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London’s
sustainability tech industry,
in focus.
The companies, capital and talent shaping sustainability tech in London. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore London’s sustainability tech leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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Explore London’s sustainability tech leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Company discovery
Recorded evidence onlyRecently founded independent companies
Recently founded means a recorded 2023–2026 founding year and no recorded parent, acquirer or public-company status. These companies are not labelled startups without that separate classification.
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A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
49 of 757 tracked companies have open roles.
267 of 757 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 609 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 35.4% of disclosed capital, while 64.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow London sustainability tech has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How London sustainability tech has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Disclosed funding by year
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
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| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $216.43M | 38 | 25 |
| 2017 | $246.55M | 47 | 33 |
| 2018 | $366.53M | 44 | 36 |
| 2019 | $231.26M | 69 | 39 |
| 2020 | $586.83M | 95 | 58 |
| 2021 | $1.74B | 78 | 64 |
| 2022 | $1.16B | 53 | 81 |
| 2023 | $1.69B | 55 | 54 |
| 2024 | $1.03B | 24 | 51 |
| 2025 | $935.13M | 6 | 33 |
Funding concentration
Share of all disclosed company funding.
- Octopus Energy22.4%
- Hometree8.4%
- Kinetics4.6%
- Other companies64.6%
Funding by stage
707 recorded rounds since 2016
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in sustainability tech company rounds since 2016.
- 01Europa 50 rounds
- 02Gov 24 rounds
- 03EIC Fund 14 rounds
- 04Octopus Ventures 13 rounds
- 05Lowercarbon Capital 9 rounds
- 06Y Combinator 9 rounds
- 07Green Angel Ventures 9 rounds
- 08Village Capital 9 rounds
- 09Accel 7 rounds
- 010Clean Growth Fund 6 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDBacked by Verbundx and Octopus Ventures and others.
Backed by IQ Capital and Plural and others.
Backed by 2150.VC and Brick & Mortar Ventures and others.
Backed by Samsung Venture Investment and Act Venture Capital and others.
Backed by Lululemon and Happiness Capital and others.
Backed by Spiral Capital and Gazelle and others.
Backed by Carrier.
Largest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by CPP Investments and Generation Investment Management.
Backed by Generation Investment Management and Origin Energy.
Backed by CPP Investments.
Backed by DIF.
Backed by Octopus Energy Generation.
Backed by Tokyo Gas and Origin Energy.
Backed by Chevron and Samsung and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by LetterOne and Axens and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
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Revenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
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.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 5 reporting entities from 315 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not London market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 5 covered entities.
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
FY2025 · 5 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwood Housing Group ↗04512289 | £79.6m | £12.5m | +15.7% | — | — |
| Moixa ↗05631091 | £13.4m | £1.9m | +14.4% | — | — |
| BeZero Carbon ↗12577887 | £4.7m | £-18.0m | -380.9% | — | — |
| ReSoft ↗02135839 | £0.0m | £-0.0m | -68.4% | — | — |
| H2 NRG ↗07169081 | £0.0m | £0.0m | — | — | — |
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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.
Web traffic, app reach and release cadence
How the London companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
Busiest websites
8 of the 757 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 98,578 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus Energyoctopus.energy | 10,554,575 | 63 | 76.3% |
| Weather2Umbrellaweather2umbrella.com | 554,929 | 38 | 72.5% |
| Fuse Energyfuseenergy.com | 261,930 | 38 | 42.2% |
| Sunsavesunsave.energy | 103,697 | 38 | 79.2% |
| GreenMatchgreenmatch.co.uk | 93,460 | 48 | 37.8% |
| Student Cribsstudent-cribs.com | 67,274 | 33 | 78.4% |
| Elvieelvie.com | 63,849 | 45 | 48.7% |
| Website Carbonwebsitecarbon.com | 32,781 | 32 | 37% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
Most-installed apps
58 of these companies (7.7%) publish at least one Android app — 176 apps in all, carrying 5.7M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus EnergyOctopus Energy | 3.9M | 3.7 | House & Home |
| W2U WeatherPro Maps USWeather2Umbrella | 721.1K | 3.2 | Weather |
| Pump with ElvieElvie | 239K | 4 | Health & Fitness |
| Fuse EnergyFuse Energy | 156.8K | — | House & Home |
| Elvie TrainerElvie | 120K | 4.1 | Health & Fitness |
| Carbon Neutral & CO2 MeterCO2 Offset Club | 75.1K | 3.4 | Lifestyle |
| HurdHurd | 65.1K | 4.3 | Education |
| Arthur OccupantArthur | 62.7K | — | Business |
| SmartLobby Visitor ManagementSmartLobby | 48.7K | 4.5 | Business |
| BrightGlowmarkt | 39.1K | — | House & Home |
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).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Grid | 10 | 4.1M | Octopus Energy 3.9M | |
| Air Pollution Management Tech | 21 | 928.1K | W2U WeatherPro Maps US 721.1K | |
| Women Health | 8 | 362.1K | Pump with Elvie 239K | |
| Disease Self Management | 6 | 361.9K | Elvie Trainer 120K | |
| Wearable Technology | 4 | 359.6K | Elvie Strong | Kegel Exercises 644 | |
| Energy Efficiency Tech | 124 | 265.2K | Arthur Occupant 62.7K | |
| Facility Management Tech | 121 | 264.5K | SmartLobby Visitor Management 48.7K | |
| Property Management Tech | 113 | 263.9K | Fixflo Contractor App 28.1K |
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.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 153 of 176 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
INSIDE THE INDUSTRYThe London sustainability tech market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
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The London sustainability tech market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Where companies are building
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
Enterprise tech
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
41 companies hiring · $6.43B disclosed funding
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Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.
THE COMPANIES IN MOTIONWho is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
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Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
San Diego-based CP Group (CPG), a provider of recycling and sorting equipment, has acquired a majority stake in Recycleye, a London‑based provider of waste and recycling technologies.
Carrier Ventures has made a strategic investment in Heat Geek, a UK-based startup focused on accelerating residential heat pump adoption across Europe.
Epoch Biodesign, a London startup founded in 2019, has raised $12 million to move its AI engineered nylon 6,6 recycling enzymes from pilot to commercial scale, bringing total funding past $50 million.
Octopus Energy acquired a majority stake in Uplight to strengthen its technology-driven energy platform and customer engagement capabilities.
Octopus Energy Group announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in grid flexibility technology provider Uplight.
Carbon management platform Zevero has secured $7 million in new investment, bringing its total funding to $14 million to date.
The Dublin, Ireland-based company received funding commitments from existing shareholders, while South Korea’s Samsung Ventures joined as a new investor.
France-based testing, inspection and certification provider Bureau Veritas announced the acquisition of two sustainability consulting firms, Verte and Sustainable Construction Services, expanding its capabilities in sustainable buildings and infrastructure services in the UK.
London-based energy technology company Tem has raised $75 million in fresh funding as it looks to expand internationally and accelerate the rollout of its AI-driven platform designed to cut business electricity bills by up to 30 per cent.
Both sides announced in early January that they were in talks and had since been arguing over the premium that Rio should pay.
Full recorded event mix
Top 10 categories among 258 recorded events in the 24-month window.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
OFS1 reports
Leadership moves
6 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Growth Officer
Appointment President and Chief Operating Officer
Appointment Independent Director
Appointment Director
Appointment Representative for the Gulf Cooperation Council
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Platform Feature
Certification Registry
Blended Finance Fund
Charging Management Solution
Contract wins
24 recorded customer wins
Customer: powerhouse energy group
Customer: sainsbury\'sFood Retail / Sustainability
Customer: ntpcPower and energy
Customer: NTPC LtdPower and Energy
Customer: californiaclean energy
Customer: rweRenewable Energy
Workforce actions
1 companies with reported reductions
20.0% rolescost reduction
Regulatory events
2 recorded events
approved for market entry
approved for sale of black mass under agreement with Glencoregovernment regulations
Litigation
2 tracked suits
distribution agreement disputeCivil · Appeal
distribution agreement disputeCivil · Appeal
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 11 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Mergers and acquisitions
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| cp group→Recycleye ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Octopus Energy→uplight | Announced | 2026-03-26 | Not stated in snapshot |
| bureau veritas→Verteltd ↗ | Announced | 2026-03-13 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Octopus Energy Group→Na | Announced | 2026-02-20 | $1.0B |
| Octopus Energy Group→solar and battery project | Announced | 2026-02-20 | $1.0B |
| Octopus Energy Group→Na | Announced | 2026-02-20 | $1.0B |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
104 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 229-posting snapshot covers 14 employers.
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The talent market
104 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 229-posting snapshot covers 14 employers.
Most advertised job titles
89 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
1 postings specify a level.
Skills employers mention
Top skills across 229 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Octopus Energy Group ↗ | 5,402 |
| Clarion Housing Group ↗ | 1,763 |
| Bboxx ↗ | 793 |
| Lightsource Labs ↗ | 639 |
| Planet Smart City ↗ | 179 |
| BeZero Carbon ↗ | 90 |
| UNDO ↗ | 80 |
| FPC Global ↗ | 67 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
565 founders and chief executives across 378 companies.
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Founders and leaders
565 founders and chief executives across 378 companies.
Stuart Jackson
Octopus Energy ↗Ex-OBI · University of Cambridge MA 1995
Simon Phelan
Hometree ↗Ex-Better Capital. Trinity College Dublin 2010
Mehmet Katmer
Kinetics ↗Ex-Karpowership, Statkraft, Enerjisa, Calık Enerji. Yildiz Technical University BS 2001, Istanbul Technical University MS 2005…
Vincent Rivaz
EDF Energy ↗Ex- CEO EDF Energy, London Electricity Group.
Alessandro Marchesini
Planet Smart City ↗Planet Smart City, ex-Oracle, ex-Jobpartners, Imperial College Business School, 2020
Aniruddha Sharma
Carbon Clean ↗Ex-ADB, Kshitij. IIT Kharagpur BS 2008, MSc 2010
Anne Brindley
Pulmocide ↗University of Bath BParm 1987, University of Nottingham PhD 1992
Ian Temperton
Plastic Energy ↗Ex-Ian Temperton Consulting, Climate Change Capital, LIFFE. University of Cambridge MA 1996, LBS MIF 2003
Alick Dru
Sunsave ↗Ex-Spires Online Tutoring, Tripr · University of Oxford 2014
Alan Chang
Fuse Energy ↗Ex-Revolut. Imperial College London 2015
Michaela Tod
Elvie ↗Elvie, ex-Prosiebensat 1 Media, ex-Dyson, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, 1994
James Eddison
Kraken ↗CTO-Octopus Energy · Ex-CTO Tangent Communications, CEO Claripoint
Education networks
181 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
23 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
19,250 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
19,250 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Sustainability Tech coverage tagged London · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
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| 2021Q2 | 4,289 |
| 2021Q3 | 4,544 |
| 2021Q4 | 5,006 |
| 2022Q1 | 4,159 |
| 2022Q2 | 4,212 |
| 2022Q3 | 4,161 |
| 2022Q4 | 5,192 |
| 2023Q1 | 4,657 |
| 2023Q2 | 5,527 |
| 2023Q3 | 5,124 |
| 2023Q4 | 5,225 |
| 2024Q1 | 4,991 |
| 2024Q2 | 5,282 |
| 2024Q3 | 5,403 |
| 2024Q4 | 4,914 |
| 2025Q1 | 7,147 |
| 2025Q2 | 4,745 |
| 2025Q3 | 5,374 |
| 2025Q4 | 4,426 |
| 2026Q1 | 4,795 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
319 recorded company events across 66 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Sustainability Tech coverage tagged London · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Topics gaining and losing attention
United Kingdom comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| vaccine candidates | 500 | 143 | 250% |
| vaccine trials | 452 | 142 | 218% |
| vaccine immunogenicity | 392 | 120 | 227% |
| vaccination campaigns | 379 | 80 | 374% |
| charging accessibility | 369 | 244 | 51% |
| ocean sanctuaries | 339 | 227 | 49% |
| mass vaccination sites | 308 | 41 | 651% |
| renewables integration | 303 | 210 | 44% |
| cloud infrastructure | 289 | 200 | 44% |
| satellite broadcasting | 259 | 168 | 54% |
| climate governance | 219 | 480 | -54% |
| climate diplomacy | 216 | 475 | -55% |
| climate legislation | 248 | 398 | -38% |
| smartphone models | 231 | 350 | -34% |
| waste management | 213 | 322 | -34% |
Event and signal lenses
United Kingdom comparison coverage
Regulatory Risk
156,811 classified articlesclimate protests, climate mobilization, climate strikes
57.9% critical · 35.2% positiveFunding Momentum
42,400 classified articlesoffshore wind farms, climate mobilization, climate protests
55.4% critical · 49.0% positiveGrowth
52,784 classified articlescharging corridor development, dc fast-charging deployment, charging accessibility
46.8% critical · 50.7% positiveSustainability Tech coverage tagged London. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
RESEARCH SIGNALSWhat Sustainability Tech research is working on
18,751 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
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What Sustainability Tech research is working on
18,751 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Research orientation
Contribution mix
Tone counts: 11,958 positive · 1,282 neutral · 5,511 negative.
- 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
- 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
- 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
Leading researchers
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
Common problems researchers identify · 01Flood Risk and Management
1,136 papers18.9% of this theme group
Researchers highlight challenges in flood mitigation, risk assessment, and urban planning under changing climate conditions.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Climate Change Governance
1,055 papers17.6% of this theme group
Papers examine political, economic, and justice dimensions of global warming and related policy responses.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 452.7 |
| 2023 | 467.5 |
| 2024 | 442.6 |
| 2025 | 493.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Agricultural Climate Impacts
979 papers16.3% of this theme group
Studies focus on food security, productivity, and adaptation hurdles for agriculture facing climate change.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Urban Climate Resilience
901 papers15.0% of this theme group
Research addresses building and city-level strategies to enhance resilience against climate-driven 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.5 |
| 2023 | 58.7 |
| 2024 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | 112.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Climate‑Related Financial Risk
714 papers11.9% of this theme group
Works explore risk management, financing, and systemic implications of climate change for financial 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 92.4 |
| 2023 | 93.5 |
| 2024 | 90.8 |
| 2025 | 132.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06Psychological Resilience to Climate Change
640 papers10.7% of this theme group
Investigations assess community and individual capacity to cope with climate impacts and adaptation pressures.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 128.4 |
| 2023 | 140.5 |
| 2024 | 143.1 |
| 2025 | 240.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Vulnerability and Adaptation Pathways
575 papers9.6% of this theme group
Literature discusses transforming vulnerable populations into resilient ones through targeted climate adaptation measures.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.8 |
| 2023 | 52.6 |
| 2024 | 72.3 |
| 2025 | 76.0 |
Cautions
1,235 papers · 7 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Limits of Climate‑Smart Agriculture
225 papers18.2% of this theme group
Cautionary analyses question the effectiveness and scalability of agricultural practices under climate stress.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Cautions · 02Uncertainties in Flood Mitigation Design
207 papers16.8% of this theme group
Studies warn about gaps in knowledge and performance of drainage and land‑use interventions for flood control.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.9 |
| 2023 | 379.3 |
| 2024 | 328.5 |
| 2025 | 385.0 |
Cautions · 03Financial Exposure to Climate Transition
195 papers15.8% of this theme group
Research highlights hidden risks in portfolios and lending practices linked to climate‑related uncertainties.
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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 22.0 |
| 2023 | 24.1 |
| 2024 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | 33.1 |
Cautions · 04Equity Concerns in Climate Policies
180 papers14.6% of this theme group
Papers caution that climate actions may exacerbate social and economic inequalities across regions.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 446.7 |
| 2023 | 462.0 |
| 2024 | 435.5 |
| 2025 | 493.2 |
Cautions · 05Infrastructure Gaps in Flood Defense
167 papers13.5% of this theme group
Analyses point to shortcomings in levee management and insurance models for evolving flood hazards.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Cautions · 06Policy Trade‑offs for Resilience
154 papers12.5% of this theme group
Works discuss unintended consequences of climate policies on broader environmental and resource management goals.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1021.3 |
| 2023 | 1058.0 |
| 2024 | 1089.0 |
| 2025 | 712.2 |
Cautions · 07Challenges in Community‑Based Adaptation
107 papers8.7% of this theme group
Research notes practical and methodological obstacles to implementing resilient solutions at the local level.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 128.4 |
| 2023 | 140.5 |
| 2024 | 143.1 |
| 2025 | 240.0 |
Opportunities
5,293 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Innovative Flood Risk Modeling
962 papers18.2% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on advanced scenario tools and data integration to improve flood 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Opportunities · 02Building Climate‑Resilient Societies
861 papers16.3% of this theme group
Papers propose strategies for enhancing adaptive capacity and reducing vulnerability across diverse populations.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 258.4 |
| 2023 | 261.3 |
| 2024 | 165.0 |
| 2025 | 226.0 |
Opportunities · 03Climate‑Smart Agricultural Practices
818 papers15.5% of this theme group
Research highlights emerging techniques to boost productivity and sustainability under shifting climate conditions.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Opportunities · 04Integrated Urban Resilience Frameworks
766 papers14.5% of this theme group
Studies present holistic approaches linking psychological, infrastructural, and systemic resilience for 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 130.3 |
| 2023 | 138.8 |
| 2024 | 140.3 |
| 2025 | 228.2 |
Opportunities · 05Hydrologic Modeling for Flood Control
695 papers13.1% of this theme group
Works explore GIS and simulation methods to assess and enhance flood mitigation 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.9 |
| 2023 | 379.3 |
| 2024 | 328.5 |
| 2025 | 385.0 |
Opportunities · 06Urban Flood Resilience Solutions
671 papers12.7% of this theme group
Research develops 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 781.9 |
| 2023 | 756.7 |
| 2024 | 660.9 |
| 2025 | 761.9 |
Opportunities · 07Climate Finance and Risk Disclosure
520 papers9.8% of this theme group
Papers outline emerging frameworks for assessing and reporting climate‑related financial risks.
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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.4 |
| 2023 | 35.3 |
| 2024 | 30.5 |
| 2025 | 50.5 |
How this field compares with the research baseline
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Problem-identifying | 36.1% | 9.1% |
| Promising | 26.0% | 38.2% |
| Descriptive | 18.6% | 16.8% |
| Cautionary | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Breakthrough | 6.8% | 26.3% |
| Critical | 2.4% | 1.0% |
| Comparative | 2.4% | 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 paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety & misuseOn the use and misuse of climate change projections in international development | 32 | 0.2% | 26 (81.2%) | 0.2% |
| Privacy & surveillanceAssessing climate change effects on vector-borne disease patterns to strengthen surveillance, prevention and adaptive gl | 5 | 0.03% | 5 (100.0%) | 0.03% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainAre Wastewater Systems Adapting to Climate Change? | 4 | 0.03% | 2 (50.0%) | 0.03% |
| Concentration of compute powerFlood insurance contract design based on incentive mitigation | 3 | 0.02% | 1 (33.3%) | 0.02% |
| Labour & data workFrom Reactive to Proactive: Greening Germany’s Regional Policy | 2 | 0.01% | 1 (50.0%) | 0.01% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 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 & PLACEWhere demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — London
Compare demand signals in London’s newsflow with the sustainability tech categories mapped to each signal.
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Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — London
Compare demand signals in London’s newsflow with the sustainability tech categories mapped to each signal.
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.
The opportunity, in one view
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 100.0 | 0.0 | +100.0 | +10.1% | |
| Climate policy & governance ↗Compliance Pressure | 50.0 | 75.0 | -25.0 | -28.7% | |
| Carbon & emissions ↗Compliance Pressure | 0.0 | 75.0 | -75.0 | -35.5% | |
| Renewables build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift | 50.0 | — | No matching category | — | -18.2% |
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Where the signals are loudest
All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. London is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United Kingdom for this page's signal families; London is marked.
Climate policy & governance · Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions
Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks
Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions
Layoffs & income shocks · Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out
Climate policy & governance · Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out
Renewables build-out · Carbon & emissions · Climate policy & governance
Renewables build-out · Carbon & emissions · Climate policy & governance
Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks
Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions · Renewables build-out
Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions
Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions · Renewables build-out
Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out
Inside the leading signals
Open any signal for its quarterly historySPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+100.0percentile-point gap
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Mapped sustainability tech categories
- Energy Saas67
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Quarterly share of London coverage
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
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| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 54 | 21.03 |
| 2024Q4 | 61 | 26.01 |
| 2025Q1 | 84 | 31.68 |
| 2025Q2 | 50 | 20.77 |
| 2025Q3 | 84 | 27.61 |
| 2025Q4 | 43 | 17.83 |
| 2026Q1 | 109 | 35.03 |
Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREClimate policy & governance-25.0percentile-point gap
Climate policy can land as reporting, compliance and transition demand.
Mapped sustainability tech categories
- Circular Economy100
- Carbon Capture And Offset73
- Carbon Accounting53
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Quarterly share of London coverage
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
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| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 42 | 16.35 |
| 2024Q4 | 55 | 23.45 |
| 2025Q1 | 64 | 24.13 |
| 2025Q2 | 84 | 34.9 |
| 2025Q3 | 44 | 14.46 |
| 2025Q4 | 51 | 21.15 |
| 2026Q1 | 44 | 14.14 |
Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography
COMPLIANCE PRESSURECarbon & emissions-75.0percentile-point gap
Emission pressure can pull measurement, reduction and offset tooling demand.
Mapped sustainability tech categories
- Circular Economy100
- Carbon Capture And Offset73
- Carbon Accounting53
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Quarterly share of London coverage
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
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| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 24 | 9.35 |
| 2024Q4 | 55 | 23.45 |
| 2025Q1 | 48 | 18.1 |
| 2025Q2 | 50 | 20.77 |
| 2025Q3 | 29 | 9.53 |
| 2025Q4 | 35 | 14.51 |
| 2026Q1 | 29 | 9.32 |
Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography
INFRASTRUCTURE SHIFTRenewables build-out—supply not mapped
Renewable build-out can multiply the storage, grid and management tooling it depends on.
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 London coverage
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
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| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 39 | 15.19 |
| 2024Q4 | 42 | 17.91 |
| 2025Q1 | 55 | 20.74 |
| 2025Q2 | 54 | 22.43 |
| 2025Q3 | 44 | 14.46 |
| 2025Q4 | 38 | 15.76 |
| 2026Q1 | 46 | 14.78 |
Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONSRelated research and changing coverage
London sustainability tech coverage
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Related research and changing coverage
London sustainability tech coverage
Intermolecular London Dispersion Interactions of Azobenzene Switches for Tuning Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems
ChemPlusChem
54 citations in the snapshot
The challenges of aligning the scales of urban climate science and climate policy in London and Manchester
Environment and Planning C Politics and Space
8 citations in the snapshot
What is growing in this coverage
London coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| urban sustainability | 18 | 8 | 100.7% |
| global warming weather patterns | 18 | 8 | 100.7% |
| eco-innovation | 17 | 10 | 51.6% |
| renewable technologies | 25 | 27 | -17.4% |
| climate mobilization | 26 | 33 | -29.7% |
| carbon reduction strategies | 30 | 45 | -40.5% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Sustainability Tech in London: 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: 1 September 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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