High-Level South Asia Network for Sustainable Development Solutions launched today

The South Asia Regional Network of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was launched in New Delhi today. The SDSN is a unique global collaboration to mobilize expertise and experience from academia, civil society, and the private sectorto help find solutions for some of the world’s most pressing – and interconnected – environmental, social, and economic challenges. The mission of the SDSN is to accelerate practical problem solving for sustainable development at local, national and global scales. For this purpose,the SDSN seeks to work closely with stakeholders including government, business, civil society, UN agencies, and other international organizations. TERI University(India) and BRAC University (Bangladesh) are the Regional SDSN Centers for South Asia. The global SDSN is hosted by Columbia University, and is governed by an international Leadership Council.