Could This Change Your Life?: The Climate Tech Revolution

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Jun 19, 2025

Discover the quiet revolution in climate tech that’s reshaping our future with innovative materials and solutions. From bio-based foams to AI water management, explore how these breakthroughs tackle the climate crisis. Learn about the importance of community-driven initiatives and sustainable practices, especially in fashion and food waste. Dive into cutting-edge strategies like RFID technology that reduce e-waste and the potential of algae-based coatings for carbon capture. Join the movement for a livable, low-carbon world!

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INSIGHT

Bio-Based Materials Transform Supply Chains

Replacing fossil fuel materials with bio-based alternatives can decarbonize supply chains significantly.
Performance parity helps ensure user acceptance and scalability.

INSIGHT

Innovative Labels Reduce Food Waste

Temperature-sensitive labels can drastically reduce consumer food waste.
This technology personalizes expiry by monitoring storage conditions, extending food usability.

ADVICE

Smart Sensors Cut Water Waste

Install smart water sensors to detect leaks and reduce water waste.
Use AI-driven apps to get behavioral nudges and save money on water.

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While climate diplomacy grapples with global uncertainty, there’s a quiet revolution happening that may be just as important - thousands of breakthrough technologies and creative applications that are emerging to tackle the climate crisis in new and unexpected ways.

Around the world, figures from business, government and civil society come together at climate weeks to share ideas, showcase solutions, and accelerate action. Ahead of London Climate Action Week, where many of these innovations will be spotlighted, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson introduce just a few of the many founders and builders reimagining how we grow, produce, work, and live in a world under pressure.

From bio-based foams to paper-based electronic sensors, and from temperature-sensitive food labels to AI water management devices, this episode dives into the materials, data, and design transforming the climate solutions landscape.

While technology alone won’t solve the crisis, can it offer glimpses of what a livable, low-carbon future might look like? And how might it contribute to reshaping the infrastructure, industries, and incentives that underpin our daily lives?

Learn more

🧶 The Future Fabrics Expo, where Evoco and other makers of sustainably and responsibly produced materials will be sharing their work

♻️ Reset Connect, where Watergate, Hurd, Giki and hundreds of other businesses and speakers will be featured

🧪 The Undaunted Innovation Hub, from the programme that has supported PulpaTronics, Mimica and Cyanoskin

📅 The full London Climate Action Week events listings, featuring over 500 events across London and online

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