The 2026 World Bank Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report reveals a three-year surge in gas flaring, reaching 167 bcm in 2025 and wasting $54 billion. This highlights the urgent global need for infrastructure, stringent regulation, and immediate climate action.
Click to View MoreIndia has launched the world's first hydrogen production facility driven by nuclear process heat at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Utilizing the Copper-Chlorine thermochemical cycle and the Fast Breeder Test Reactor, it pioneers round-the-clock, carbon-free "pink hydrogen" for hard-to-abate industries.
Click to View MoreElectrification replaces fossil-fuel combustion with clean electricity to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. While electric vehicles and heat pumps offer immense efficiency gains, achieving global climate goals requires overcoming severe grid bottlenecks, scaling battery storage, and securing critical mineral supply chains.
Click to View MoreGreen industrialisation is an emerging development strategy that integrates climate action with industrial growth by promoting low-carbon, resource-efficient manufacturing. It recognises that achieving decarbonisation requires building domestic clean-technology capabilities, creating green jobs, and restructuring supply chains. For countries like India, green industrialisation offers a pathway to balance climate commitments with economic development, competitiveness, and inclusive growth, provided it is supported by coherent policies, adequate finance, and global cooperation.
Click to View MoreTamil Nadu leads sub-national climate action through the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company, which drives a district-level, bottom-up approach. It implements four missions: climate change (carbon neutrality before 2070), Green Tamil Nadu (33% green cover), wetlands restoration, and coastal restoration, linking growth with ecological resilience.
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