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How copying plants could produce the fuel of the future

1.44 Hello, we’re back with the third session of today’s ClimateTech talks—I’m Tammy, a reporting fellow at MIT Technology Review, and I’ll be filling you in on this segment, which focuses on... Read more »

How plasma could give us nearly unlimited energy

12.00 Andreas Rico, a graduate student from Mexico City at the MIT Media Lab with a background in Robotics, AI, and Innovation, is now talking about communities without infrastructure. “The richest 10%... Read more »

How anti-poverty interventions go hand-in-hand with climate interventions

1.44 Hello, we’re back with the third session of today’s ClimateTech talks—I’m Tammy, a reporting fellow at MIT Technology Review, and I’ll be filling you in on this segment, which focuses on... Read more »

Why creating a better battery is critical for electric vehicle adoption

11.58 So, how do we encourage people to shift towards a plant-based diet, she asks? The solution should, and can, involve delicious plant based alternatives and fresh local food, but that won’t... Read more »

How to make cities more climate-friendly

11.22 Onstage now is Luis Alonso, a research scientist in the City Science group and Principal Investigator of the Andorra Living Lab Project. When we talk about deep building retrofitting, we’re talking... Read more »

Inside Google’s push for 24/7 clean energy

10.20 Renewable energy sources are going to be a key piece of the puzzle for 24/7 electricity, says Texier. But we also know that to maximize those resources, we’re going to need... Read more »

Why buying carbon removal matters

09.30 “It’s really neat that energy security today is relying on clean, green things, and that’s truly the credit of the market in bringing down these costs,” says Panchadsaram. “I think if... Read more »

Why a full systems-change is essential to tackling climate change

“I think if you’re in a space that’s delivering energy, that’s moving people, feeding people, those customers will always be there—no matter what happens.” 09.27 A new wave of entrepreneurs are completely... Read more »

The Download: AI’s life-and-death decisions, and plant-based steak

5 Ukraine’s Starlink systems are coming back onlineThe devices have suffered outages in the past few days, leaving soldiers without any way to communicate. (FT $)+ Odessa’s officials have removed Elon Musk’s... Read more »

ClimateTech: Day Two

Come back to this page for rolling updates throughout the day as we kick off the second day of ClimateTech, MIT Technology Review’s first ever conference dedicated to finding solutions for climate... Read more »