World Summit on Sustainable Development 2025 | The Energy and Resources Institute | 4 March 2025 | India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Near Airforce Bal Bharati School, Lodhi Rd, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India

The world is off track. According to the latest progress report on sustainable development goals, of the 169 targets, only 14% are on track, while 20% are not even tracked. Disturbingly, 14% show regression, including critical areas like hunger, education, employment, and the environment. The first global stocktake highlights the urgency, showing that to meet temperature targets, emissions must drop by 43% by 2030, but current national commitments only achieve a 2% cut—pointing to gaps in both action and data.

2025 Speakers

Mr. Bhupender Yadav
Minister, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt of India

Prof. Jim Skea
Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Mr. Martin Raiser
Vice President, South Asia, The World Bank

Ms. Nisha Bakker
Director, The Ocean Cleanup

Mr. Ranjit Barthakur
Founder Forester, Balipara Foundation

Ms. Suruchi Bhadwal
Senior Fellow and Programme Director, TERI

Ms. Chhaya Bhanti
Founder and CEO, Vertiver Pvt Ltd

Dr. Dindo Campilan
Regional Director for Asia and Hub Director for Oceania, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Mr. Sankar Chakraborti
Group CEO, Acuité Group

Mr. Manish Chourasia
Chief Operating Officer, Tata Capital Ltd.

Ms. Helen Clarkson
CEO, Climate Group

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

Dr. Jennie Dodson
Senior Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Mr. Mattias Frumerie
Ambassador, Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Dr. Prodipto Ghosh
Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Ms. Sujata Gupta
Director, Asian Development Bank

Dr. Pema Gyamtsho
Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Mr. Vidar Helgesen
Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO

Ms. Ilka Hirt
Deputy Director General for International Policy, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Mr. Srivatsan S Iyer
Global Chief Executive Officer, Hero Future Energies

Ms. Anne Jellema
Executive Director, 350.org

Ms. Teena Jha
Anchor, Sansad TV

Dr. Madhav Karki
Chief Adviser to Minister, Ministry of Forest and Environment, Nepal

Ms. Heeta Lakhani
Founder & Director, The ClimAct Initiative

Mr. Junhua Li
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

Ms. Tatiana Lipskaia
Senior Vice President for ESG, Sberbank

Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, International Solar Alliance

Ms. Amanda Maxwell
Managing Director, Global Division, Natural Resources Defense Council

Ms. Dia Mirza
Actor, Producer, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, UN Secretary General's Advocate for SDGs

Ms. Amina J Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

Ms. Jennifer Morgan
State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, German Federal Foreign Office

Mr. Hiroshi Ono
Executive Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Prof. Anand Patwardhan
Professor, University of Maryland

Mr. Andrew Prag
Managing Director, Policy, We Mean Business Coalition

Mr. Amit Prothi
Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

Mr. Manjeev Puri
Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Mr. Rajani Ranjan Rashmi
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute

Dr. Julie Reviere
Country Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Dr. Dipankar Saharia
Senior Director - Social Transformation and Strategic Alliance, TERI

Mr. Md. Golam Sarwar
Secretary General of SAARC, The Secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Mr. Sanjay Seth
CEO, GRIHA Council & Senior Director, The Energy and Resources Institute

Mr. Ajay Shankar
Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Mr. Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India, United Nations

Ms. Prachi Shevgaonkar
Founder & CEO, Cool The Globe

Ms. BK Shivani
Rajyog Teacher, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation

Mr. Shekhar Singh
Municipal Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune, Maharashtra

Mr. Manoj Sinha
CEO, Husk Power Systems

Mr. Achim Steiner
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Ms. May-Elin Stener
Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Mr. David Surý
Deputy Minister - Section of the Environmental Protection, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Chairperson, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

Prof. Petteri Taalas
Director General, Finnish Meteorological Institute

Ms. Mansi Madan Tripathy
Vice President & Country Chair, India, Shell India

Ms. Dechen Tsering
Regional Director, United Nations Environment Programme

Mr. Arne Walther
Former Ambassador, Norway, Walther International Consulting

2025 Partners

COUNTRY PARTNER:
• Norway

PREMIER PARTNER:
• IKI

SENIOR PARTNER:
• Tata Capital

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS:
• Johnson Controls
• Teri School of Advanced Studies

CO-ASSOCIATES PARTNERS:
• Hero Future Energies
• NRDC
• TATA Power
• Delhi Metro
• Hindustan Rasayan
• German Cooperation
• Inopol
• Nabard

OUTREACH PARTNERS:
• Race to Resilience
• POP
• WSDF
• Climate Group
• FCC
• Pree Club of India