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In the heart of Madhya Pradesh’s steel belt, furnaces burn day and night, producing the metal that underpins India’s highways, railways, and high-rises. For workers, the economic payoff is clear, but so is the environmental cost. India’s steel sector emits more than 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ per tonne of steel produced, significantly above the global average, and heavy industries remain the country’s largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters.

Morocco is accelerating its push into green hydrogen and e-fuels as TAQA Morocco and Spanish energy firm Moeve announce a preliminary agreement with the Moroccan government to reserve land for a large-scale green ammonia and industrial fuel project.

Europe’s climate strategy is quietly pivoting, with EU environment ministers signalling a shift toward a more transactional and pragmatic approach in global climate negotiations. The closed-door meeting on February 4 emphasized that Europe can no longer rely solely on consensus-driven multilateralism, particularly after COP30 in Belém, Brazil exposed the limits of political coordination.

Cemex Ventures’ latest investment in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions places waste derived hydrogen and syngas back into focus as potential decarbonization tools, while also raising questions about scalability, cost competitiveness, and real emissions impact in clinker production.

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that battery related recalls now account for a growing share of electric vehicle safety actions in the US, even as overall EV fire incidents remain statistically rare compared with internal combustion vehicles.

The strategic recalibration underway at Korea’s leading battery manufacturers reflects a hard data point confronting the North American market. After years of capacity expansion tied to electric vehicle growth forecasts, US automakers are now pulling back.

As hydrogen projects face rising costs and a growing list of cancellations globally, new data from DNV’s Oil and Gas Decarbonisation in the Gulf Region report underscores why the technology remains strategically central in the Middle East.

By early 2026, Europe’s hydrogen sector had reached an inflection point. Project pipelines remained large on paper, but financing constraints, demand uncertainty, and delayed offtake agreements were forcing a reckoning across the value chain. Hyvolution 2026 in Paris offered a clearer signal of where the market is actually heading.

Wärtsilä and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding aimed at addressing structural barriers to sustainable maritime operations across the UAE and potentially the wider GCC.

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