How to read the State of Climate Tech 2025 report
The State of Climate Tech 2025 report is structured to reflect how the Climate Tech market is actually functioning today. It moves from capital flows, to investor and corporate behavior, to technology readiness, and finally to the structural constraints shaping scale. Rather than presenting a single narrative, the report is designed as a […]
Emerging Pathways Driving Innovations in Specialty Chemicals
Materials and manufacturing will remain essential as long as global demand for goods persists. This ensures sustained demand for specialty chemicals that enable the production of goods. Achieving meaningful decarbonisation in this sector requires a coordinated shift toward sustainable feedstocks, low-carbon energy, and redesigned production pathways. Innovation will drive this transition by improving existing […]
2025 Specialty Chemicals Funding Explained
Investment in specialty chemicals is entering a phase of focused expansion. Companies are accelerating plans to scale low carbon production and secure reliable renewable feedstocks. New capacity and upgraded assets now sit at the center of decarbonization strategies. Future growth depends on the industry’s ability to innovate and respond to rising sustainability demands. Firms […]
Five Partnerships Driving Low-Carbon Specialty Chemicals in 2025
Chemicals are fundamental to manufacturing a wide range of products across cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, fertilizers, and more. Yet most of these compounds still depend on fossil fuels or palm oil, resulting in high emissions, energy-intensive production, and environmental hazards. The industry is now progressing toward low-carbon and circular alternatives. However, technical breakthroughs alone are […]
Five Startups Reshaping Specialty Chemical Supply Chains
The specialty chemicals sector sits at the center of the global decarbonization challenge. Demand for advanced materials, additives, and functional ingredients continues to rise, yet most of these products still depend on petroleum-based hydrocarbons as both feedstock and energy input. This dual reliance makes specialty chemical manufacturing one of the hardest industrial sectors to decarbonize. […]
Five Startups Reducing Data Center Water Consumption
Data centers are becoming one of the fastest-growing water consumers in the world. AI workloads, high-density chips, and rising digital demand are pushing cooling systems far beyond traditional design limits. Most facilities still depend on evaporative cooling, a process that can use millions of gallons of water each year and create significant environmental pressure in […]
Record Funding Redefines Data Center Cooling Solutions in 2025
Large data centers can consume up to 20 million liters of water per day, an annual volume comparable to the needs of a mid-sized town. With more than 5,400 data centers in the United States alone, total water use now spans several billion liters each year. As digital infrastructure expands and AI workloads intensify, reducing […]
Emerging Solutions Cutting Data Center Water Consumption
Explosive growth in internet usage, combined with rapid AI expansion, is driving unprecedented demand for data centers. This surge is increasing pressure on global water resources as high-density AI workloads require intensive cooling. Water use varies by facility, shaped by cooling design, IT rack chip density, local climate, and electricity sources. It is estimated that […]
Five Startups Powering the Nuclear Energy Transition
Half of global energy demand is consumed for heating and cooling, and most of it still depends on fossil fuels. Transitioning this demand to clean, dependable nuclear power offers one of the largest decarbonization opportunities available. Yet, conventional nuclear power has long been defined by high costs, complex construction, and slow deployment timelines. A […]
Strategics in the Energy Transition: Insights from Climate First’s Annual Forum
Corporate innovators are entering a new phase of the energy transition, one shaped less by broad ambition and more by practical realities. That theme ran consistently through Climate First’s annual Strategics Forum, hosted with Honda and Taylor Wessing , where 40+ corporate senior leaders across energy, mobility, utilities, and industrials gathered to compare notes on […]