Humans have an innate desire to name things, but to be honest, we’re not always that good at it. Take climate tech: It’s a category of companies and technologies that, broadly speaking, seek to ...

When Exxon made some of the earliest solar energy technology investments in the early 1970s, the oil company couldn’t have expected it was jump-starting technological breakthroughs that would one day ...

Climate tech may have had a down year in 2024, but new data also shows a maturing sector with larger deal sizes. Venture investment in the climate tech sector was down 7% to $12.9 billion, $1 billion ...

For the third consecutive year, venture capital investment in climate tech fell in 2024. Investment in the sector reached only $37.8 billion, nearly 40% lower than its all-time high in 2021. Looking ...

Globally, climate-tech companies raised more than $10 billion in equity financing in the third quarter of 2024. That appears to be a lot of money, but it actually puts the full-year funding for green ...

And what distinguishes the firms that made the 2025 edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. MIT Technology Review’s reporters and editors faced a dilemma as we began to mull ...

If climate tech has a mothership in Massachusetts, it’s Greentown Labs in Somerville. More than 100 entrepreneurs crowded the hallways at the tech incubator’s yearly summit last fall. The event is ...

Climate tech solutions need to get into the market as fast as possible. Of course, more funding and policy are needed to finance and enable this growth, but these instruments can only do so much ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Jul 17, 2025 at 6:54 pm July 18, 2025 at 12:51 pm ...