Opening Remarks: Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change

Lead Presentation by: Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), and COP30 Special Envoy for South Asia

Panelists: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Former Special Secretary MoEF & CC, and (currently) Advisor, CEEW; Laveesh Bhandari, President, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP); Dr Ajay Mathur, Former Member of PM's Council on Climate Change and Professor of Practice in the School of Public Policy, IIT, Delhi.

Chair: Shyam Saran, President, IIC

This talk reflects on COP30 as a pivotal moment where climate diplomacy confronts its limits and possibilities. Moving beyond binary narratives, it assesses concrete outcomes, hard truths, and the implementation-driven pathways shaping the world’s climate future.