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January 23, 2020

Why tech has been slow to fight wildfires, extreme weather

  • Innovations can take years to prove and even longer to convince traditional utilities and government agencies to adopt.
    • By RACHEL LERMAN
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — For two years running, California's wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, that hasn't spurred much tech innovation aimed at addressing extreme-weather disasters associated with climate change.

    It's true that tech companies from enterprise software-maker Salesforce to financial-technology firm Stripe have pushed to dramatically reduce their climate impact. Individual investors and small investment firms have stepped in to fund emerging efforts around cleantech — a term used broadly to describe technology that looks to manage human impact on the environment. And the catastrophic Australian wildfires have spurred additional interest.


     
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