The Climate Cycle
by Climate Tech Canada
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The companies remaking energy, food, and industry are being built right now. The Climate Cycle goes deep inside Canadian climate tech, talking to the founders, investors, and thinkers building the industries of tomorrow. Hosted by Justin Reist, founder of Climate Tech Canada.
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- Heat Pumps, Data Centres, Carbon Removal and More: Our Best Conversations of 2026 · 41 min · Episode 51We published 22 episodes of The Climate Cycle over the last year, here are six that we think are worth a second listen. This recap covers data centre energy demand, the state of…
- Lessons From Connecting Climate Tech and Indigenous Nations with Chad Rickaby · 51 min · Episode 50This episode is part of a larger project exploring Indigenous partnerships for climate tech startups with Climate Door. More to come soon. Chad Rickaby is the CEO and co-founder…
- Helping Utilities Catch Wildfires Before They Spark with CRWN.ai · 56 min · Episode 49CRWN.ai helps utilities prevent wildfires sparked by failing grid infrastructure. These fires are rare, but they're catastrophic. In 2018, a single failure on PG&E's grid sparked…
- Fixing Canada's Broken Lab-to-Market Pipeline with Dr. Kyle Briggs · 1 h 3 min · Episode 48Canada is home to world class researchers and institutions. But that potential doesn’t always translate into commercial impact. Not because the technology fails, but because the…
- Voluntary to Mandatory: Building ESG's Trust Infrastructure with Charles Assaf, Novisto · 45 min · Episode 47The story in corporate sustainability right now is all about retreat: voluntary pledges walked back, advocacy groups shutting down, banks dropping emissions targets. But…
- Turning Waste Heat into Energy Abundance with Local Energy · 56 min · Episode 46Up to 50% of industrial heat is wasted. For decades, cheap electricity meant nobody bothered capturing it. That's changing as industry looks for more power, better efficiency…
- An Insider's Look at Industrial Decarbonization with Dennis Wilson, Saint-Gobain North America · 25 min · Episode 45Canada's built environment accounts for roughly 40% of national emissions - and building materials, one of the least-discussed corners of climate tech, are where a lot of that…
- Is Climate Software Dead? · 1 h 1 min · Episode 44A generation of climate tech was built on assumptions that no longer hold up. AI primitives and cutting-edge models are commoditizing software, creating new questions around the…
- What It Takes to Make Carbon Pricing Stick in Canada with Clean Prosperity · 49 min · Episode 43Canada's industrial carbon pricing system just went through its biggest redesign since it launched, trading ambition for stability. Depending on who you ask, the deal is either a…
- Accelerating Climate Innovation with Philanthropic Capital ft. Galith Levy, Climate Solutions Prize · 46 min · Episode 42Climate startups face a commercialization gap: They've proven the science, but are too risky for VCs - and too commercial for a government grant. It's a gap that philanthropic…
- Closing the Heat Pump Adoption Gap with Stephen Lake, Jetson · 54 min · Episode 41We know heat pumps work - they’ve been around for decades - but actually getting them into homes is a challenge. The gap is structural: high upfront costs, a buying process stuck…
- Turning Toronto Into Canada's Climate Hub · 35 min · Episode 40Can Toronto become a global climate hub - and put Canada on the map? Becky Park-Romanovsky is a global leader in sustainability and climate action, with a track record of…
- Turning Retired EV Batteries Into Domestic Energy Storage with Moment Energy · 41 min · Episode 39The battery storage market is growing - and the supply chain feeding it runs largely through overseas cell manufacturers. At the same time, the first wave of EV batteries is…
- The Economic Case for Carbon Removal with Na'im Merchant · 41 min · Episode 38Canada's carbon removal sector punches well above its weight. We're home to leaders in direct air capture, mineral and ocean pathways and international companies are moving…
- Low-Carbon Fuels Without the Green Premium ft. Secant Fuel · 49 min · Episode 37The green fuels transition has a cost problem. Mandates are arriving, corporate targets are being set, but sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel keep stalling on the…
- Winning The Water Pollution Arms Race with Xatoms · 37 min · Episode 36Since 2015, over 200 new contaminants have entered our water systems. Traditional purification technology wasn't built to keep up. Diana Virgovicova is the founder and CEO of…
- What A New Auto Strategy Means for Canada's EV Supply Chain · 49 min · Episode 35Canada's auto sector faces a choice: follow the US away from EVs, or bet on the technology the rest of the world is adopting. We look at Canada’s new auto strategy - dropping…
- How Data Centres Are Reshaping the Grid with Sam Hasty, Active Impact Investments · 56 min · Episode 34AI data centres are consuming electricity at unprecedented rates, creating anxiety about grid stability, power bills, and backsliding on climate progress by firing up natural gas…
- Can We Scale Critical Minerals Without Scaling Pollution? · 43 min · Episode 33Electrification depends on critical minerals — but mining and processing them remains one of the dirtiest, most constrained parts of the clean energy transition. While countries…
- Scaling Climate Tech Inside Heavy Industry: Lessons from the Field · 55 min · Episode 32What does it actually take to build first-of-a-kind climate projects inside some of the world’s most risk-averse industries? In this episode, three leaders share how they’re…
