Mekala Krishnan

Mekala Krishnan is a McKinsey Global Institute partner, based in Boston

  • Cop30Commentary

    Progress but uneven: Energy transition reality check

    By Chris Bradley, Mekala Krishnan, and others
  • 16 November 2023, Lower Saxony, Salzgitter: Glowing slag is tipped out on the Salzgitter AG site. The Salcos (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project aims to drastically reduce CO2 emissions in steel production through the use of hydrogen. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)Commentary

    The world has only deployed 10% of the climate technologies it needs to achieve net zero, new research by McKinsey shows

    By Chris Bradley, Mekala Krishnan, and others
  • 21 October 2023, Saxony, Königshain: A helper plants an aspen seedling. Prime Minister Kretschmer also takes part in the “Upper Lusatian Future Forest” planting campaign in Königshain. The reforestation of the communal 1.2 hectare damaged area is the result of a crowfounding campaign. With the planting of over 3,000 seedlings of various tree species by citizens of Upper Lusatia, a climate-tolerant, species-rich mixed forest is to be created on a former bark beetle damaged area. Photo: Matthias Rietschel/dpa (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/picture alliance via Getty Images)Commentary

    Affordability, reliability, and industrial competitiveness will make or break the net-zero transition. Here’s how

    By Mekala Krishnan, Daniel Pacthod, and others
  • An engineer performs maintenance at a wind-turbine farm.Commentary

    Climate change: What we will need to spend, and what we will need to change, to reach net zero

    By Hamid Samandari and Mekala Krishnan