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Global mean sea level has risen by 9.4 centimeters since 2000, with satellite data showing an average annual increase of 3.64 millimeters since 1999, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The rate is not static. It has accelerated from 1.3 millimeters per year in the early 20th century to 3.7 millimeters per year in the most recent observational window assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

India recycles an estimated 60 percent of its plastic waste, far exceeding the global average of 14 percent, yet only around 13 percent is converted into high-value recycled outputs, revealing a structural inefficiency in the country’s recycling value chain.

Oriana Power Limited has established a wholly owned subsidiary, Evercore Projects Private Limited, to consolidate its presence across power generation, engineering, procurement and construction, and emerging clean fuel technologies including green hydrogen and compressed biogas.

India’s target of 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen production annually by 2030 would exceed the current global market by a factor of five, highlighting both the scale of ambition and the execution gap facing the sector.

India’s nuclear sector is entering a structurally expanded phase, with the government preparing to float bids for a 220 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR-200) within the next three to six months, marking one of the first large-scale applications of standardized small modular reactor design in the country’s clean energy transition strategy.

India’s energy storage market is expanding rapidly alongside renewable capacity additions, but supply chain dependence on imported battery components continues to shape policy risk. A proposed Approved List of Battery Manufacturers framework signals a shift toward tighter control over vendor eligibility in government-backed projects, aligning industrial policy with energy security objectives.

The global green hydrogen industry is confronting a resource allocation problem that grows more acute as deployment ambitions scale upward.…

Global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts (GW) by end-2025, following a record 692 GW addition that marked a 15.5% annual increase, with renewables capturing 85.6% of all new capacity expansions.

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz continue to expose a structural weakness in global logistics: a freight system still overwhelmingly dependent on diesel.

India has commissioned approximately 8,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production capacity as of February 2026, marking an early-stage milestone under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.