How steelmakers are turning up heat in furnaces for the war on emission

The startup world is also being tapped for innovative solutions by Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal, as well as JSW

Earlier this month, rain and floods in Himachal Pradesh claimed 70 lives. The total damage has been pegged at Rs 10,000 crore and may take a year to undo.

This is just one in a series of weather events in a summer of ext­remes. From soaring tempera­tures in Europe to floods in China, Spain and New York’s Hudson Valley, and the deadly wildfire in Hawaii — the effects of climate change have manifested in myriad ways.

“In the last 200 years, carbon dioxide levels have increased due to industrial activity leading to global warming. And it is accelerating,” says Debashish