Knowledge cafÉ
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Mr Jeffrey D. Sachs University Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
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R Mukundan Managing Director and CEO, Tata Chemicals
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Mr Sumit Sharma Associate Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI
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Mr Takehiko Nakao President, Asian Development Bank
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Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik Former Prime Minister, Norway & President, The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
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Ms Mary Robinson Former President, Ireland & UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Change
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Dr José Ramos-Horta Former President, East Timor & Chair, High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, United Nations
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Mr Kailash Satyarthi Founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan & Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labour
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Mr Venkatesh Valluri Chairman and President, Ingersoll Rand
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Ms Lise Grande UN Resident Coordinator & UNDP Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, India
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Mr Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director
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Dr Kandeh K Yumkella Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All & Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All
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Dr Yuan Tseh Lee Nobel Laureate & President, International Council for Science
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Mr Kofi Annan Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation & Former Secretary-General, United Nations
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Mr William Hammink Mission Director, USAID, India
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Ms Tarja Halonen Former President of Finland
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Dr Mariyam Shakeela Minister of Environment and Energy, Maldives
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Mr Donald Ramotar President, Guyana
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Mr Anote Tong President, Kiribati
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Mr Marcin Korolec Minister of Environment, Poland
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Mr Krishan Dhawan Chief Executive Officer, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Mr Michael Christiansen Chairman of the Board, Danish Cultural Institute (DCI), Denmark
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Mr Zubin Irani Senior Managing Director - Commercial Companies, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), India
Lord John Prescott Former Deputy Prime Minister & Member of Parliament, House of Lords, UK
Dr Naoko Ishii CEO & Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
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Mr Martin Hiller Director General, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
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Mr Donald Kaberuka President, African Development Bank
Mr Haruhiko Kuroda President, Asian Development Bank
Mr Thomas L Friedman Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz Professor, Columbia University and Nobel laureate
Minister of Environment, Poland
Speaking during the first Ministerial Session titled 'Ensuring Energy, Water and Food Security' at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2013, H.E. Mr Marcin Korolec discussed how indigenous knowledge and local wisdom needs to be complemented by technology and innovation.