The Download: introducing the 10 climate tech companies to watch for 2025

The MIT Technology Review has released its third annual list highlighting 10 climate tech companies poised to make significant advances by 2025. These firms focus on decarbonizing key sectors such as energy, food production, and goods distribution, addressing the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions amid escalating climate risks. Despite political and funding uncertainties, especially in the US, the list emphasizes ongoing innovation as essential to meeting global climate goals. Bill Gates underscores the challenge, noting that current technologies are insufficient or costly, but expresses optimism about human ingenuity driving future solutions. The initiative aims to spotlight promising companies contributing to emission reductions and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. Separately, efforts to track immigration enforcement activities online face setbacks, with platforms removing crowd-sourced projects monitoring ICE raids, reflecting ongoing tensions around surveillance and civil rights.