Climate Change: Moving Towards a Low Carbon Economy
As a part of the learning journey for Cohort 14 & 15 associates, LEAD India completed its 3rd National Training Session of its ongoing flagship Cohort Program in New Delhi, during 8-10 Febrary 2012. Under the overall theme titled ‘Climate Change: Moving towards a Low Carbon Economy’ - this session focused on the Policy Dimension of developing a low carbon pathway. The 3 day session was ended with Graduation ceremony of these Associates.
Honours and Awards of LEAD India Fellows Mr Aman Singh, Cohort 12
Mr Singh has received a scholarship from the UN agencies IFAD (International Fund for
Success for LEAD! Sustainable cities course wins public vote
A sustainable cities course developed by LEAD staff and Fellows has won the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) public vote and will be showcased at the Rio+20 conference in June 2012. LEAD's proposal, entitled 'Putting People First: Building Sustainable Cities with Communities,' attracted 942 votes, beating its nearest rival by over 400 votes.
20 years of LEAD
2012 is a milestone year for LEAD: not only will we celebrate our 20th anniversary, but we will also launch our new online learning platform.
LEAD was founded just prior to the 1992 Earth Summit in order to address the need for strong leadership in environment and development discussions. It is therefore fitting that 20 years later, we will return to Rio and celebrate our anniversary at