The energy transition alone spans critical minerals, AI data centres, nuclear energy, storage, grids, carbon management, energy security, industrial competitiveness, cooling infrastructure, and about a hundred other rabbit holes. This is no longer a conversation happening inside environmental circles. It is becoming a conversation about how economies, industries, and societies function.
I’ve been watching how the US–Israel–Iran war is playing out across global energy systems, and something doesn’t add up.
Everyone assumed that if fossil fuels became unstable, the world would naturally accelerate its shift to renewables.
But that’s not what’s happening.
What’s actually unfolding is much messier. Governments are scrambling for short-term survival, fossil fuels are becoming profitable again, and the very supply chains needed to build clean energy are under stress.
This is not a transition story.
It’s a systems stress test.
The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai brought climate conversations out of abstraction and into execution.
Across clean energy, resilience, finance, and circularity, the focus shifted from intent to systems readiness.
This reflection captures what it will take for India’s climate ambition to translate into real-world delivery.
A reflection from inside FICCI’s TANENERGY Summit 2025 on how India is thinking about energy beyond silos.
From nuclear and renewables to AI, grids, and geopolitics, the conversations pointed to systems, not slogans.
And they made one thing clear: Tamil Nadu is becoming central to India’s energy future.
At The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025, one message stood out: the future isn’t fossil-free, it’s efficiency-first. From green refineries to tertiary water reuse, Tamil Nadu is quietly building India’s blueprint for circular progress.
India is the third-largest battery importer — and by 2030, will be sitting atop 2 million tonnes of waste.
At IIT Madras Research Park, a closed-door roundtable asked: will this be a crisis, or a $50B opportunity?
From Battery Passports to second-life reuse, stakeholders confronted the bottlenecks head-on.
This moment could mark the turning point for India’s EV battery circular economy.
Now here’s the paradox:
While AI and quantum computing are digitising everything,
…the climate industry wants to electrify everything — to cut emissions.
Why?
Because smart devices are central to climate resilience.
From monitoring and prediction to optimisation — smarter energy infrastructure cuts costs, improves access, and boosts efficiency.
The global dash to green energy is Not So Green After all. We are uncovering the geopolitics and dark sides of the renewable energy transition while countries race to become the next Green powers.
Are tech giants shaping the future of energy through nuclear technology? How will geopolitical tensions impact global energy dominance? Join the conversation on the intersection of tech, energy, and geopolitics.
In this post, we explore the environmental impact of AI and its rapid growth. The surge in AI technology, particularly data centers, is leading to an unprecedented demand for energy. This has the potential to strain our planet's resources and exacerbate climate change. While efforts are being made to make data centers more sustainable, the rapid growth of AI presents a significant challenge in terms of energy consumption and environmental impact. We must find a balance between AI innovation and sustainable practices to mitigate its detrimental effects on the environment.