Silver jubilee World Sustainable Development Summit opens; Him-CONNECT launched
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2026 and the Environment Ministry's Him-CONNECT platform on 25 February 2026.
Summary
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2026 and the Environment Ministry's Him-CONNECT platform on 25 February 2026. Guyana's Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo was on the dais. Him-CONNECT connects researchers working in the Himalayan region with start-ups, industry, investors and policymakers, to turn research funded under the Ministry's National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) into scalable solutions. Yadav noted that the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement showed the world is not on track to limit warming to 1.5 °C.
Key facts
- Date
- 25 February 2026
- Summit
- WSDS 2026 — silver jubilee (25 years), organised by TERI
- Platform
- Him-CONNECT (MoEFCC)
- Linked mission
- National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS)
- Guest
- Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Which organisation hosts the World Sustainable Development Summit, whose silver jubilee edition opened in February 2026?
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Correct answer: D — TERI
WSDS is The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI's) summit; 2026 was its silver jubilee edition.
The Him-CONNECT platform launched in February 2026 aims to scale up research supported under which mission?
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Correct answer: A — National Mission on Himalayan Studies
Him-CONNECT is meant to turn research supported under MoEFCC's National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) into scalable solutions.