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Center for Environment and Sustainable Development India (CESDI) is a national (India) NGO for action, study and research on Environment on environment and sustainable development. CESDI was established in April 1993 by a group of environment and development activists, inspired by the response to the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. CESDI was registered under the ‘12th Travancore-Cochin Scientific, Literary and Charitable Societies Registration Act of 1955’ on July 21, 1993 with a Reg No. P 201/93, having its registered office in Kerala, India and having its jurisdiction in the entire India.

CESDI is having Special Consultative Status with United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), New York from July 1999. CESDI is accredited with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) from November 1995, and accredited with the General Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya from July 2002. 

1. SANS Policy Dialogue “Climate Change and Carbon Regulations – Way forward for South and South-West Asia

George Cheriyan, Director, CESDI was a speaker in a side event on 'Climate Change and Carbon Regulations' held on November 14,2024 organised by South Asia Network on SDGs (SANS), as part of the UN South andSouth-West Asia Sub Regional Forum on Sustainable Development held at New Delhi.The event was in the backdrop of the CoP 29 commenced yesterday in Baku, Azerbaijan. The report of the event can be seen at the following link:
8th SDG Forum SANS Side Event Report

2.  Carbon market rules: COP29’s climate solutions and regional challenges  George Cheriyan, Policy Circle, January 14, 2025
COP29 defines carbon market rules, South Asia faces tough choices to balance trade pressures, climate vulnerabilities, and net zero goals. Global cooperation and climate finance flows without restrictive conditions will be critical to
supporting the Global South in building a sustainable future for all, writes George Cheriyan, Director Centre for Environment and Sustainable
Development India (CESDI) in Policy Circle Carbon market rules: COP29s climate solutions and regional challenges |Policy Circle

CESDI is now a member of  UNESCAP-SANS