Humayun Tai

Mar 11, 2025 | mckinsey.com | Adam Barth |Humayun Tai |Sarah Brody

State and local leaders are well positioned to help water and wastewater utilities solve challenges in financial health, infrastructure resilience, economic development, and lives and livelihoods. Recent years have seen the publication of a number of reports about how water and wastewater utilities in the United States can become more resilient, particularly when it comes to addressing rapidly aging infrastructure, optimizing operational efficiencies, and contending with increasing water demand.

Feb 12, 2025 | mckinsey.com | Adam Barth |Humayun Tai |Jesse Noffsinger

We look at why companies seeking to invest in renewable energy can increase their impact and lower costs by implementing a broader strategy.

Nov 15, 2024 | fortune.com | Chris Bradley |Mekala Krishnan |Humayun Tai

Despite the momentum of recent years, the fact remains that the energy transition is only in its infancy. Roughly halfway through what has been called climate’s decisive decade, and in the face of rising global uncertainties, it is time for a pragmatic reality check to understand where are we really, and what it will take to get the rest of the job done. By our count, only about 10% of the low-emissions technologies needed by 2050 to meet global climate commitments are in place.

Oct 7, 2024 | mckinsey.com | Humayun Tai |Mekala Krishnan

In the energy conversation, costs count. But so does the “eye-wateringly vast” physical system we’ve built to power our world—and the many interlinked ways that system needs changing.

Sep 26, 2024 | mckinsey.com | Humayun Tai |Mekala Krishnan

Optimists, pessimists—who’s right? New research breaks down the physical realities slowing our progress toward net zero: what’s simpler, what’s tough, and what’s vital to transforming our energy system successfully. In the energy conversation, costs count. But so does the “eye-wateringly vast” physical system we’ve built to power our world—and the many interlinked ways that system needs changing.