- The World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 concluded in New Delhi on 18 Feb 2018.It is an annual event organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). TERI is a Non-Profit Research institute located in Delhi, established in 1974 and formally known as Tata Energy and Resource Institute.
- World Sustainable Development Summit is the sole Summit on global issues taking place in the developing world.
- The delegates at the Summit endorsed Amaravati as the world’s most sustainable capital.
- The Mega Themes for WSDS 2019 are: clean oceans; climate finance; energy transitions; sustainable agriculture; and mobility.
- Sustainable development can be thought as three points of a cone: Livelihoods and incomes for all should increase;The efficiency of inputs like water, electricity, fertilisers, etc required should increase and the waste produced in this process should be minimum
- LaBL (Lightning a Billion Lives) and Green Olympiad are also organized by TERI. Green Rating for Integrated habitat (GRIHA) is a national rating system for green buildings in India conceived by TERI.
- WSDS is continuing the legacy of Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) which was initiated in 2001 with the aim of making ‘sustainable development’ a globally shared goal.
