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emperaturesarepushing

50°CinCanadaandItaly.

Floodsarewreakinghavoc

inBelgiumandGermany.

WildfiresareburningupGreece,

Russiaandthewestcoastof

America. Rainwasrecordedatop

glaciersinGreenland forthefirst

timeever.Thelatesteditionofthe

IntergovernmentalPanelonClimate

Change(IPCC)reportwasn’teven

necessarytosparkworryandconcern

aboutclimatechange,butwehadthat

too,with a warningthathumanshad

causedan“unprecedented”impacton

theworld’s environment.

Thereareclearandobvioussteps

totake — fossilfuelsneedtobe

aggressively replacedwith

renewables,forexample— butto

avoidtheworstdamage,weneed

innovativesolutionsacrossa variety

ofindustriesina multitudeofways.

TheWorldEconomicForumbelieves

thatdigitaltechnologycouldhelp

slashemissionsaroundthe world

by15%withinthenextdecade,

whichistoolittlefartoolate, but

technologicalinnovation

couldhelpbuyussometime

tomakebiggerchanges.Inother

words,techstartupswon’t save us,

buttherearesomegoodideasonshow

thatcouldhelpstave offtherising

tides,at least fora while.

Thankfully,investorsappearto

agree.AccordingtoTechNation’sNet

ZeroReport,UKstartupsrackedup

£336millionin 2020 venture-capital

investmentfor companieswith aims

tocutemissions,thoughthat’sasmall

sliceofthetotal £9.6billioninsuch

fundingforBritishstartupsasa

whole.While37%of“netzero”

startupsarestillat an earlystage,

morethana quarterarelatestage

— andcouldsoonmakea realimpact.

Here’sa snapshotoftheBritish

companiesthathavewonthe

confidenceofinvestorssofar.

Companiesthat will

hopefullyusethat

fundingtomakereal

progressonclimate

changeandother

environmental

challenges.

CERVEST

Whatwillclimate

changemeanforyour

company— or your

government?Cervest

hopesto answerthat

terrifyingquestion

usingmachinelearning

toapply climatescience

topredict theimpact

offlooding

orextreme

Innovatorsareusingtechnologytotackleclimatechange

andenvironmentalruin.NicoleKobierevealseightof

themostintriguinggreenstartupsacrosstheUK

Canstartups

saveus?Atleast

they’retrying

BELOWCervestuses

machinelearningto

predicttheimpactof

extremeweather

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