Experts Call for Exploring the Synergy Between Development and Environment to Facilitate Green Growth

Experts Call for Exploring the Synergy Between Development and Environment to Facilitate Green Growth PR Newswire NEW DELHI, October 19, 2012 NEW DELHI, October 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TERI Launched a Publication Titled, "Green Growth and Development" Which Seeks to Bring Together a Diverse set of Viewpoints and Opinions from Different Stakeholders From India and Other Countries on the Topic of Green Growth and Development To deliberate on issues around green growth and development, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organized a panel discussion on "Green Growth and Development: Challenges and Opportunities for India" in TERI on 18 October, 2012. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121005/564821 Reflecting on the need to increase focus on the various facets of green growth and development, Dr. Pachauri, Director General, TERI, said, "There is a need to realize that the importance of green growth lies in number of realities, it is extremely crucial for us to come up with a clarity on what defines the dynamics of Green Growth. We need to urgently look at the choices by which growth takes place that minimizes the harmful effects on natural resources that would also result in co-benefits. He further added, "We have healthy rate of economic growth and in future there would be huge demand for natural resources of various kinds and it is a part of various sources that we all live in.