Global
From India’s BRICS Chairship to the 2027 NDB Annual Meeting: Economic resilience, trade and climate finance
01
Sep2026
Climate Trends, ORF and ORF Middle East are convening a closed-door roundtable to examine how BRICS and the New Development Bank can contribute more effectively to climate-resilient development, green infrastructure and economic cooperation. It will also look at how BRICS cooperation on trade, green cross-border investment and industrial resilience can help firms and economies respond to changing international standards, including CBAM and related climate-linked trade measures.
| 2:00–2:10 PM | Welcome Remarks
Aarti Khosla, Founder & Director, Climate Trends Mannat Jaspal, Director & Fellow – Climate and Energy, ORF Middle East |
| 2:10–2:25 PM | Keynote Remarks
Dammu Ravi, Former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |
| 2:25–2:40 PM | Report Presentation
Greening Half the World: Leveraging the New Development Bank for Green Finance Mannat Jaspal, Director & Fellow – Climate and Energy, ORF Middle East |
| 2:40–3:35 PM | Roundtable I — NDB’s Next Phase: Building a Green Development Bank for BRICS+
MODERATOR Archana Chaudhary, Associate Director, Climate Trends |
| 3:35–3:40 PM | Transition |
| 3:40–4:35 PM | Roundtable II — Trade, Green Investment and Industrial Resilience
MODERATOR Gopalika Arora, Deputy Director – Centre for Economy and Growth, Observer Research Foundation |
| 4:35–4:40 PM | Vote of Thanks |
| 4:40–5:00 PM | Networking High Tea |
