI

“We know what we need to achieve in

the end is a lifestyle change. So why not

set as a goal a lifestyle change or the

lifestyle we want.”

Dr Dirk Fransaer, Managing

Director, VITO, Flanders,

Belgium

the expected objectives for the goals. For

example, in the case of water, the indicator

was the proportion of population using an

improved drinking water source. The use of

the term source implied provision of

infrastructure and not necessarily provision of

safe drinking water. Therefore it is very

important to get the metric right and not

focus only on the delivery mechanism but the

delivery of the service itself.

3. Data availability: When developing the

goals, it is also important to define their

spatial and temporal coverage. This will then

be used to identify the data requirements and

their level of aggregation. Currently one of the

major concerns raised is the lack of availability

of data to be able to measure the goals and

track their progress.

From the temporal point of view, time series

data will be important that show trends, but

projections of the most likely trends may also

be required to help establish a basis for

preparing any policy-relevant scenarios for

meeting these goals.

From the spatial point of view, though

country may be an appropriate unit, but some

level of disaggregation will be required to be

able to look at sub-national trends. Further,

data disaggregated by sex, age, geography,

location will be critical to monitor the degree

of inclusivity and sustainability of any

development and to address the needs of the

most deprived and vulnerable groups. This

will require strengthening of the statistical

capacities in most countries.

4. Financing the SDGs: Financing is going to

be critical for the achievement of SDGs.

Given the current financial crises, and the

very real possibility that countries will not go

beyond their stated ODA commitments, there

is need, to look at innovative sources of

financing. Some of these could include:

a. The private sector

b. Improved public sector accountability

c. Voluntary initiatives

d. Paying taxes on financial transactions

e. Carbon tax (tax on airline tickets) to

fund development; etc.

5. Governance: This is going to be another

defining factor for the success of the SDGs.

Without good governance, most the targets

and goals would not be achieved, as in the

case of MDGs. The outcome document

clearly mentions the importance of

governance.

“We acknowledge that democracy, good

governance and the rule of law, at the national

and international levels, as well as an enabling

environment, are essential for sustainable

development, including sustained and inclusive

economic growth, social development,

environmental protection and the eradication of

poverty and hunger. We reaffirm that to achieve

our sustainable development goals we need

institutions at all levels that are effective,

transparent, accountable and democratic.”

The brainstorming session, to conclude, has

some key messages that are highlighted here:

Sustainable development goals could

assist in making the broad international

sustainable development agenda

practical

The MDGs were responsible for

spurring progress in tackling extreme

poverty, but they prioritized social

needs over economic and

environmental ones. Future

development goals as incorporated in

the SDGs will need to combine all the

three dimensions to be effective.

SDGs can serve as tools for countries

to measure their progress as well as

encourage further cooperation between

countries on sustainability issues,

considering all the three dimensions of

sustainability-social, economic and

environmental

Thematic priorities will need to be

carefully identified for the goals and

existence of cross-cutting issues and

minimization of trade-offs will need to

be ensured

Specific universal goals to address

global sustainability challenges, such as

climate change and loss of ocean and

marine biodiversity will need to be set.

New goals must speak to and inspire

not only governments and aid agencies,

but also the private sector, investors

and the public at large in making efforts

towards sustainable development.

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Brainstorming Session Agenda Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre

10:00 AM– 2:00 PM

09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Registration and Tea/Coffee

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Welcome Address by Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director

Operations, TERI and Vice Chancellor, TERI University

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM: Keynote Address: Mr Brice Lalonde, Former Executive Coordinator of

Rio+20, United Nations

10:25 AM – 12:15 PM: Thematic considerations for SDGs: Some

priorities

Chair: Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Dr. Ligia Noronha, Executive Director, TERI

Panelists:

o MDGs and SDGs and Post 2015 Development Agenda, Ms.

Caitlin Wiesen, Country Director, UNDP-India

o Energy access, efficiency and sustainability

Dr. Veena Joshi, Senior Advisor-Energy, Embassy of Switzerland

o Sustainable Habitat

Ms. Mili Majumdar- Director, TERI

o Sustainable Transport

Shri B.I. Singal, Director General, Institute of Urban Transport

o Water issues Mr. Ashok Jaitly, Distinguished Fellow, TERI and Mr. Anshuman, Associate Director, TERI

o Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Aaron Savio Lobo, Consultant, Natural Resource Management

o Disaster preparedness and building resilience

Prof. Santosh Kumar, Head of the Policy, Planning and Cross

Cutting Issues, National Institute of Disaster Management

12:15 PM– 12.30 PM Tea Break

12:30 PM –2:00 PM: Panel Discussion: Cross cutting Perspectives, Governance and

commitment for SDGs

Chair: Ambassador C. Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Panelists:

o Gender perspectives

Ms. Kalyani Raj, Member-in charge, All India Women‘s

Conference

o Technology Innovations for addressing key sustainability

concerns

Dr Dirk Fransaer, Managing Director, VITO, Flanders, Belgium

o The challenge of reflecting all dimensions of sustainable

development in the new goals

Mr. Daniel Ziegerer, Director of Cooperation, Embassy of

Switzerland

o European Perspectives on the SDGs

Mr. Thierry Schwarz, Director, Intellectual Exchange, Asia-Europe

Foundation (ASEF)

o Perspectives on the SDGs from Asia Pacific and Latin

America and the Caribbean regions

Mr. Matthew Hammill, Economic Affairs Officer, UNESCAP

14:00 PM onwards : Lunch

List of Speakers/Participants Ms Kalyani Raj All India Womens Conference

Mr Theirry Schwarz Asia-Europe Foundation

Dr Aaron Savio Lobo Consultant - Natural Resource Management

Ms Kristin Meyer Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Mr Nilanjan Ghose Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Mr Daniel Ziegerer Embassy of Switzerland

Dr Veena Joshi Embassy of Switzerland

Ms Elodie Maria Sube European Union

Mr Arnoud Lust Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Mr Dirk Fransaer Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Ms Jot Prakash Kaur Global Compact Network India

Dr Brajesh Jha Institute of Economic Growth

Mr B I Singal Institute of Urban Transport

Dr Aparna Sawhney Jawaharlal Nehru University

Prof Santosh Kumar National Institute of Disaster Management

Ms Aastha Mehta The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Anshuman The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Aditya Ramji The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Arpita Khanna The Energy and Resources Institute

Amb. C Dasgupta The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms C Sita Lakshmi The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr G Mini The Energy and Resources Institute Ms. Harsha Meenawat The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Ipsita Kumar The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr Leena Srivastava The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr Ligia Noronha The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Manish Kumar Shrivastava The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Mili Majumdar The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms N Deepa The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Nitya Nanda The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr Prasun K Gangopadhyay The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr Prodipto Ghosh The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Ritika Sehjpal The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Rohit Pathania The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Sahil Malhotra The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr Shilpi Kapur The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Shivanjali Sharma The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya The Energy and Resources Institute

Ms Trishita Ray Barman The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Upinder S Dhingra The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr Brice Lalonde United Nations

Ms Caitlin Weisen United Nations Development Program - India

Mr Matthew Hammill United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific