 ISID and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) organised a Policy Roundtable on Fostering Green Transition and Green Industrialisation in the Global South: Perspectives from Emerging G-20 Economies at the ISID premises on October 25, 2024. The Roundtable was chaired by Dr Nitin Desai, Chairman of TERI and former UN Under-Secretary-General. Prof Nagesh Kumar, Director at ISID, and Prof Kunal Sen, Director at UNU-WIDER, delivered the opening remarks. Dr Pedro Piacesi de Souza, Head of Energy and Environment at the Embassy of Brazil in New Delhi, shared insights from the G-20 Presidency, on behalf of the Ambassador of Brazil. Mr Suman Beri, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Government of India delivered valedictory remarks. |
 The distinguished panellists included Dr Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Chief Economist, Natixis and Senior Fellow, Bruegel Institute; Prof José A Puppim de Oliveira, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Prof Imraan Valodia, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa; Dr Maxensius Sambodo, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia; Prof Anthony Bartzokas, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands; and Dr Easwaran Narasimhan, Tufts University, USA, and the Sustainable Futures Collaborative. The YouTube link to the session is available here. |
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Programme
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| 15.00-15.30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 15.30-16.10 |
Opening Remarks
Prof. Nagesh Kumar, Director, ISID
Prof Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER
Perspectives from G20 Presidency by Dr Pedro Piacesi de Souza, Head, Energy and Environment, Embassy of Brazil (G20 2024 Presidency)
Remarks by Mr J D Marcus Knight, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India*
Chair: Dr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI and former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations |
| 16.10-17.30 |
Distinguished Panellists
Dr Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist, Natixis, and Bruegel Institute Prof José A. Puppim de Oliveira, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil
Prof Imraan Valodia, Pro-VC, Wits University, Johannesburg
Dr Maxensius Sambodo, National Research and Innovation Agency, Republic of Indonesia
Prof Anthony Bartzokas, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Dr Easwaran Narasimhan, Tufts University, USA and Sustainable Futures Collaborative
Open Discussion
Valedictory Remarks
Mr Suman Beri, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Government of India |
| 17.30 |
Wrap up followed by High-Tea |
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