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Energy transition news from Asia: hydrogen, batteries, nuclear and renewables in China, Japan, Korea, India and beyond.

Global hydrogen investment announcements surpassed hundreds of billions of dollars over the past several years, yet the gap between announced capacity and operational deployment remains substantial. According to the International Energy Agency, only a fraction of proposed low emission hydrogen projects worldwide have reached final investment decision stage, underscoring the persistent challenges around infrastructure, financing, and industrial demand creation.

Global carbon tracking faces increasing methodological uncertainty as China’s revised emissions accounting suggests that the rise in national emissions between 2020 and 2025 may be overstated by as much as 700 million tonnes of CO₂, according to analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

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.