climate tech

Carbon Dioxide Removal: The Tech That’s Polarizing Climate Science

For some, CDR is crucial to staying below 1.5C. Others say it should not even be on the table. Why is it so controversial?

Carbon Removal Tech Would Use More Energy than All Homes Combined, Shell Finds

It would take more energy than all the world’s houses will consume in 2100 to power a fledgling technology that captures enough carbon dioxide from the air to limit global heating at 1.5°C, according to...

Why Enterprise Data Should be a Top Investment Priority in 2023

Investing in tech has the power to drive growth and competitiveness even in an uncertain market.

Business is the Battery of Society: Reflections On Innovation

Techonomist John Suter shares his key insights from Techonomy 22 and charts a way forward. (Hint: Do not negotiate on climate.)

My Epiphanies at a Climate Innovation Breakfast

As the internet industry implodes, a session helped me realize that a newly-forming climate industry will replace it. Climate tech and climate-conscious companies will become the leading force in business and markets, a new force...

If Innovation Slows, The World Goes

Innovation Must Save the World. That is a key theme we think about constantly as we cap off Techonomy’s year of semi-post-pandemic re-immersion. Climate, innovation, development and equality all must be thought of in parallel.

Solar Sovereignty: The Promise of Native-Led Renewables

“We’re training a workforce of solar warriors,” says the cofounder of Indigenized Energy Initiative.

Is it Ethical to Patent Emerging Climate Tech?

The U.S. is fast-tracking patent applications for climate tech. Is this a good move?