Climate Techโs Next Test: AI, Adaptation and the Post-1.5ยฐC Economy
RDU Global is preparing its 2026 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch at a moment when the climate investment thesis is being rewritten by physics, policy and capital markets. With the United Nations warning that the world is likely to breach 1.5ยฐC of warming within years, the sector is shifting from emissions optimism to technologies that can measure, manage and adapt to a hotter planet. Frontier AI and machine learning are emerging as central tools in that transition, even as political denial and policy drift in the United States complicate the outlook.
