Climate Tech Newsletter: July 14, 2025

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights. Explore the latest policies, innovations, and market trends driving the future of climate tech.

Climate Tech Insights

China’s rise in clean energy dominance reshapes global power dynamics. The EU accelerates EV battery manufacturing with €852M in funding. Meanwhile, an international tribunal’s ruling recognizes a healthy climate as a human right, setting a global legal precedent.

---

1. China’s clean energy dominance, in three charts
   July 10, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

2. Abandoning EU’s 2035 zero-emission car target would risk 1 million jobs – study
   July 8, 2025 – Reuters

3. Polestar’s quarterly EV sales jump; offers attract more buyers
   July 10, 2025 – Reuters

4. Ford says Michigan EV battery plant on track, to benefit from tax credits
   July 8, 2025 – Reuters

5. Redwood Materials launches Redwood Energy
   July 9, 2025 – Recycling Today

6. Major breakthrough brings world closer to achieving clean energy
   July 11, 2025 – News.com.au

7. Investment in climate tech is trending down in the first half of 2025
   July 9, 2025 – Latitude Media

8. EU supercharges EV battery manufacturing with €852M funding
   July 7, 2025 – Innovation News Network

9. Europe’s climate effort at risk from political backlash
   July 7, 2025 – Financial Times

10. Scientists freeze out climate change with CO₂ capture breakthrough
    July 10, 2025 – Energy Reporters

11. ‘Megalaw’ complicates Trump’s plans to quickly axe renewable credits
    July 11, 2025 – E&E News

12. Marjorie Taylor Greene pledges probe into geoengineering
    July 11, 2025 – E&E News

13. International tribunal declares right to healthy climate
    July 7, 2025 – E&E News

14. Harnessing nature to store CO₂
    July 9, 2025 – Cipher News

15. Budget bill set to derail two wind farms
    July 9, 2025 – Canary Media

16. Trump’s coal plant order faces major legal and logistical challenges
    July 10, 2025 – Canary Media

17. Survey finds bipartisan support for renewable energy over fossil fuels
    July 11, 2025 – Canary Media

18. LGND wants to make “ChatGPT for the Earth”
    July 10, 2025 – TechCrunch

19. Can nuclear waste be reprocessed into safe new fuel?
    July 7, 2025 – IEEE Spectrum

20. EU launches roadmap for nature credits to attract private investment in biodiversity
    July 7, 2025 – ESG News

21. ESMA sets emissions reduction targets for 2027 and 2030 in first climate transition plan
    July 8, 2025 – ESG News

22. Report: U.S. industry peers forge path to decarbonizing operations
    July 10, 2025 – Climate Insider

23. U.S. government approves ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’: How SolarBank is beating the clock
    July 10, 2025 – Carbon Credits

24. KATCO launches South Tortkuduk uranium site, expands sustainable mining in Kazakhstan
    July 7, 2025 – Carbon Credits