SPEED, 1M1B join hands to launch Youth Climate Innovation Centre in Hyderabad

Telangana’s SPEED initiative and non-profit 1M1B have signed an MoU to set up a Youth Climate Action & Innovation Centre in Hyderabad. The project aims to train one lakh youth in green skills and drive the State’s youth-led net zero mission

Hyderabad: SPEED (Smart, Proactive, Efficient and Effective Delivery), an initiative of the State government, and 1M1B (One Million for One Billion), a non-profit foundation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish Youth Climate Action & Innovation Centre in Hyderabad.

The announcement was made at the recently held 9th 1M1B Activate Impact Summit held at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The Centre aims to make Telangana India’s first youth-led net zero State where young citizens actively contribute to climate action, sustainability innovation, and green economic growth.

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Anchored under SPEED, the Centre will serve as a convergence platform combining skills, innovation, entrepreneurship, and measurable impact driving visible delivery under the State’s net zero agenda.

By 2030, the initiative aims to train over one lakh youth in green and climate skills, connect 1,000 startups and enterprises to trained talent, and create 10,000 virtual and gig work opportunities.

Special Chief Secretary to government and SPEED CEO Jayesh Ranjan said, “By integrating AI, green skills, and entrepreneurship, this collaboration with 1M1B will help create a new generation of future-ready professionals and climate innovators”.

1M1B Chief Mentor and 1.5 Matters Curator Manav Subodh said the partnership with the Telangana government ignites a youth-powered movement for climate action. The Centre will turn next-generation innovators into changemakers leading India’s journey to net zero,” he added.