Smarter than the storm
This public event marks the global launch of Smarter Than the Storm, a new book by Amitabh Kant and Siddharth Sinha, and explores its core ideas in conversation with Nicholas Stern.
Drawing on global case studies and lived realities, the discussion will examine how AI can act as a force multiplier to counter climate risks, while addressing challenges such as energy intensity, data concentration, and sovereignty. The conversation will explore ideas ranging from sovereign AI and future-ready data centres to digital public infrastructure and the systems, policy, and finance levers needed to turn disruption into opportunity and shape a smarter, cleaner, and more resilient future.
Meet our speakers and chair
Amitabh Kant is widely regarded as a key architect of India’s modern economic and brand identity. He has served as India's G20 Sherpa, CEO of NITI Aayog and the Secretary of Tourism and Secretary of Industry for India. He has driven flagship national initiatives including Startup India, Make in India, Incredible India, the National Green Hydrogen Mission and the National EV Mission. He currently serves as a senior adviser to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Fairfax, and Warburg Pincus, and sits on the boards of Larsen & Toubro, HCLTech, ITC, and IndiGo.
Siddharth Sinha specializes in the interplay of AI and climate. He has previously worked at NITI Aayog, the G20 Secretariat and Google, where he helped accelerate AI-enabled climate interventions and co-conceptualized a global air quality management solution. An electrical engineer from Vellore Institute of Technology with an MPA from the London School of Economics, he was a Climate Fellow at Yale and a Chevening Fellow at Oxford. He currently works at Greenko.
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government and the inaugural Chair of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE. His latest book is The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action.
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