The Climate Tech Business

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About 2 billion people lack access to clean water, and that number is expected to rise as extreme climate events strike harder and faster. The bad news: keeping things as they are will not guarantee access to clean, potable water when the planet gets warmer. The good news: one company is building a solution to this problem. Andrea Demichelis, founder of Elliot For Water, shared some interesting insights on how he wants to solve the water crisis in a new way: by harnessing productivity. Read the full interview 👇

Another story about the future of mining (wait, wasn't it climate?) Why is this post about asteroids in space and why there is a meme in between the text? Comment for the editor: could you please double-check what I wrote above and let me know as soon as possible??

The quest for infinite energy continues ⚛️ Nuclear fusion technology is again making tech headlines thanks to its promising solutions for a wide range of climate challenges, from decarbonizing heavy industries to producing clean fuels at scale. Three companies building the future of fusion energy are now in the spotlight: Valar Atomics, Renaissance Fusion, and Proxima Fusion. More about them and news and trends from the climate frontier in this week's story 👇

Climate tech has a PR crisis 📣 ❌ Everybody is wondering if the technology designed to fix the climate will work. Political shifts, market uncertainty, and investors' changing focus are all impacting the climate tech brand. But we should not forget about the community behind all of this. More about the people of climate tech, news, and trends in this week's story 👇

Is setting a price on carbon a good idea? 🤔 Carbon pricing mechanisms have surged over the last years as an alternative solution to make polluters pay more for their emissions and get the money to finance decarbonization policies. Currently, 75 carbon pricing instruments have been implemented worldwide, covering 24% of global emissions. Read this and more stories on how to fund the future of climate innovation in this week's post 👇

Europe has a new way of doing business in this climate era. Or, to better say it, a new Compass 🧭 The European Union is trying to redefine its global competitiveness while putting decarbonization and clean tech at the center of its agenda. The goal? Become the world's climate-neutral supereconomy. This and more inside this week's story 👇

Do you know who is being overlooked in the climate tech space? Africa 🌍 And that's a big, missed opportunity. As Africa prepares to face the full impact of climate change, many wonder about the future of its biodiversity and people. But here is the good news: climate tech is growing in Africa as well 🌱 Find more about the future of Africa at the intersection of climate and technology in this week's story here below 👇

Climate change is becoming one of the major drivers of geopolitical confrontations across the globe 🗺️ The scarcity of resources, the race for clean technology dominance, and political shifts are creating cases for collaboration without excluding confrontation on some of the hottest zones of interest for the climate transition. These are some of the most interesting trends around the topic: 👥 The revival of national interests 📡 The need for new infrastructures and energy resilience 🔗 Emerging new links between technology and geography 🏛️ The rise of new global institutions Geography has a huge role to play in decarbonization. Read about them (and more) in this week’s story 👇

We need to make more space for the energy of the future. This is why the global deployment of energy storage tech is accelerating: ➡️ 110GWh installed capacity reached in 2024 ➡️ Expected growth to 2+ TWh by 2030 ➡️ 85% of deployments led by China, EU, US, and Canada Some of the technology breakthroughs and trends driving the growth in the industry: 🌏 World's largest sodium-ion facility commissioned 🔋 LDES solutions moving beyond the pilot phase ♨️ Thermal storage is gaining industrial adoption Read the full story inside this week's post 👇