The Climate Cycle
Episodes
The Economic Case for Carbon Removal with Na'im Merchant
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Canada's carbon removal sector punches well above its weight. We're home to leaders in direct air capture, mineral and ocean pathways and inte...
Low-Carbon Fuels Without the Green Premium ft. Secant Fuel
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The green fuels transition has a cost problem. Mandates are arriving, corporate targets are being set, but sustainable aviation fuel and renewable die...
Winning The Water Pollution Arms Race with Xatoms
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2015, over 200 new contaminants have entered our water systems. Traditional purification technology wasn't built to keep up.Diana Virgovicov...
What A New Auto Strategy Means for Canada's EV Supply Chain
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Canada'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’...
How Data Centres Are Reshaping the Grid with Sam Hasty, Active Impact Investments
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI data centres are consuming electricity at unprecedented rates, creating anxiety about grid stability, power bills, and backsliding on climate progr...
Can We Scale Critical Minerals Without Scaling Pollution?
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Electrification depends on critical minerals — but mining and processing them remains one of the dirtiest, most constrained parts of the clean energ...
Scaling Climate Tech Inside Heavy Industry: Lessons from the Field
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What 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 l...
Backing the Builders: NorthX's playbook for scaling climate tech with Sarah Goodman
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Goodman, President and CEO of NorthX. NorthX deploys non-dilutive catalytic capital at the early stages of comm...
Is Iron The Future of Long-Duration Energy Storage? with Hayden Smith, FeX Energy
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Hayden Smith, founder and CEO of FeX Energy, to unpack why energy storage matters to the energy transition and how their new iron-bas...
Food Sovereignty and Vertical Farming with Corey Ellis, Growcer
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Ellis is the co-founder and CEO of Growcer, an Ottawa-based company building modular farms & food infrastructure used by communities, school...
Rewiring Risk and Return in Climate Tech with Kevin Krausert, Avatar Innovations
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Krausert is the co-founder and CEO of Avatar Innovations, a Canadian venture studio reshaping how energy technologies are developed, funded, and...
Hunting Gigacorns with Nelson Switzer, Climate Innovation Capital
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nelson Switzer is the co-founder of Climate Innovation Capital and author of The Gigacorn Hunter. Nelson’s spent his career at the intersection of c...
Cultivated Fat and the Future of Food with Emily Farrar, Genuine Taste
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Emily Farrar, co-founder at Genuine Taste, a startup tackling one of the biggest limitations in plant-based food: flavour...
Decarbonizing Cement with Apoorv Sinha, Carbon Upcycling
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apoorv Sinha is the co-founder and CEO of Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a Calgary-based startup turning industrial waste and captured carbon into low...
Commercializing Climate Chemistry with RXN Hub
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Lehtinen and Sebastian Alamillo are the co-founders of RXN Hub, a new facility to help ChemTech ventures scale from lab to market.RXN Hub is ta...
Industrializing Mass Timber Construction with OD Krieg, Intelligent City
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver David (OD) Krieg is the President of Intelligent City, a Vancouver-based company redefining how we build housing using mass timber, advanced ma...
Smarter Tools for Scaling Home Retrofits with Arman Mottaghi, Properate
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada needs to retrofit millions of homes - fast. But outdated tools, confusing incentives, and a narrow focus on ROI are holding us back.In this epi...
Turning Rooftop Beehives into Nature Intelligence with Nyla Ahmad, Alvéole
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nyla Ahmad is the COO at Alvéole, a company helping commercial real estate go nature-positive, starting with rooftop beehives. What began as a tool f...
Deploying drones for wildfire defence with Alex Deslauriers, FireSwarm Solutions
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Deslauriers is the founder and CEO at FireSwarm Solutions, a startup revolutionizing wildfire suppression. FireSwarm is developing AI-powered swa...
The Future of Home Energy with Marc-André Forget, dcbel
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marc-André Forget is the founder and CEO of dcbel, a startup transforming our relationship with energy at home. dcbel enables homeowners to easily ma...
Unlocking The Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential with Mike Kelland, Planetary
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Kelland is the co-founder and CEO of Planetary, a carbon removal startup that’s aiming to draw down gigatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by...
Scaling Carbon Removal in Canada
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At this year’s Carbon Removal Day in Ottawa, we caught up with experts working across the life cycle of carbon removal to discuss the state of carbo...
Next-Gen Nuclear for AI Data Centres with Matt Loszak, Aalo Atomics
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Loszak is the co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, a company building factory mass-manufactured nuclear power plants, purpose built for AI data ce...
Turning CO2 into Valuable Chemicals with Christine Gabardo, CERT Systems
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Christine Gabardo, co-founder and CTO of CERT Systems, a climate tech startup working to produce essential chemi...
Disrupting Menstrual Care with Sustainable Materials with Rashmi Prakash, Aruna Revolution
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Rashmi Prakash, founder of Aruna Revolution. Aruna is a sustainable fibre company making compostable menstrual pads that are better...
Finding Hidden Value in Green Buildings with Christopher Naismith, Audette
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we’re diving into the world of commercial building retrofits.We're joined byChristopher Naismith, founder and CEO ofAudette, a...
Thriving in an Uncertain World with Dr. Ron Dembo, RiskThinking.AI
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the complex world of climate risk and how it's reshaping global financial markets.Our guest is Dr. Ron Dembo, founder an...
Turning Ocean Waste into Next-Gen Materials with Aaron Guan from Neptune Nanotechnologies
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Guan is the founder ofNeptune Nanotechnologies, a bio-nano material startup that is converting crab and other crustacean shells from the seafood...
Building Trust in EV Charging with Benoit Lacroix from ReliON
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benoit Lacroix is the co-founder and CEO atReliON, a Reliability-as-a-Service startup offering an end-to-end experience for charging operators from pr...
On-Demand Transit with Justin Hunt from Blaise Transit
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle, we explore the world of public transit and its positive impact on our climate and communities. Our guest is Just...
Micro-Factories and Hyperlocal Food with Wayne McIntyre from Relocalize
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle we talk with Wayne McIntyre, founder and CEO of Relocalize. Relocalize is eliminating middle mile logistics with ...
Materials from Mushrooms with Stephanie Lipp, MycoFutures
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle we sit down with Stephanie Lipp, co-founder and CEO of MycoFutures. MycoFutures is creating a new material for th...
Capturing Carbon in the North with Dr. Vida Gabriel from TerraFixing
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Vida Gabriel, co-founder and COO of TerraFixing. TerraFixing has engineered the only Direct Air Carbon Captu...
Three climate tech sectors we're watching in 2024
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle, we're sharing a preview of our upcoming report on the state of VC funding for Canadian climate tech. It brea...
Cultivating Sustainable Dyes with Roya Aghighi & Sarah Graham from Lite-1
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle, we sit down with Roya Aghighi and Sarah Graham, co-founders of Lite-1. Lite-1 is using biomanufacturing to produ...
Climate Action at Work with Jack Bruner from Mammoth Climate
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Climate Cycle, we talk to Jack Bruner, co-founder at Mammoth Climate. Mammoth empowers companies to achieve their climate goals...
Automating Carbon Management with Alex Todorovic from Arbor
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Climate Cycle, we sit down with Alex Todorovic, co-founder and CEO of Arbor, a carbon management platform. We talk ...
Modernizing Homes for Low-Carbon Comfort with Paul Sehr from Jouleia
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Sehr is the co-founder of Jouleia, a new home modernization platform. Paul started Jouleia after modernizing & electrifying his own home - an...
Welcome to The Climate Cycle
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Climate Cycle brings you in-depth conversations with climate tech founders building the next generation of climate solutions right here in Canada....