๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ขโฃ (February 16โ19)โฃ
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Dr. Soumitra Das
Feb 19, 2026, 4:52:56โฏAMย (21 hours ago)ย Feb 19
to Healthy Planet Action Coalition, Healthy Climate Initiative, Planetary Restoration, geoengineering
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ขโฃ (February 16โ19)โฃ
๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐คโฃ
Mumbai was electric.โฃ From high-level policy conversations to packed auditoriums at Mumbai Climate Week, the city pulsed with ambition โ trillions of dollars in green growth, innovation capital, and climate entrepreneurship. And yet, beneath the optimism, one question kept surfacing in my mind: ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐?โฃ
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๐ค ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐โฃ
I had the privilege of meeting Madhav Pai, CEO of WRI India. We discussed the case for an India Climate Cooling Summit. Madhav was thoughtful, supportive, and expressed genuine interest in collaboration.
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๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉโฃ
At Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, I presented a seminar titled: โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ & ๐๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข.โ The response was deeply engaging. Several IITB professors expressed strong interest in collaborating with HCI.
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค โ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆโฃ
The remainder of the week was spent attending events across Mumbai Climate Week. The scale was impressive.โฃ There was serious discussion about mobilizing trillions of dollars into: Renewable energy, EV infrastructure, Sustainable urban growth. Indiaโs green transition is gaining momentum.โฃ
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๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญโฆโฃ
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โ ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃ
In the grandeur and optimism of Mumbai Climate Week, something critical felt under-addressed: What happens if extreme climate risks outpace our transition? Mumbai itself faces existential flood risk, Parts of India could become unlivable due to extreme heat and humidity., Water stress is intensifying. and Rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers carries serious consequences. If large parts of India become heat-stressed, flood-prone, or water-scarce: It wonโt just be a humanitarian crisis... Infrastructure investments, supply chains, urban development, and productivity could all be undermined. ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐โฃ
Capital is mobilizing.โฃ
Innovation is accelerating.โฃ
Academia is ready to engage.โฃ
But extreme climate risk management remains insufficiently centered.โฃ
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๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โโฃIt needs a parallel conversation on cooling, risk reduction, and resilience at planetary scale.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฉ
๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐คโฃ
Mumbai was electric.โฃ From high-level policy conversations to packed auditoriums at Mumbai Climate Week, the city pulsed with ambition โ trillions of dollars in green growth, innovation capital, and climate entrepreneurship. And yet, beneath the optimism, one question kept surfacing in my mind: ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐?โฃ
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๐ค ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐โฃ
I had the privilege of meeting Madhav Pai, CEO of WRI India. We discussed the case for an India Climate Cooling Summit. Madhav was thoughtful, supportive, and expressed genuine interest in collaboration.
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๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉโฃ
At Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, I presented a seminar titled: โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ & ๐๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข.โ The response was deeply engaging. Several IITB professors expressed strong interest in collaborating with HCI.
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค โ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆโฃ
The remainder of the week was spent attending events across Mumbai Climate Week. The scale was impressive.โฃ There was serious discussion about mobilizing trillions of dollars into: Renewable energy, EV infrastructure, Sustainable urban growth. Indiaโs green transition is gaining momentum.โฃ
โฃ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญโฆโฃ
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โ ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃ
In the grandeur and optimism of Mumbai Climate Week, something critical felt under-addressed: What happens if extreme climate risks outpace our transition? Mumbai itself faces existential flood risk, Parts of India could become unlivable due to extreme heat and humidity., Water stress is intensifying. and Rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers carries serious consequences. If large parts of India become heat-stressed, flood-prone, or water-scarce: It wonโt just be a humanitarian crisis... Infrastructure investments, supply chains, urban development, and productivity could all be undermined. ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐โฃ
Capital is mobilizing.โฃ
Innovation is accelerating.โฃ
Academia is ready to engage.โฃ
But extreme climate risk management remains insufficiently centered.โฃ
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๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โโฃIt needs a parallel conversation on cooling, risk reduction, and resilience at planetary scale.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฉ
Soumitra Das
Chairman and Executive Director, HCI USA
Chairman, HCI India
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