WSDS 2025 Valedictory Reaffirms Global Commitment to Inclusive Climate Action

🌍 World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2025 – Valedictory Highlights

Organizer: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi

Edition: 24th (next year → 25th / Silver Jubilee)

Date: 5–8 March 2025

Theme:“WSDS@25 and Driving Impact through Multistakeholder Dialogues”

Chair’s Remarks (Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI):
- Stressed sustainable development as a bridge between development & environment.
- Called for sustained multistakeholder dialogue.
Global Leadership Message (Amina J. Mohammed, UN DSG):
- Reaffirmed UN’s commitment to climate action.
- Urged urgent acceleration of SDGs.
- Stressed → “Rescue the SDGs” as plan for people, planet, prosperity.
Keynote (Dia Mirza, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador & UN SG’s Advocate for SDGs):
- Advocated Act4Earth movement → individual & collective responsibility.
- Emphasis on justice, equity, sustainability.
Martin Raiser (VP, World Bank):
- Green transition = investment + job growth.
- Highlighted India’s unique role & vulnerability.
- Called for sustainable financing & adaptation strategies.
Youth Climate Conclave:
- Felicitation of winners.
- Presentation of Youth Pledge (by Dr Livleen Kahlon).
Act4Earth 2025 Manifesto:
- Released by Dr Shailly Kedia (Curator, WSDS, TERI).
- Lays roadmap for future sustainability advocacy.
Closing Address (Dr Vibha Dhawan, DG, TERI):
- Reinforced partnerships & collaborations.
- Expressed gratitude for global cooperation.

WSDS:
- Annual flagship event of TERI, started in 2001.
- Global platform for climate, environment & sustainable development dialogue.
TERI:
- Independent policy research & implementation body in energy, environment, climate & sustainability.
- HQ: New Delhi, with 6 centers in India.
  
  Updated : Mar 08 2025 ; 11:30 PM | Business Standard