India, Feb. 25 -- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is set to commence the silver jubilee edition of its flagship event, the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), on Wednesday at the Taj Palace.

Under the theme "Transformations: Vision, Voices, and Values for Sustainable Development," the three-day summit marks 25 years of the Global South's leading platform for climate action and sustainability. The inaugural address will be delivered by Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, alongside Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav.

The summit arrives at a critical juncture, following the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, which highlighted the urgent need for a 43 per cent r...