RT-Engels: 21-11-2025,
The world’s most populous country is quietly developing the industry that will help it replace hydrocarbons as the major fuel for its energy security
At the ongoing COP30, where decision-makers negotiate how much money should flow from where to keep global warming under control, India has called on developed nations to “deliver on promises.” India’s minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav, delivered a statement at Belem, Brazil this week asserting that “developed countries must reach net zero far earlier than current target dates and deliver new, additional, and concessional climate finance at a scale of trillions, not billions.” He further stressed the need for affordable, accessible climate technology and stated that climate technology must be free from restrictive intellectual property barriers.
Speaking at another event, Yadav also highlighted achievements in renewable energy, saying that India has crossed 500 gigawatts of installed electricity capacity – and more than half of it is clean energy.
But the global conversation on climate transition is expanding beyond emissions and finance. Attention is shifting to a less-visible but decisive factor: the minerals powering the clean-energy revolution. For India, still heavily dependent on imports of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare-earth elements, this marks a strategic turning point.
In 2025, New Delhi launched the National Critical Mineral Mission to secure long-term supplies, boost domestic processing, and create value-chain linkages with like-minded economies. The logic is simple: without access to the building blocks of batteries,