10 Climate Technology Companies Tackling Emissions and Climate Change

Reducing emissions and avoiding the most damaging effects of climate change will require major advances in technology. These 10 companies are working on solutions ranging from mobile seawalls and semi-solid batteries to compressed CO₂ energy storage and next-generation nuclear reactors.

The companies also reflect some of the biggest shifts in climate technology, including rising energy demand from AI data centers and the need for cleaner, more reliable power.

Here are 10 companies tackling some of the biggest challenges in climate technology.

Over the next few days, we’ll take a closer look at each company in this feature, as well as how we selected this year’s list. Stay tuned.

Must-read technology news

We scoured the internet to find the most entertaining, important, scary and fascinating technology stories of the day.

1. Elon Musk’s new Pentagon role raises conflict-of-interest concerns

His companies could directly benefit from the weapons he recommends. (NPR)

• SpaceX has received billions of dollars in Department of Defense and NASA contracts. (The New York Times)
• Beware of the rise of the “Pentagon Silicon Complex.” (Gizmodo)
• The Department of Defense wants AI-powered lie detectors. (MIT Technology Review)

2. The only billionaires making money this year are in the tech industry

Technology assets now account for 36% of billionaires’ wealth. (Bloomberg)

• Nvidia is on track to reach its first $6 trillion valuation. (CNBC)
• SpaceX stock has made Elon Musk a trillionaire again. (Gizmodo)