8216;Greater use of ICT needed to create environmental awareness8217;

Deliberating on the importance of education for sustainable development,Pachauri said,8221;Instilling children with the values and commitment to save environment can be achieved through ICT. If youth of the world are aware of what needs to be done,they can prepare and take a lead8221;.

Sustainable development is not merely protection of environment,it is something that requires restructuring of the way human society functions,he said.

8220;Sustainable development needs that our consumption pattern should be changed. We cannot enlarge our carbon foot print on the already fragile environment8221;,he said.

Commending India for making ICT approachable to large section of students by launching 8216;Aakash8217;,Shigeru Aoyagi,Director UNESCO-Delhi said that it was an appreciable step.

8220;Providing students with Aakash tablet is a very good idea. India can fully utilise ICT and if used properly it can help a great deal8221;,Aoyagi said.

Aoyagi emphasised the use of ICT in solving complex problems being faced by the world.

8220;Every corner of world is facing complex problems which are interrelated. Traditional approach to solve them will not work anymore. With ICT we can approach all of them in a better way8221;,he said.

The seminar 8216;Role of ICT in Sustainable Development-The Road Ahead8217; was organised by The Energy and Resources Institute TERI and Dell.

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