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The Union Cabinet approved a Rs.1,500 crore Incentive Scheme under the National Critical Mineral Mission to develop recycling capacity for e-waste and LIB scrap from FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31. The scheme provides 20% Capex subsidy, phased Opex incentives with per-entity ceilings (Rs.50 crore large; Rs.25 crore small) and aims for ~270 kt recycling capacity, ~40 kt critical mineral output and ~Rs.8,000 crore investment.

The German federal government adopted the Bundesnetzagentur’s 2025 monitoring report on electricity security, which analyses developments to 2035 and finds a need for up to 22.4 GW (target scenario) or up to 35.5 GW (delayed transition) of additional controllable capacity by 2035. The agency backs a capacity mechanism and the federal Power Station Strategy and supports the planned legal framework for additional power stations to be installed by 2030.

LOCA, a Vientiane-based EV ride-hailing platform, will issue Lao PDR’s first green bond in late 2025 to raise USD 2.5 million to expand its fleet and charging network. As of mid-2025 LOCA operates 100+ EVs, 47 charging stations (plans for 200 by year-end), has facilitated 400,000 trips and reduced over 2 million kg CO₂.

A Nature study led by IIASA finds Earth’s practical low-risk geological CO₂ storage is about 1,460 GtCO₂ and could be exhausted by 2200, much lower than prior estimates of 10,000–40,000 GtCO₂. The authors note current CCS removes 49 MtCO₂/yr with 416 Mt planned, but Paris-aligned mitigation requires 8.7 GtCO₂/yr by mid-century — a 175-fold increase.

The Brazilian government published Provisional Measure No. 1,310 creating the Plano Brasil Soberano and opening an extraordinary credit of R$ 30 billion to support exporters affected by U.S. tariff increases. The plan mobilizes funds across FGE, FGCE, FGI and FGO, extends drawback deadlines by one year, raises Reintegra benefits through December 2026 (impact up to R$ 5 billion), and sets access criteria and tax/credit relief for eligible exporters.

thyssenkrupp nucera has completed the acquisition of key technology assets (IP and a test facility with a full-size prototype in Skive) from Green Hydrogen Systems. The deal was finalized after regulatory approvals and insolvency-administrator consent, financed from existing liquidity, with a purchase price in the high single-digit million euro range.

Incubate Fund invested JPY 60,000,000 via a third-party allotment in Carbon Cryocapture Inc., which designs, develops, and sells CO2 recovery plants. The funding will accelerate construction of a commercial plant using its proprietary rubber-based CO2 absorbent and the hiring of management personnel to scale CO2 recovery from high-concentration emission sources.