At COP26, Modi made India's first net-zero pledge Scientists say that to avoid the worst damage from global warming, countries must keep most fossil fuels in the ground, including 90% of coal reserves.ДЄlready, climate disruptions are pounding India through intense rainfall, flooding and heatwaves, and researchers warn that parts of the country could become uninhabitable by late this century. The country is trying to find a way to meet the insatiable energy demands of nearly 1.4 billion people while also taking steps to ensure that development can continue for generations to come.Д¬limate change is being driven by burning fossil fuels like coal, which release heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere. The transition he's trying to negotiate for his family business, from coal to renewables, is the same one that India - the world's third-biggest carbon emitter - must now make. Abdul Moeed Chaudhary recently earned a master's degree in renewable energies, and wants to diversify the family business. So Chaudhary, while still working in the family coal business, is also experimenting with cleaner fuel technology and moonlighting as a consultant in sustainable architecture.ДЄbdul Moeed Chaudhary (left), 30, and his nephew Abdul Rakib Chaudhary (right), 21, are the third and fourth generations of their family to run the Choudhury Coal Depot in Mumbai. 'There are two things: One is to sustain your life, but at the same time, you have to make efforts to change, for the future,' he tells NPR on a tour of his facility. Coal also fuels India's power grid: 70% of the country's electricity comes from it.Д«ut Chaudhury recently did something none of his ancestors in the business ever dreamed of: He went away to college and earned a master's degree in renewable energy. His clients use coal to fuel their furnaces. He buys from agents sourcing coal from mines mostly in the country's east, and sells to factories, metal workshops and hotel chains in India's megacity, Mumbai. It's one small stop in a long coal supply chain that crisscrosses the Indian subcontinent. Chaudhary, 30, is the third generation in his family to manage this wholesale coal depot.

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