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THE BERLIN EDITION 2026

Berlin’s
sustainability tech industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping sustainability tech in Berlin. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Sustainability Tech illustration
Companies tracked 263Sustainability Tech ecosystem in Berlin Disclosed funding $3.07B76 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 30With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 600 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Berlin’s sustainability tech leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Sustainability Tech company highlights in Berlin, snapshot 4 September 2026
Company
Cloover Energycloover.energy$1.34B———
zolarzolar.de$306.57M—75—
Lifthiumlifthium.com$210M———
Soltecturesoltecture.com$160M———
Live EOlive-eo.com$97.03M—130Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Milk the Sunmilkthesun.com$82M—13—
Ecoworksecoworks.tech$81.26M—20—
Younicosyounicos.com$58.16M———
Thermondothermondo.de—10 roles352—
CEEZERceezer.earth—4 roles28—
Carbmeecarbmee.com—3 roles38—
Global Changerglobalchanger.com—3 roles52—
Lumenazalumenaza.de—3 roles38—
Root Globalrootglobal.io—3 roles11—
forward earthforward-earth.com—3 roles——
Maonmaon.eu—2 roles——
Comgycomgy.io——120—
Degewodegewo.de————
Enpalenpal.de——672—
Enterenter.de——75—
GESOBAUgesobau.de————
Klimklim.eco——40—
Mobisolplugintheworld.com——500—
Ostromostrom.de——27—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Sustainability Tech industry KPIs in Berlin

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

4 September 2026
Hiring participation11.4%

30 of 263 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation38.0%

100 of 263 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share60.6%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$4.87M

Midpoint of 144 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 60.6% of disclosed capital, while 62.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Berlin sustainability tech has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Berlin sustainability tech
$0$116.04M$232.09M$348.13M$464.18M2016: $42.84M20162017: $45.59M20172018: $19.44M20182019: $38.48M20192020: $29.24M20202021: $115.21M20212022: $275.18M20222023: $193.69M20232024: $407.17M20242025: $82.52M2025
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Annual sustainability tech funding and company formation in Berlin
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$42.84M154
2017$45.59M187
2018$19.44M199
2019$38.48M227
2020$29.24M315
2021$115.21M2114
2022$275.18M2020
2023$193.69M2421
2024$407.17M221
2025$82.52M07
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Cloover Energy43.8%
  • zolar10.0%
  • Lifthium6.8%
  • Other companies39.4%

Funding by stage

207 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel99 47.8%
Series A–B58 28.0%
Series C+ / PE6 2.9%
Grants, debt & other44 21.3%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
1 rounds

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Series C05/2026
Live EO $32.74M

Backed by HELANTIC and b2venture and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series C05/2022
zolarzolar.de$105.07M

Backed by Energy Impact Partners and GIC and others.

Series B11/2021
Comgycomgy.io$29M

Backed by Swiss Life Asset Management and Ricus Capital and others.

Series A05/2025
trawatrawa.de$27.19M

Backed by Headline and Norrsken VC and others.

Series A09/2023
Plan Aplana.earth$27M

Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Deutsche Bank and others.

Series B06/2024
Live EOlive-eo.com$26.79M

Backed by NordicNinja and DeepTech & Climate Fonds and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

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DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Berlin companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

24 of these companies (9.1%) publish at least one Android app — 36 apps in all, carrying 13.8M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Rain AlarmRain Alarm11.2M4.3Weather
WeatherPro: Forecast & RadarWeatherPro2M3.4Weather
Ostrom Energy - Smart & GreenOstrom204.3K3.9House & Home
Enpal.Enpal147.1K—Lifestyle
Meine degewoDegewo51.7K—Tools
GESOBAU Berlin AppGESOBAU49.6K—Communication
2zero - Climathon2zero42.4K—Tools
Zuhause - effizient verwaltetfacilioo36.7K—House & Home
Klima-TalerKlima-Taler25.5K—Lifestyle
Sensorberg One AccessSensorberg18.3K—Tools

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Air Pollution Management Tech413.3MRain Alarm 11.2M
Renewable Energy Tech6153.4KEnpal. 147.1K
Affordable Housing2101.3KMeine degewo 51.7K
Energy Efficiency Tech1673.4KZuhause - effizient verwaltet 36.7K
Facility Management Tech1573KSensorberg One Access 18.3K
Property Management Tech1265.4Kfacilioo 5K
Iot Applications325.7KIOmeter 6.6K
Water And Wastewater Management Tech28.2KRaindancer 8.1K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Berlin sustainability tech market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech176
Energy tech123
Consumer digital71
Enterprise software68
Saas44
Energy saas31
Smart buildings27
Solar energy tech25
Carbon capture and offset25
Deep tech25
Circular economy21
Carbon accounting17

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

176companies
14.8%have hiring activity

26 companies hiring · $2.47B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription151
Physical commerce59
Commission on transaction47
E-commerce - product45
Fee-for-service39
Advertising16
E-commerce - service15
Renting / leasing2
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundswatergenics.tech ↗

The six investments are: Foresight Spatial Labs – Building the world’s most advanced Spatial SDK for Engineering and Physical AI (Ottawa, Canada).Chemshift – Low-cost technology platform to refine crude lithium products into battery-grade material(Calgary, Canada).Supra – Supramolecular cartridges for high-purity critical minerals (Austin, US).Material Difference – Operationalising explainable AI and value-of-information as an unfair advantage in resource delineation and ore body knowledge (Cambridge, UK).Voluna – Autonomous airborne neutron technology that delivers real-time geochemical mapping for mineral exploration. (Boston, US) Watergenics – Real-time analysis of industrial aqueous streams (Berlin, Germany).

Funding roundsmetiundo.io ↗

Among the largest financings were Kiavi ($350 million, debt), Dwelly ($50 million, debt), Metiundo ($47.6 million, Series A), OneDome ($34.2 million, Series C), Stake ($31 million, Series B), Ownwell ($30 million, Series B), and Orchard ($30 million, venture).

Funding roundsostrom.de ↗

In Germany, Berlin-based Ostrom raised €20 million to accelerate smart meter adoption and expand its virtual power plant capabilities, making it a directly comparable domestic example.

Mergers & acquisitionsplana.earth ↗

A Nasdaq-listed UK company has acquired EnviroTech firm Plan A for €80 million (£70m).

Mergers & acquisitionsrysta.de ↗

Climaid acquires Rysta, an IoT‑based indoor climate and building monitoring systems maker, to expand its smart‑building technology portfolio.

Funding roundsenpal.de ↗

Enpal secures €700M ABS facility with M&G for residential solar and heating loans

Funding roundsenter.de ↗

São Paulo-based legaltech company Enter has successfully raised $37.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $375 million post-money.

Funding roundsthermondo.de ↗

Germany’s top heat pump installer, thermondo, has raised €50 million through special vehicle financing to support its Flex program—making climate-friendly heating more affordable.

Funding roundscarbonsate.com ↗

Klarna, the AI-driven global payments and commerce platform, has announced a fresh $1.25m investment into 18 high-impact climate projects set for 2025.

Mergers & acquisitionsivyprotocol.com ↗

Carbon marketplace Senken has announced the acquisition of Ivy Protocol, a company specializing in connecting pre-certified climate projects with early-stage financing.

Full recorded event mix

Top 7 categories among 63 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
35
Mergers & acquisitions
9
Capital infusions
6
Contracts
6
Leadership moves
4
New products
2
Layoffs
1
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Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Klim ↗
financial modeling tool

financial modeling tool

Klim ↗
‘digital companion’

Digital platform for regenerative agriculture

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

zolar ↗

Scale not stated rolesbusiness restructuring

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
diginex→Plan A ↗Announced2026-01-16$80.0M
climaid→RYSTA ↗Announced2025-12-02Not stated in snapshot
Senken→Ivy Protocol ↗Announced2025-04-24Not stated in snapshot
AFG Holding SA→AccessHolding ↗Announced2024-09-28Not stated in snapshot
ancala→Solandeo ↗Announced2024-06-27Not stated in snapshot
yokogawa electric→BaxEnergy ↗Announced2024-06-06Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

291 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 1,104-posting snapshot covers 23 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Elektroniker / Elektriker110
Anlagenmechaniker Shk96
Außendienstmitarbeiter74
Quereinsteiger Installationsbereich38
Ausbildung Zum Berufskraftfahrer (M/W/D)30
Lkw Fahrer (M/W/D)28
0 internship postings

2 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

56 postings specify a level.

unspecified
1,048
manager
31
intern
7
entry
6
lead
6
senior
6

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 1,104 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Aws
5
React
3
Nest.Js
3
Node.Js
3
Ghg Protocol
3
Typescript
3
Postgresql
3
Next.Js
3
Ppt
3
Github Actions
2
ADVERTISED PAY$45.4K/ year

Median across 31 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

237 founders and chief executives across 143 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

45 profiles with education records.

Technische Universität Berlin
9
RWTH Aachen University
5
Imperial College London
4
HEC Paris
4
Bocconi University
2
Harvard University
2
London School of Economics and Political Science
2
The University of British Columbia
2

Prior employers

9 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
5
Boston Consulting Group
2
Apple
1
Bain
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

3,922 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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3,922articles in the measured year
970articles in 2026Q1
83.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Sustainability Tech coverage tagged Berlin · articles per complete quarter

04719421,4131,8842021Q2: 9352021Q22021Q3: 9232021Q4: 9042022Q1: 1,0582022Q2: 1,2682022Q22022Q3: 1,3322022Q4: 1,0412023Q1: 1,1022023Q2: 1,2062023Q22023Q3: 1,0232023Q4: 1,0292024Q1: 1,2542024Q2: 1,2482024Q22024Q3: 1,4422024Q4: 1,0272025Q1: 1,6382025Q2: 9782025Q22025Q3: 1,0872025Q4: 9582026Q1: 9702026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2935
2021Q3923
2021Q4904
2022Q11,058
2022Q21,268
2022Q31,332
2022Q41,041
2023Q11,102
2023Q21,206
2023Q31,023
2023Q41,029
2024Q11,254
2024Q21,248
2024Q31,442
2024Q41,027
2025Q11,638
2025Q2978
2025Q31,087
2025Q4958
2026Q1970

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
2,183 positive · 24 neutral · 797 negative
2022
3,283 positive · 39 neutral · 1,374 negative
2023
3,368 positive · 28 neutral · 957 negative
2024
3,898 positive · 43 neutral · 1,023 negative
2025
3,870 positive · 24 neutral · 763 negative

Leading coverage topics

Sustainability Tech coverage tagged Berlin · ranked by full-period article count.

Solar Photovoltaic (Pv) Energy Systems5,620 articles in the full recorded period
1,369 recent · 1,330 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations5,208 articles in the full recorded period
1,342 recent · 1,203 prior
Green Hydrogen Production Methods4,806 articles in the full recorded period
772 recent · 987 prior
Sustainability Initiatives And Esg Reporting4,612 articles in the full recorded period
880 recent · 1,157 prior
Wind Turbine Technology & Onshore Wind Farms4,432 articles in the full recorded period
920 recent · 1,015 prior
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology4,345 articles in the full recorded period
705 recent · 907 prior
Offshore Wind Energy Development4,280 articles in the full recorded period
881 recent · 885 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations4,108 articles in the full recorded period
1,121 recent · 976 prior
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies3,847 articles in the full recorded period
596 recent · 666 prior
Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Programs3,674 articles in the full recorded period
631 recent · 944 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Germany comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
lithium-ion storage28519050%
grid-scale batteries23313573%
plastic bans20413947%
plastic reduction1929798%
microplastics filtration17511158%
advanced recycling technologies1728895%
eol plastics16767149%
waste plastic sorting16064150%
cloud infrastructure1537896%
waste management1529363%
hydrogen oxidation154231-33%
climate protests120180-33%
solar waste processing107171-37%
wind-powered electrolysis74124-40%
hydrogen vehicle prototypes69120-42%

Event and signal lenses

Germany comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

62,216 classified articles

clean energy mandates, renewable regulations, solar electricity generation

47.7% critical · 44.2% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

16,409 classified articles

solar electricity generation, renewable h2, solar pv

48.1% critical · 57.9% positive
Rising

Growth

39,817 classified articles

solar electricity generation, solar pv, photovoltaic systems

31.2% critical · 52.9% positive

Sustainability Tech coverage tagged Berlin. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Sustainability Tech research is working on

18,751 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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18,751papers
18,751worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Problem-identifying
6,778
Promising
4,869
Descriptive
3,494
Cautionary
1,440
Breakthrough
1,281
Critical
446
Comparative
443

Contribution mix

Empirical
9,911
Methods-led
3,963
Reviews
2,346
Position pieces
2,328
Theoretical
203

Tone counts: 11,958 positive · 1,282 neutral · 5,511 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
7,224 papers · 38.5% of this field
  • Climate change4,970 papers
  • Resilience1,640 papers
  • Flood myth1,360 papers
  • Psychological resilience1,273 papers
  • Vulnerability1,205 papers
  • Agriculture882 papers
  • Climate resilience727 papers
  • Flooding720 papers

Landmark: The Importance of Climate Risks for Institutional Investors

Cautions
1,440 papers · 7.7% of this field
  • Climate change800 papers
  • Flood myth407 papers
  • Agriculture211 papers
  • Flooding174 papers
  • Resilience173 papers
  • Psychological resilience167 papers
  • Climate risk150 papers
  • Vulnerability116 papers

Landmark: Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change

Opportunities
6,150 papers · 32.8% of this field
  • Flood myth2,487 papers
  • Climate change2,412 papers
  • Resilience1,312 papers
  • Flooding1,029 papers
  • Psychological resilience728 papers
  • Agriculture715 papers
  • Sustainability573 papers
  • Hydrology510 papers

Landmark: Hedging Climate Change News

Leading institutions

Swiss Finance Institute
3,978
The University of Texas at Austin
3,421
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
3,402
University of Geneva
3,378
Yale University
1,996
Columbia University
1,786

Leading researchers

Zacharias Sautner
3,368
Laura T. Starks
3,123
Philipp Krueger
3,113
W. J. Wouter Botzen
2,216
Johannes Stroebel
2,085
Bryan Kelly
1,996
Stefano Giglio
1,981
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
1,677

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • Hedging Climate Risk410 citations
  • What Is Nuisance Flooding? Defining and Monitoring an Emerging Challenge214 citations
  • Event‐Based Storylines to Address Climate Risk198 citations
  • Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa's Infrastructure: The Power and Water Sectors157 citations
  • Assessing catchment scale flood resilience of urban areas using a grid cell based metric138 citations

Common problems researchers identify

6,176 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Flood Risk and ManagementCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Flood Risk and Management

1,136 papers

18.9% of this theme group

Researchers highlight gaps in flood mitigation strategies and the need for improved risk assessment in changing climates.

Flood myth (1,109) · Flooding (538) · Flood mitigation (250) · Flood risk management (83)

Flood risk and flood management

Flood resiliency approach for urban planning: critical review and future research agenda

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YearShare index
2022361.6
2023348.0
2024300.9
2025355.7
Climate Change GovernanceCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Change Governance

1,055 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Papers discuss political and economic challenges of climate change, emphasizing justice and policy effectiveness.

Climate change (995) · Political economy of climate change (223) · Global warming (140) · Climate justice (77)

Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies for a Sustainable Future

Public Perceptions Of Climate Change: Risk, Trust, and Policy

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2022452.7
2023467.5
2024442.6
2025493.1
Agricultural Climate ImpactsCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Agricultural Climate Impacts

979 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Studies identify threats to food security and productivity from climate change and outline adaptation hurdles.

Agriculture (627) · Food security (300) · Climate change (755) · Agricultural productivity (90)

Climate change adaptation: Challenges for agricultural sustainability

A Comprehensive Review on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Challenges in Agriculture

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YearShare index
20223466.4
20233515.1
20243386.3
20253534.6
Urban Climate ResilienceCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Urban Climate Resilience

901 papers

15.0% of this theme group

Research points to deficiencies in city‑level resilience planning and metrics for climate‑related stresses.

Resilience (601) · Climate change (559) · Climate resilience (230) · Urban resilience (107)

Shaping resilient buildings and cities: Climate change impacts, metrics, and strategies for mitigation and adaptation

Empowering Communities for Climate Resilience

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202251.5
202358.7
202470.2
2025112.4
Climate‑Related Financial RiskCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Climate‑Related Financial Risk

714 papers

11.9% of this theme group

Works expose uncertainties in managing climate risk within finance and the need for robust risk frameworks.

Climate risk (290) · Climate Finance (147) · Climate change (560) · Risk management (129)

Climate Change and the Financial System

Managing Climate-Related Financial Risk: Prospects and Challenges

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YearShare index
202292.4
202393.5
202490.8
2025132.8
Psychological Resilience to Climate ChangeCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Psychological Resilience to Climate Change

640 papers

10.7% of this theme group

Literature examines community mental‑health challenges and the lack of tools to gauge climate resilience.

Psychological resilience (564) · Climate change (534) · Resilience (305) · Climate resilience (161)

Assessing community resilience to climate change

Climate Adaptation and Resilience

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2022128.4
2023140.5
2024143.1
2025240.0
Vulnerability and Adaptation GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Vulnerability and Adaptation Gaps

575 papers

9.6% of this theme group

Authors stress insufficient adaptation pathways and persistent vulnerability across societies facing climate change.

Adaptation (315) · Climate change (530) · Vulnerability (212) · Climate change adaptation (82)

Climate change and development: adaptation through transformation

Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience: Strategies for Climate Adaptation

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YearShare index
202251.8
202352.6
202472.3
202576.0

Cautions

1,235 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Agricultural Adaptation LimitsCautions · 01

Agricultural Adaptation Limits

225 papers

18.2% of this theme group

Cautionary studies warn that current climate‑smart practices may not sustain productivity under future stresses.

Agriculture (143) · Food security (57) · Climate change (158) · Agricultural productivity (26)

Conservation agriculture and climate resilience

Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia

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20223466.4
20233515.1
20243386.3
20253534.6
Flood Mitigation EffectivenessCautions · 02

Flood Mitigation Effectiveness

207 papers

16.8% of this theme group

Research cautions that many engineered drainage solutions lack proven performance across varied terrains.

Flood myth (193) · Hydrology (90) · Flooding (79) · Surface runoff (34)

Many-Objective Optimization of Sustainable Drainage Systems in Urban Areas with Different Surface Slopes

Evaluating the effectiveness of land use management as a natural flood management intervention in reducing the impact of flooding for an upl

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YearShare index
2022392.9
2023379.3
2024328.5
2025385.0
Financial Portfolio Climate ExposureCautions · 03

Financial Portfolio Climate Exposure

195 papers

15.8% of this theme group

Analyses highlight hidden climate risks in investment portfolios and the difficulty of accurate disclosure.

Climate risk (73) · Climate change (136) · Portfolio (20) · Stock (19)

Firm climate risk, risk management, and bank loan financing

Climate transition risk and bank lending

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202222.0
202324.1
202419.1
202533.1
Equity in Climate PolicyCautions · 04

Equity in Climate Policy

180 papers

14.6% of this theme group

Papers raise concerns about unequal impacts of climate interventions and the need for inclusive policy design.

Climate change (165) · Political economy of climate change (21) · Global warming (19) · Climate risk (35)

Weather index insurance: promises and challenges of promoting social and ecological resilience to climate change

Unequal impacts of future droughts on global croplands: contributions of climate and land-use changes across different income groups

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2022446.7
2023462.0
2024435.5
2025493.2
Infrastructure Flood RiskCautions · 05

Infrastructure Flood Risk

167 papers

13.5% of this theme group

Studies warn that existing levee and flood‑control infrastructure may be inadequate under intensified climate scenarios.

Flood myth (164) · Flooding (64) · Flood mitigation (39) · Flood risk management (16)

Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate

Application of re/insurance models to estimate increases in flood risk due to climate change

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2022361.6
2023348.0
2024300.9
2025355.7
Policy‑Driven Resilience Trade‑offsCautions · 06

Policy‑Driven Resilience Trade‑offs

154 papers

12.5% of this theme group

Research points to unintended consequences of climate policies on broader environmental and social resilience.

Resilience (55) · Climate change (94) · Climate resilience (29) · Environmental resource management (19)

Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change

Sustainable, green, and climate-resilient cities: an analysis of multilateral development banks

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YearShare index
20221021.3
20231058.0
20241089.0
2025712.2
Community Adaptation ChallengesCautions · 07

Community Adaptation Challenges

107 papers

8.7% of this theme group

Works caution that grassroots adaptation efforts often lack resources and integration with broader climate strategies.

Psychological resilience (95) · Resilience (46) · Climate change (76) · Climate resilience (26)

Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice

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YearShare index
2022128.4
2023140.5
2024143.1
2025240.0

Opportunities

5,293 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Innovative Flood Risk ModelingOpportunities · 01

Innovative Flood Risk Modeling

962 papers

18.2% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on advanced scenario modeling to improve flood mitigation planning and decision support.

Flood myth (960) · Flooding (324) · Flood mitigation (215) · Flood risk assessment (108)

Land Use Scenario Modeling for Flood Risk Mitigation

Flood damage: a model for consistent, complete and multipurpose scenarios

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YearShare index
2022361.6
2023348.0
2024300.9
2025355.7
Climate‑Resilient DevelopmentOpportunities · 02

Climate‑Resilient Development

861 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Papers explore new adaptation frameworks that strengthen regional resilience and inform future climate strategies.

Climate change (751) · Adaptation (180) · Vulnerability (151) · Climate model (54)

Building Africa’s climate resilience: understanding the impacts and future strategies in the face of climate change

Changing Climate Changing Behaviour

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YearShare index
2022258.4
2023261.3
2024165.0
2025226.0
Climate‑Smart AgricultureOpportunities · 03

Climate‑Smart Agriculture

818 papers

15.5% of this theme group

Research highlights emerging practices that boost crop resilience and sustain productivity amid climate variability.

Agriculture (528) · Food security (192) · Agricultural productivity (69) · Climate change (438)

Exploring the dynamics of climate-smart agricultural practices for sustainable resilience in a changing climate

Enhancing climate resilience of cropping systems.

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YearShare index
20223466.4
20233515.1
20243386.3
20253534.6
Integrated Urban Resilience ServicesOpportunities · 04

Integrated Urban Resilience Services

766 papers

14.5% of this theme group

Studies propose holistic tools and services to enhance city‑wide climate risk assessment and response.

Resilience (474) · Urban resilience (111) · Psychological resilience (229) · Climate change (375)

An Integrated Framework to Streamline Resilience in the Context of Urban Climate Risk Assessment

Climate change and emerging risks. Innovative urban climate services as a strategy to improve resilience of human systems.

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YearShare index
2022130.3
2023138.8
2024140.3
2025228.2
Hydrologic Mitigation TechnologiesOpportunities · 05

Hydrologic Mitigation Technologies

695 papers

13.1% of this theme group

Works identify GIS‑based and modeling approaches to optimize flood control in agricultural watersheds.

Flood myth (611) · Hydrology (294) · Flooding (230) · Hydrograph (58)

Modeling effectiveness of management practices for flood mitigation using GIS spatial analysis functions in Upper Cilliwung watershed

Simulating the hydrologic impact of distributed flood mitigation practices, tile drainage, and terraces in an agricultural catchment

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YearShare index
2022392.9
2023379.3
2024328.5
2025385.0
Urban Flood Resilience PlanningOpportunities · 06

Urban Flood Resilience Planning

671 papers

12.7% of this theme group

Research presents methodologies for assessing and improving flood resilience in rapidly urbanizing environments.

Flood myth (623) · Flooding (331) · Urbanization (143) · Flood mitigation (181)

Methodology for flood resilience assessment in urban environments and mitigation strategy development

Modelling and resilience-based evaluation of urban drainage and flood management systems for future cities

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YearShare index
2022781.9
2023756.7
2024660.9
2025761.9
Climate Finance Risk FrameworksOpportunities · 07

Climate Finance Risk Frameworks

520 papers

9.8% of this theme group

Papers develop emerging standards for assessing and disclosing climate‑related financial risks in markets.

Climate risk (235) · Climate change (354) · Portfolio (72) · Climate Finance (62)

Dissecting climate change risk and financial market instability: Implications for ecological risk management

Climate-related Financial Risks: Considering an Emerging Framework for Assessment and Disclosure in a Regulatory Perspective

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YearShare index
202232.4
202335.3
202430.5
202550.5

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Problem-identifying36.1%9.6%
Promising26.0%36.7%
Descriptive18.6%17.8%
Cautionary7.7%4.7%
Breakthrough6.8%26.5%
Critical2.4%0.9%
Comparative2.4%3.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Safety & misuseOn the use and misuse of climate change projections in international development320.2%26 (81.2%)0.2%
Privacy & surveillanceAssessing climate change effects on vector-borne disease patterns to strengthen surveillance, prevention and adaptive gl50.03%5 (100.0%)0.03%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainAre Wastewater Systems Adapting to Climate Change?40.03%2 (50.0%)0.03%
Concentration of compute powerFlood insurance contract design based on incentive mitigation30.02%1 (33.3%)0.02%
Labour & data workFrom Reactive to Proactive: Greening Germany’s Regional Policy20.01%1 (50.0%)0.01%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

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