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RDU Global to Publish 2026 Climate Tech Watchlist as Warming Thresholds Slip Beyond Reach

RDU Global is preparing its 2026 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch as the world enters a more urgent phase of the climate transition. The timing is stark: the United Nations has warned that global temperatures are likely to pass 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next few years, underscoring the widening gap between climate ambition and policy reality. For frontier AI and machine learning companies, the shift is especially consequential. Investors and policymakers are increasingly looking for technologies that can improve climate forecasting, industrial efficiency, grid management, and emissions measurement at a moment when the United States and other major emitters remain politically divided on climate action.