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According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, India was the seventh most-affected country by the devastating impact of climate change globally in 2019. Going forward, the report predicts frequent coastal flooding, rapid melting of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya regions, increase in frequency and severity of extreme heat waves and rise in annual mean precipitation underscoring the fragility of the Indian ecosystem.

Adani announced that over 75 per cent of our planned capex until 2025 will be in green technologies. "We will triple our renewable power generation capacity over the next four years - from 21 per cent now to a high of 63 per cent. No company is building at this scale", he added.

Sobti is the former Managing Director & CEO of IndusInd Bank (tenure from 1 February 2008 till 23 March 2020). He is a career banker with 46 years of experience in all 3 sectors of banking - public, foreign and private.

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) executive vice chairman Saurabh Kumar became the face of the country's energy efficiency programmes after he spearheaded the world’s largest non-subsidised distribution programme of LED lamps under the ‘Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All’ (Ujala) scheme.

For a country of 1.4 billion people, if electric vehicles have to make a significant impact, it has to be accessible to as many Indians as possible. A top-down approach can only do so much; hence our focus has to be on the mass mobility segment in India.

​​The World Bank has estimated that $4 trillion, 40 times the current amount promised, is required annually in developing and emerging economies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Global finance needs to drastically enhance investments in clean technologies and move money away from fossil fuels.