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THE FRANCE EDITION 2026

France’s
sustainability tech industry,
in focus.

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

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Sustainability Tech illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore France’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 France, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
GreenYellowgreenyellow.com$1.4B———
EcoVadisecovadis.com$731.89M7 roles1,325—
Valnevavalneva.com$441.04M—719Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Alediaaledia.com$354.68M—210—
Abivaxabivax.com$319.6M—26—
Elyse Energyelyse.energy$220.8M———
Deepkideepki.com$176.95M—5—
Accenta AIaccenta.ai$121.17M—152$7.69MFYFY2022 filing
Enedisenedis.fr—11 roles—Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Batigerebatigere.fr—10 roles171—
Hubcyclehubcycled.com—8 roles24—
VALOBATvalobat.fr—8 roles25Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Espacilespacil.com—7 roles——
Natiliamaison-natilia.fr—7 roles——
Sagemcomsagemcom.com—7 roles6,500—
3Fgroupe3f.fr————
Biophytisbiophytis.com——24—
Carbioscarbios.com———$157.09KFYFY2024 filing
Effyeffy.fr——299—
Elogenelogenh2.com——60$5.57MFYFY2021 filing
Enerdigitenerdigit.fr——15Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Enogiaenogia.com——62—
Europhaneeurophane.com——212—
Florentaiseflorentaise.com——245—
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 ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Sustainability Tech industry KPIs in France

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

31 August 2026
Hiring participation11.5%

115 of 1,001 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation29.6%

296 of 1,001 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share38.7%

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

Median disclosed round$2.25M

Midpoint of 475 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 38.7% of disclosed capital, while 70.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How France 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

France sustainability tech
$0$463.7M$927.41M$1.39B$1.85B2016: $144.62M20162017: $142.28M20172018: $335.17M20182019: $187.45M20192020: $449.65M20202021: $469.69M20212022: $1.63B20222023: $800.79M20232024: $448.34M20242025: $312.61M2025
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Annual sustainability tech funding and company formation in France
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$144.62M5234
2017$142.28M5937
2018$335.17M5741
2019$187.45M6440
2020$449.65M7145
2021$469.69M6846
2022$1.63B4357
2023$800.79M3246
2024$448.34M1333
2025$312.61M215
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • GreenYellow21.1%
  • EcoVadis11.0%
  • Valneva6.6%
  • Other companies61.3%

Funding by stage

548 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel140 25.5%
Series A–B154 28.1%
Series C+ / PE17 3.1%
Grants, debt & other237 43.2%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Conventional Debt04/2026
GreenYellow $938M

Backed by BNP Paribas and Bpifrance and others.

Series B04/2026
ROSI Solar $23.46M

Backed by EIT InnoEnergy and CMA CGM and others.

Seed04/2026
Luniwave $4.15M

Backed by Banque des Territoires and Good Only Ventures and others.

Series A04/2026
Plume $3.85M

Backed by AENU and Y Combinator and others.

Series B03/2026
May Health $11.7M

Backed by Sofinnova Partners and Trill impact and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series E09/2023
Alediaaledia.com$127.42M

Backed by CEA Investissement and Braemar Energy Ventures and others.

Series D10/2020
Alediaaledia.com$94.2M

Backed by Braemar Energy Ventures and Demeter and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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EUR · millions · standalone

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2022 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 13 reporting entities from 21 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts€55.9m

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not France market sales.

Net profit / loss€-64.0m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin-114.6%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue€0.0m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+23.1%

3 of 13 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+99.6%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2022 · 13 reporting entities

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FRANCE · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does sustainability tech compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Busiest websites

6 of the 1,001 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 72,896 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
3Fgroupe3f.fr359,2374470.9%
Loom (Clothing)loom.fr104,5613871.1%
Eau du Grand Lyoneaudugrandlyon.com92,2603868.7%
Sagemcomsagemcom.com53,5334149.8%
Voltalisvoltalis.com24,9384044.5%
ChouetteCoprochouettecopro.com14,127228.7%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

136 of these companies (13.6%) publish at least one Android app — 255 apps in all, carrying 15.6M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Phenix, anti-waste groceriesPhenix4.8M4.2Food & Drink
Météo MarineMETEO CONSULT2.4M3.8Weather
Hello Watt Suivi Conso ÉnergieHello Watt1.4M—Tools
AwoX Smart CONTROLAwoX1.4M2.5Lifestyle
MoovanceMoovance991K—Travel & Local
AwoX HomeControlAwoX456.3K2.6House & Home
Météo VillesMeteo villes316.2K—Weather
Melba: Couple Audio AdventuresMelba (Entertainment Software)291.8K3.8Health & Fitness
Club EniGridPocket267.1K—Libraries & Demo
Emy - Kegel exercisesfizimed260.4K3.8Health & Fitness

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 (2024Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Solid Waste Management Tech395.2MPhenix, anti-waste groceries 4.8M
Food Tech24.8MPhenixPro 2.9K
Energy Efficiency Tech1164.8MHello Watt Suivi Conso Énergie 1.4M
Facility Management Tech1084.8MAwoX Smart CONTROL 1.4M
Air Pollution Management Tech544.6MMétéo Marine 2.4M
Property Management Tech601MClub Eni 267.1K
Smart Homes12468.8KSowee by EDF 245.7K
Smart Grid22391.5KPEL 54.1K

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.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 52023Q2: 22023Q22023Q3: 32023Q3: 12023Q32023Q4: 62023Q4: 42023Q42024Q1: 62024Q1: 32024Q12024Q2: 32024Q2: 192024Q22024Q3: 32024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 32024Q4: 92024Q42025Q1: 72025Q1: 112025Q12025Q2: 92025Q2: 102025Q22025Q3: 62025Q3: 222025Q32025Q4: 42025Q4: 222025Q42026Q1: 62026Q1: 532026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 151 of 255 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The France sustainability tech market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech625
Consumer digital209
Enterprise software204
Circular economy133
Saas130
Deep tech92
Smart buildings83
Energy saas78
Life sciences71
Carbon accounting54
Building energy management system53
Industrial internet of things48

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

625companies
12.5%have hiring activity

78 companies hiring · $6.38B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

Subscription475
Physical commerce281
Fee-for-service216
E-commerce - product170
Commission on transaction100
Advertising42
E-commerce - service35
Renting / leasing8
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 roundsrosi-solar.com ↗

Full premium access for the first month at only $1 The company announced a €20 million (US$23.5 million) investment to support the new facility, led by InnoEnergy, CMA CGM, the European Innovation Council (EIC) and Spanish family office G3T.

Funding roundsgreenyellow.com ↗

GreenYellow, an independent power producer, secured over €800 million (~$938 million) to refinance its existing corporate debt and support future growth.

Mergers & acquisitionsgetcomeen.com ↗

LumApps has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Comeen

Mergers & acquisitionswemaintain.com ↗

Otis Worldwide Corporation, one of the world’s leading firms for elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, service and modernisation, has closed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in WeMaintain, a fast-growing, technology-enabled service company for the elevator and escalator industry.

Funding roundsfairglow.fr ↗

Beauty and Health sector-focused sustainability data startup Fairglow announced today that it has raised €3 million (USD$3.5 million) in a seed funding round, with proceeds aimed at commercializing its software platform to help cosmetics companies measure, manage, and reduce product-level environmental impacts.

Funding roundscekoya.fr ↗

Nîmois company Cekoya (20 employees, CA 2025: €1.3 million), a B2B telecom operator specializing in the sustainable management of digital technology, is launching a fund raising of an expected €5 million.

Mergers & acquisitionskayrros.com ↗

Energy Aspects announced the acquisition of Kayrros to combine energy market analytics with advanced geospatial intelligence and environmental monitoring.

Funding roundsmayhealth.com ↗

Healthcare technology startup May Health, led by CEO and co-founder Dr. Robert Auerbach, secured $11.7 million in funding to accelerate development of its innovative treatment technology addressing infertility related to PCOS.

Mergers & acquisitionsabivax.com ↗

In January, French news outlet La Lettre reported that Eli Lilly was pursuing a potential €15 billion ($17.4 billion) Abivax acquisition

Funding roundsbiophytis.com ↗

Biophytis increases to €2 million the ceiling of its bond facility with Hexagon Capital Fund

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 394 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
83
Funding rounds
81
Contracts
60
Company announcements
49
Leadership moves
25
Capital infusions
23
Mergers & acquisitions
22
Board Updates
16
IPO activity
11
New products
10
6 activity cards

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IPO pipeline

5 companies with recorded IPO activity

Abivax ↗

OFS · Nasdaq Global Market4 reports

Transgene ↗

IPO · NASDAQ, Le Nouveau Marche6 reports

Biophytis ↗

IPO1 reports

Valneva ↗

Follow-on Offering · Euronext Exchange1 reports

IPO1 reports

Leadership moves

2 tracked people moves

talo ↗
Jonathan Riley

Appointment Head of Commercial

Carbonx ↗
Rohan Patel

Appointment Advisory Board Member

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

EcoVadis ↗
Worker Voice solution suite

Real-time worker-level information solution

Greenly ↗
EcoPilot

Platform

Workforce actions

2 companies with reported reductions

Carbios ↗

15 rolescost reduction

Elogen ↗

110 rolesbusiness downturn

Regulatory events

5 recorded events

Carbios ↗

grant of license to Wankai for production of PTA and MEG monomers

Lhyfe ↗

Awaiting environmental authorisation

Abivax ↗

Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Florentaise ↗

receivership procedure openedNantes Commercial Court

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

15companies
98period observations
37.8%median reported growth

Median across 49 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
lumapps→Comeen ↗Announced2026-04-21Not stated in snapshot
Otis Worldwide Corporation→WeMaintain ↗Announced2026-04-17Not stated in snapshot
energy aspects→Kayrros ↗Announced2026-03-19Not stated in snapshot
eli lilly→Abivax ↗Rumored2026-03-09$17.4B
charles river laboratories international→PathoQuest ↗Announced2026-01-13Not stated in snapshot
Palabra AI→talo ↗Announced2025-11-13Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

729 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 1,875-posting snapshot covers 135 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Electrotechnicien F/H39
Médecins Du Travail Enedis Grdf24
Alternance Electrotechnicien F/H23
Cdd Chargé D\'Affaires Electricité Ingenierie 18 Mois F/H17
Directeur Commercial Industrie Et Logistique Groupe H/F12
Médecin Conseil Et Contrôle F/H12
1 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

199 postings specify a level.

unspecified
1,676
manager
90
intern
51
senior
28
entry
17
lead
13
ADVERTISED PAY$35.1K/ year

Median across 51 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

647 founders and chief executives across 441 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

74 profiles with education records.

HEC Paris
18
INSEAD
8
ESSEC Business School
6
University of Cambridge
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5
Stanford University
5
Imperial College London
5
Columbia University
4

Prior employers

9 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
4
Goldman Sachs
2
McKinsey
1
Bain
1
Airbnb
1
Boston Consulting Group
1

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

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

591,858 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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591,858articles in the measured year
108,431articles in 2026Q1
46.4%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Sustainability Tech coverage across France · articles per complete quarter

081,095162,190243,285324,3792021Q2: 84,7172021Q22021Q3: 91,3082021Q4: 80,4272022Q1: 91,9702022Q2: 91,4192022Q22022Q3: 84,4902022Q4: 115,0962023Q1: 107,4702023Q2: 109,4512023Q22023Q3: 120,5382023Q4: 97,2022024Q1: 118,9792024Q2: 123,4682024Q22024Q3: 138,3372024Q4: 117,4752025Q1: 165,4682025Q2: 116,7912025Q22025Q3: 282,0692025Q4: 87,3182026Q1: 108,4312026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q284,717
2021Q391,308
2021Q480,427
2022Q191,970
2022Q291,419
2022Q384,490
2022Q4115,096
2023Q1107,470
2023Q2109,451
2023Q3120,538
2023Q497,202
2024Q1118,979
2024Q2123,468
2024Q3138,337
2024Q4117,475
2025Q1165,468
2025Q2116,791
2025Q3282,069
2025Q487,318
2026Q1108,431

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
158,892 positive · 10,302 neutral · 106,628 negative
2022
225,242 positive · 14,558 neutral · 142,465 negative
2023
272,344 positive · 13,715 neutral · 147,788 negative
2024
303,749 positive · 15,808 neutral · 177,666 negative
2025
301,751 positive · 15,390 neutral · 333,525 negative

Leading coverage topics

Sustainability Tech coverage across France · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations74,311 articles in the full recorded period
20,071 recent · 17,124 prior
International Sports Competitions64,576 articles in the full recorded period
9,343 recent · 18,853 prior
Security And Defense Policies43,655 articles in the full recorded period
12,535 recent · 10,353 prior
Olympic Games Coverage34,549 articles in the full recorded period
4,454 recent · 14,112 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy32,118 articles in the full recorded period
9,220 recent · 7,645 prior
Professional League Updates28,036 articles in the full recorded period
5,248 recent · 5,608 prior
Nationalism And Sovereignty Debates22,620 articles in the full recorded period
4,767 recent · 4,995 prior
Championship Event Highlights22,085 articles in the full recorded period
3,934 recent · 5,315 prior
Athlete Transfer Rumors18,633 articles in the full recorded period
3,577 recent · 3,342 prior
Government International Agreements Coordination17,525 articles in the full recorded period
4,234 recent · 3,743 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Sustainability Tech coverage across France

KeywordRecentPriorChange
multilateral diplomacy2,1351,29066%
national security strategy1,14162283%
conceptual rock albums1,020273678%
free trade deals92065640%
trade dispute mechanisms87754461%
international cooperation85656950%
bilateral trade71948050%
nuclear proliferation60532586%
stablecoin fx impact566208172%
study overseas49028274%
olympic team selections7484,232-82%
olympic trials6313,913-84%
olympic venues2972,302-87%
summer olympics athletics1262,272-94%
olympians career highlights1781,953-91%

Event and signal lenses

Sustainability Tech coverage across France

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

463,892 classified articles

economic slowdown, inflation outlook, inflation breakdown

45.8% critical · 31.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

92,841 classified articles

club valuation, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies

35.9% critical · 42.9% positive
Rising

Growth

179,390 classified articles

gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, nba expansion teams

28.2% critical · 46.4% positive

Sustainability Tech coverage across France. 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 persistent flood hazards and the need for improved mitigation and risk governance.

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 Governance ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Change Governance Challenges

1,055 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Papers discuss systemic climate impacts, equity concerns, and policy gaps hindering effective mitigation.

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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YearShare index
2022452.7
2023467.5
2024442.6
2025493.1
Agricultural Climate VulnerabilityCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Agricultural Climate Vulnerability

979 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Studies examine how climate stress threatens food production and the resilience of farming systems.

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 focuses on building city‑level capacities to withstand climate‑driven disruptions.

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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YearShare index
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

Analyses reveal gaps in managing climate exposure within financial institutions and markets.

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

Works explore community mental‑health responses and adaptive capacities under climate stress.

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
Adaptation and Vulnerability PathwaysCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Adaptation and Vulnerability Pathways

575 papers

9.6% of this theme group

Literature maps strategies to reduce vulnerability and enhance adaptive transformation.

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 Climate Adaptation LimitsCautions · 01

Agricultural Climate Adaptation Limits

225 papers

18.2% of this theme group

Cautionary studies note constraints and trade‑offs in climate‑smart farming practices.

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 Effectiveness ConcernsCautions · 02

Flood Mitigation Effectiveness Concerns

207 papers

16.8% of this theme group

Research warns that many flood control measures may underperform under changing conditions.

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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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 caution about hidden climate risks affecting investment returns and lending practices.

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 Risks in Climate PolicyCautions · 04

Equity Risks in Climate Policy

180 papers

14.6% of this theme group

Papers highlight uneven impacts and the need for just transition mechanisms.

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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YearShare index
2022446.7
2023462.0
2024435.5
2025493.2
Levee and Infrastructure ReliabilityCautions · 05

Levee and Infrastructure Reliability

167 papers

13.5% of this theme group

Studies question the long‑term safety of existing flood defenses amid climate shifts.

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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YearShare index
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 resource management.

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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20221021.3
20231058.0
20241089.0
2025712.2
Community Adaptation ChallengesCautions · 07

Community Adaptation Challenges

107 papers

8.7% of this theme group

Works stress gaps in local capacity to implement effective climate resilience actions.

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
7 cards

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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 tools to improve flood prediction and mitigation planning.

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 Adaptation Strategy DevelopmentOpportunities · 02

Climate Adaptation Strategy Development

861 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Research highlights emerging frameworks for building regional resilience against climate impacts.

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 Agriculture AdvancesOpportunities · 03

Climate‑Smart Agriculture Advances

818 papers

15.5% of this theme group

Papers showcase novel practices that boost productivity while reducing climate vulnerability.

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 SolutionsOpportunities · 04

Integrated Urban Resilience Solutions

766 papers

14.5% of this theme group

Studies propose holistic approaches linking infrastructure, services, and mental health for climate‑ready cities.

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 Management InnovationsOpportunities · 05

Hydrologic Management Innovations

695 papers

13.1% of this theme group

Research presents GIS‑based and simulation tools to enhance flood control in 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 EngineeringOpportunities · 06

Urban Flood Resilience Engineering

671 papers

12.7% of this theme group

Works explore design methods for drainage and flood mitigation in rapidly growing cities.

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 exposures.

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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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%10.2%
Promising26.0%37.5%
Descriptive18.6%17.2%
Cautionary7.7%4.4%
Breakthrough6.8%26.1%
Critical2.4%0.9%
Comparative2.4%3.7%

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.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — France

Compare demand signals in France’s newsflow with the sustainability tech categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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5 France demand signals compared with mapped sustainability tech supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure25.00.0+25.0-24.4%
Climate policy & governance ↗Compliance Pressure75.075.0+0.0-22.2%
Carbon & emissions ↗Compliance Pressure25.075.0-50.0-46.9%
Renewables build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift75.0—No matching category—-16.9%
Climate impacts ↗Environmental Driver50.0—No matching category—+23.6%

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Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. France is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Brussels324.4

Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions · Renewables build-out

Paris144.2

Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out · Carbon & emissions

Berlin118.1

Renewables build-out · Carbon & emissions · Climate policy & governance

Occitanie85.5

Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions

Ile De France53.1

Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions

Brittany50.4

Climate impacts · Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks

North48.4

Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks

Nouvelle Aquitaine40.4

Renewables build-out · Climate impacts · Layoffs & income shocks

Centre Val De Loire36.5

Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions

Normandy35.2

Climate impacts · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions

Auvergne Rhone Alpes34.0

Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out · Climate impacts

Grand Est30.2

Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions · Renewables build-out

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+25.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

6.97mentions per 10,000 articles-24.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped sustainability tech categories

  • Energy Saas78

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of France coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

051116222024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 142024Q42025Q1: 102025Q12025Q2: 82025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 142025Q42026Q1: 182026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in France coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3465.56
2024Q48114.4
2025Q18910.97
2025Q2548.73
2025Q3622.87
2025Q45014.61
2026Q16618.94

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Paris15.4 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREClimate policy & governance+0.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Climate policy can land as reporting, compliance and transition demand.

18.05mentions per 10,000 articles-22.2%share change vs prior year

Mapped sustainability tech categories

  • Circular Economy133
  • Carbon Accounting54

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of France coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0163147632024Q3: 142024Q32024Q4: 362024Q42025Q1: 242025Q12025Q2: 322025Q22025Q3: 62025Q32025Q4: 542025Q42026Q1: 242026Q1
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Climate policy & governance in France coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q312414.99
2024Q420636.63
2025Q119724.28
2025Q220032.35
2025Q31456.72
2025Q418654.37
2026Q18724.97

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Brussels186.5 / 10,000
Paris61.5 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSURECarbon & emissions-50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Emission pressure can pull measurement, reduction and offset tooling demand.

7.45mentions per 10,000 articles-46.9%share change vs prior year

Mapped sustainability tech categories

  • Circular Economy133
  • Carbon Accounting54

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of France coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

061319262024Q3: 92024Q32024Q4: 132024Q42025Q1: 222025Q12025Q2: 102025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 192025Q42026Q1: 162026Q1
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Carbon & emissions in France coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3799.55
2024Q47813.87
2025Q118322.56
2025Q26610.68
2025Q3542.5
2025Q46719.58
2026Q15716.36

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Paris24.4 / 10,000
INFRASTRUCTURE SHIFTRenewables build-out—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Renewable build-out can multiply the storage, grid and management tooling it depends on.

12.81mentions per 10,000 articles-16.9%share change vs prior year

Mapped sustainability tech categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s sustainability tech market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of France coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0102030402024Q3: 112024Q32024Q4: 162024Q42025Q1: 172025Q12025Q2: 162025Q22025Q3: 52025Q32025Q4: 342025Q42026Q1: 272026Q1
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Renewables build-out in France coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q39311.24
2024Q49016.0
2025Q113917.13
2025Q210116.34
2025Q31085.0
2025Q411934.78
2026Q19727.84

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Paris34.8 / 10,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERClimate impacts—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Visible climate impacts can pull resilience and adaptation demand where they hit.

4.91mentions per 10,000 articles+23.6%share change vs prior year

Mapped sustainability tech categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s sustainability tech market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of France coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04711152024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 122025Q22025Q3: 32025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1
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Climate impacts in France coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3293.51
2024Q4234.09
2025Q1293.57
2025Q28012.94
2025Q3863.99
2025Q461.75
2026Q172.01

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

France sustainability tech coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

Evaluation of ERA5, MERRA-2, COSMO-REA6, NEWA and AROME to simulate wind power production over France

Advances in science and research

162 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

Community renewable energy in France: The state of development and the way forward

Energy Policy

89 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

Bureaucratic land grabbing for infrastructural colonization: renewable energy, L’Amassada, and resistance in southern France

Human Geography

86 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

Environmental Research Letters

74 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

France coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
prolonged high temperatures7731115.9%
extreme temperature advisory623173.9%
climate heating trend957214.7%
clean energy mandates463611.1%
global warming weather patterns90780.3%
renewable transition5670-30.5%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Sustainability Tech in France: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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