If climate technology dies, what comes with it?

Humans naturally want to name things, but to be honest, sometimes we fail to do so.

Climate technology: is a group of companies and technologies that, broadly speaking, aim to reduce or change our impact on the climate and help us adapt to the ever-increasing changes. As far as they go, weather technology is not bad because it defines what the field is looking for in two words.

It is better than its predecessor, white technology. It’s what startups today fall under the banner of climate technology would have called themselves a decade ago. That wasn’t the best explanation, though. For the uninitiated, clean technology could easily mean robotic cleaners or new household appliances. Weather technology is easy to understand.

But weather technology is about a decade old, and people also like to feel like they’re on the front lines of something new. This, combined with the growth of climate technology has grown to a critical point. Some have started explore other options in the past year.

Planetary health emerged as an early trend, the first one made in a medical journal The Lancet in 2014. Other vendors he embraced itin part to address the problem of oversupply. Many companies do not want to deal with air pollution, but they still focus on technologies that can solve the problem of people in the world. It has its appeal, but many people are still stuck with weather technology.

Then Donald Trump was elected again. “Weather” hasn’t exactly changed from a dirty word, but people are actively talking about it. isolate themselves since time. You can try to fight it if you want, but the migration had started before the election. In five years, we will be referring to other climate technologies as well.

What will it be? People have started throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. Planetary health is an obvious process; it is descriptive and has basic guidance. The American dynamism The platform has a strong white board, but the word is associated with one VC company – a16z, which partner Katherine Boyle created and runs a practice under that name – and there are many other things packed inside, including security, public safety. , education, housing, etc.

Frontier tech is another, even if you think climate technology is very broad, you may not like the amount of frontier technology. Complex architecture? What overlaps with climate technology, but the Venn diagram is not perfectly circular. Deep tech is something that revolves around weather technology, but it also covers things like AI, robotics, and quantum computing.

The most recent proposal was growing tech. It’s not my intention to throw stones, but I don’t see it working. It’s obvious – aren’t all startups looking to grow? – and it doesn’t explain the principles of what these founders are pushing. Is it possible for climate technology to bring about an increase in growth and industrial innovation? You need look no further than China to understand this. But I think there is a better word.

Since I’m not one to criticize without giving an answer, here’s mine: If we really need time, I’ll show some technical skills. It’s not perfect, and I’ll probably think of something better in the future. But for now, I think it will happen. It captures the principle that climate science is driving: making the world and people more resilient.