🇮🇳⚡ India hits 50% non-fossil power capacity—5 years ahead of our Paris target.
A quiet revolution powered by:
✅ Solar pumps in farms
✅ Rooftop panels on homes
✅ Bold policy & relentless innovation
This isn’t the finish line. It’s the launchpad.
#EnergyTransition#NetZero
Trump Tariffs raise big questions:
🧠 What if our most powerful climate lever… is economic contraction?
⚡ What does this mean for decarbonization without coordination?
🌍 And how can we drive emissions down without crushing economies?
5️⃣ “Ellarkum Ellam” – Climate Action for All? 🌏
✅ Free bus rides for women encourage green transport 🚌
✅ EV subsidies for gig workers ⚡
✅ Forest road improvements for tribal communities 🌳
This is climate justice in action, ensuring no one is left behind. #InclusiveGrowth
4️⃣ Protecting TN’s Coastline 🌊🌿
🔹 ₹50 Cr for Marine Resource Conservation Fund 🐠
🔹 Mangrove & coral restoration to fight coastal erosion.
🔹 Blue Flag certification for 6 beaches 🌴
Coastal resilience is crucial for Tamil Nadu—this is a small but strategic start.
3️⃣ Transport Goes Green 🚍⚡
🔹 1,125 new electric buses 🚌
🔹 700 diesel buses to be retrofitted with CNG
🔹 ₹4 Cr subsidy for gig workers to buy e-bikes 🚴♂️
Shifting to low-carbon mobility is great, but can TN scale it fast enough? #SustainableTransport
2️⃣ Sponge Parks: Can ₹88 Cr Save Chennai from Floods? 🌊
🔹 TN govt to develop 7 climate-resilient sponge parks
🔹 A nature-based solution for urban climate resilience.
A great step, but is ₹88 Cr enough for Chennai’s flood crisis? 🤔 #UrbanResilience
1️⃣ Renewable Energy Gets the Spotlight ⚡🌞
🔹 ₹21,178 Cr allocated for solar, wind & battery storage
🔹 No new coal plants – a major shift!
🔹 Focus on pumped hydro & grid-scale storage to integrate renewables 24x7.
✅ ₹21,178 Cr for renewable energy
✅ ₹88 Cr for sponge parks to fight urban floods
✅ 1,125 e-buses & CNG retrofits for greener transport
✅ Marine fund to protect TN’s coast
✅ E-bike subsidies for gig workers
No this isn’t a heat wave but the state of air quality in delhi . This-is a worry some situation and if it persists can cause severe health issues. Climate is evidently becoming a health concern ⚠️
Extremely disappointed with the pathetic service at @MotherhoodIndia No one to attend to patients, endless waiting, and complete lack of responsiveness. Healthcare deserves better! #HealthcareFail#PoorService
As COP29 Azerbaijan kicks off tomorrow in Baku all eyes are trained on outcomes of the discussion on climate finance, the L&D funds, NCQG and the next revision and submission of the NDCs.
Despite the scale, ambition Inflation Reduction Act, climate policy has not been a focus in the campaign. November promises to be yet another watershed moment for climate action as more details will emerge on whether the US will turn from climate leader to climate delayer.