Agenda - WSDS 2023, New Delhi

WSDS 2023 Agenda

WSDS 2023 Framework Agenda Plenary Agenda

February 22, 2023

Opening Session
9:30 am - 10:30 am Leadership for People and Nature Centered Approaches at Stein Auditorium

Chair’s Address

  • Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute

Mainstreaming Sustainable Development- DG’s Flag-off

  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute

Presidential Address

  • H.E. Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, Republic of Guyana

Keynote Addresses

  • Prof Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor, Earth Institute and Columbia University
  • Mr Manish Bapna, President & Chief Executive Officer, Natural Resources Defense Council 

Vote of Thanks

  • Dr Shailly Kedia, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, TERI
Plenary session
10:45 am - 11:45 am Financing Sustainable Development and Climate Actions for realizing the 2030 Agenda at Stein Auditorium

Introductory Remarks

  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI

Ministerial Address

  • H.E. Mr Laszlo Borbely, State Counsellor to Prime Minister, Government of Romania

MDB Perspectives

  • Dr Pradeep Tharakan, Regional Advisor - South Asia, Asian Development Bank

Leadership Address

  • Mr Amit Prothi, Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
  • Mr Mahendra Singhi, Managing Director & CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited
  • Mr Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad**
  • Dr Dhruba Purkayastha, Director - India, Climate Policy Initiative

Chair

  • Mr Manish Bapna, President & Chief Executive Officer, Natural Resources Defense Council 
Fireside Chat
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Driving Ambition and Action for a Sustainable Future at Stein Auditorium

Panelists

  • H.E. Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, Republic of Guyana
  • Prof Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor, Earth Institute and Columbia University

Moderators

  • Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch at Margosa Lawns
Plenary Session
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm G20 Leadership for a Green Development Pact at Stein Auditorium

Global Leadership Message

  • H.E. Mr Michael Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions**

Sherpa’s Vision Address

  • Mr Amitabh Kant, Sherpa, G20, Ministry of External Affairs

Ministerial Addresses

  • H.E. Mr Steven Guilbeault, Minister, Environment and Climate Change, Canada**
  • H.E. Mr Hiroshi Ono, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan*
  • H.E. Mr André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Brazilian Ambassador to India

Keynote Addresses

  • Prof Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor, Deakin University
  • Dr Bruno Oberle, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Moderators

  • Dr Anshu Bharadwaj, Chief Executive Officer, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
  • Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, TERI
Stage Set-up
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Stage Set-up for Inaugural
Inaugural Session
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Visionary Leadership for Mainstreaming Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience at Stein Auditorium

Welcome Address

  • Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute

Opening Address

  • Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon'ble Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Inaugural Address

  • H.E. Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, Republic of Guyana

Keynote Address

  • H.E. Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Special Envoy on Climate Change and COP28 President Designate, UAE

Message by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

Announcements

  • Dr Shailesh Nayak, Chancellor, TERI School of Advanced Studies

Vote of Thanks

  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute
Side Event at "WE THE PEOPLE Hall", UN Office, 55 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stakeholder Discussion: Moving the Global Agenda on Cooling: Spotlight on India
Refreshments
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Refreshments at The Hub
Plenary Session
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Lifestyles for Environment: Institutions, Policies and Social Movements at Stein Auditorium

Ministerial Addresses 

  • H.E. Ms Mariam Almheiri, Minister, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates* 
  • Dr Ali Abou Senna, Chief Executive officer of Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency and Assistant Minister*

Global Leadership Addresses

  • Prof Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor, Earth Institute and Columbia University
  • Prof Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Former IPCC Vice-Chair   
  • Dr Erik Solheim, Former Executive Director of UN Environment & President Green Belt and Road Institute, BRI Green Development Institute* 
  • Dr Janez Potočnik, Co-chair, International Resource Panel* 

Discussant

  • Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, TERI

Chair

  • Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Plenary Session
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Towards Energy Security and Inclusive Energy Transitions at Stein Auditorium

Ministerial Addresses

  • Mr Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, India
  • H.E. Ms Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy**

Leadership Addresses 

  • Dr Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All**
  • Mr Arne Walther, Former Chairman, International Energy Agency*
  • Lord Adair Turner, Chairman, Energy Transitions Commission**
  • Prof Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, Institute for Global Environmental Studies
  • Dr Jon Creyts, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Mr Saurabh Kumar, India Head, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
  • Ms Seema Paul, Program Director, Sequoia Climate Foundation

Moderator

  • Mr AK Saxena, Senior Director, TERI
Refreshments
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Refreshments at The Hub
Fireside Chat
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Sustainable Ocean Management for People and Planet at Stein Auditorium

Introductory Remarks

  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI

Panelists

  • Dr M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • Dr Erik Olsen, Head of Research/ Research Manager, Institute of Marine Research

Moderator

  • H.E. Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Norwegian Ambassador
CEO Forum
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm Accelerating Business Actions for Realizing Sustainable Development Goals at Stein Auditorium

Keynote Address

  • Ms Soma Mondal, Chairperson, Steel Authority of India Limited

Leadership Addresses

  • Mr Rasmus Valanko, Managing Director, We Mean Business Coalition
  • Mr Naveen Unni, Partner, McKinsey & Company
  • Mr Sandeep Bhatia, Managing Director, Capgemini Invent India

Chairs

  • Mr Manish Chourasia, Managing Director & CEO, Tata CleanTech Capital Ltd.
  • Mr Girish Sethi, Senior Director, TERI
Dinner
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Dinner hosted by Capgemini

February 23, 2023

Plenary Session
10:00 am - 11:00 am Instruments and Leadership for Inclusive Green Growth at Stein Auditorium

Keynote Ministerial Address by Chief Guest

  • Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Ministerial Addresses

  • H.E. Ms Gina Lund, Governor, Agder County, Norway
  • H.E. Ms Terhi Lehtonen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment for Finland

Leadership Address

  • Ms Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group 

Special Remarks

  • Mr Kartikeya Desai, Founder, Desai & Associates
  • Mr Jagjeet Singh Sareen, Principal, Dalberg Advisors
  • Mr Abhinav Singh, Director, Amazon India

Co-chair

  • Ms Kathleen McGinty, Vice President & Chief Sustainability Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Johnson Controls
  • Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Refreshments
11:00 am - 11:30 am Refreshments at The Hub
Thematic Track (Group A)
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Crop-based Agriculture Systems and Climate Adaptative Solutions at Silver Oak 2
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Financing India's Net Zero Ambitions at Jacaranda 1
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Critical Minerals and Materials: Managing Supply Chain Constraints at Jacaranda 2
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Frameworks in India at Marigold
11:30 am - 1:00 pm No Time to Waste: How Circular Economy Principles can Address India’s Waste Related Emissions at Magnolia
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Towards Net-Zero Emission Target- Electric Vehicles in Freight at Gulmohar
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Towards People-Centric Smart City Development at Tamarind
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Transition towards Circular Economy in the Plastic Sector at Casuarina
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch hosted by European Union Delegation at Margosa Lawns
Thematic Track (Group B)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Progress made under National Clean Air Program: National and international perspective at Gulmohar
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm The relevance of the Energy Efficiency First Principle in an Indian context at Jacaranda 1
Convocation Ceremony
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm 15th Convocation Ceremony of TERI School of Advanced Studies at Stein Auditorium
Thematic Track (Group B)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Fulfilling the promise of solar irrigation in India at TERI Conference room
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Decarbonisation E-Commerce: Paving the way to a low carbon economy at Marigold
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm India and the future of energy at Jacaranda 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm The Science and Governance of Climate-altering Techniques: Implications for Sustainable Development at Magnolia
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Enhancing Coastal Resilience for a Sustainable Future: Managing Risks and Building a Climate Resilient Shoreline in India at Casuarina
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Achieving food security and climate resilience—Learnings from Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives at Silver Oak 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Urban Public Transportation Aiding Net-Zero Emission Target at Tamarind
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Accelerating Circularity Through Integrated Recycling Infrastructure in India at Maple
Refreshments
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Refreshments at The Hub
Thematic Track (Group C)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Younger Collectives for Greener Future at Dr R K Pachauri Conference Room, TERI
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Role of Carbon Markets in India’s Developmental Transition at Jacaranda 1
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Pathways for meeting India’s Power Sector Decarbonisation Targets for 2030 at Jacaranda 2
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Water Management for Climate Resilience, Biodiversity, and Food Security at Magnolia
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Nature Based Solutions for Sustainable Development at Casuarina
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm True Value of Food: A Call to Action to Solve Climate Change and other Crises at Silver Oak 2
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Breaking the Boundaries of Holistic Development: Philanthropic and Social Initiatives Lead the Way at Gulmohar
Plenary Session
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Nature-based Solutions for Addressing Climate Vulnerability and Ensuring Food Security at Stein Auditorium

Ministerial Addresses

  • H.E. Mr Naseer Ahamed, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka
  • H.E. Christophe Guilhou, Directeur du développement durable - Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires*
  • Ms Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Government of Norway**
  • The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith, Minister of State (Energy, Climate and Environment), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office**

Global Leadership Address

  • Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda, Chair, CGIAR System Board

 Leadership Addresses

  • Prof Anand Patwardhan, Professor, Center for Global Sustainability University of Maryland
  • Dr Masahide Kimoto, President, National Institute for Environmental Studies**
  • Dr Vinod Mathur, Vice Chair, IPBES Bureau
  • Dr Purvi Mehta, Deputy Director- Global Growth and Opportunities, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 Science Leadership Address

  • Prof Jan Zalasiewicz, Chair, Anthropocene Working Group, International Commission on Stratigraphy*
  • Prof Mark Williams, Member, Anthropocene Working Group, International Commission on Stratigraphy*

Moderator

  • Dr Kiran Kumar Sharma, Senior Director, TERI
TAA-TERI Special Session: In Memoriam
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm What would Dr Pachauri’s priorities be for India and the world today? at Stein Auditorium

Reflections

  • Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI
  • H.E. Dr. Ashni K. Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Guyana
  • Mr Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
  • Dr Saroj Pachauri, Distinguished Scholar, Population Council*
  • Mr Rakesh Kacker, TERI Alumni Association
  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI

Moderator

  • Dr Priyanka Kochhar, President, TERI Alumni Association
Dinner
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Dinner hosted by Johnson Controls International at The Hub

February 24, 2023

Media Colloquium
10:00 am - 11:00 am Shaping Public and Political Attitudes, Driving Sustainable Development at Stein Auditorium

Panelists

  • Ms Bahar Dutt, Environment Journalist and Conservation Biologist
  • Ms Jayashree Nandi, Assistant Editor, Hindustan Times
  • Mr Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Senior Editor, New Delhi Television Ltd
  • Ms Aarti Khosla, Founder & Director, Climate Trends
  • Mr Rajiv Tikoo, Consulting Editor (Sustainability), Outlook Group
  • Mr Rajiv Chhibber, Vice President - External Affairs, Sahajanand Medical Technologies. Ltd.

Moderator

  • P Anima, Media and Communications Lead, TERI
Women Leadership Session
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Promoting Diversity and Inclusion for a Greener Future at Stein Auditorium

Ministerial Addresses

  • H.E. Ms Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Republic of Cuba**
  • H.E. Ms Nialé Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire**
  • H.E. Ms Emma Theofelus, Hon’ble Deputy Minister of Information, Communication, and Technology, Namibia**

 Keynote Address

  • Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist, World Health Organization

Special Address

  • Ms Riddhima Yadav, Board Director of the Institute for Women, Peace and Security
  • Prof Prateek Sharma, Vice Chancellor, TERI School of Advanced Studies

Chair

  • Ms Deepali Khanna, Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Youth Plenary
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Collective Action and Intergenerational Equity for Our Common Future at Stein Auditorium

Youth Leadership Addresses

  • Ms Prachi Shevgaonkar, Founder Cool the Globe
  • Ms Heeta Lakhani, Co-Founder, Youth Negotiators Academy
  • Ms Laura De Vries, European Climate Pact Ambassador*

Moderators

  • Dr Livleen Kahlon, Senior Fellow, TERI
  • Mr Edwin Koekkoek, First Counsellor, European Union Delegation

Youth Climate Conclave Pledge

Youth Climate Conclave Awards

Green Olympiad Awards
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch hosted by McKinsey & Company at Margosa Lawns
High-level Session on COP28 Compass
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Towards Equity and Climate Justice at Stein Auditorium

Multilateral Leadership Address

  • H.E. Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Keynote Addresses

  • Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary (EF&CC), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • H.E. Mr Naseer Ahamed, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka
  • Ms Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office, Germany*

Discussants

  • Mr Siddharthan Balasubramanian, Senior Advisor, ClimateWorks Foundation
  • Dr Henning Wuester, Director, Initiative for Climate Action Transparency
  • Mr Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative

Chair

  • Mr RR Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Announcement by TERI and UNFCCC
Refreshments
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Refreshments at The Hub
Plenary Session
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Act4Earth Showcase at Stein Auditorium
Valedictory Session:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Mainstreaming Sustainable Development for Collective Action at Stein Auditorium

Chair’s Address

  • Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute

Global Leadership Message

  • H.E. Ms Najla Bouden, Prime Minister, Tunisia**

Keynote Address

  • Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Hon’ble Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India

Valedictory Address

  • Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

Leadership Addresses

  • H.E. Mr Ugo Astuto, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to India
  • Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, The International Solar Alliance 

Women Leadership Address

  • Hon'ble Justice Prathiba Singh, Judge Delhi High Court
  • Dr Renu Swarup, Former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology

Launch of Act4Earth Manifesto

Launch of Vasundhara Magazine by TERI School of Advanced Studies

Curtain-raiser for WSDS 2024 – Dr Shailly Kedia, Senior Fellow, TERI

Vote of Thanks

  • Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute

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