Quantum for Climate and Earth Systems
How quantum computing, quantum simulation and quantum sensing may fit into climate intelligence, Earth observation and resource strategy without displacing the classical stack that already runs them
Report overview
Climate and Earth systems are becoming one of the most demanding tests of whether quantum technologies can move from research promise to operational infrastructure. The problem is not generic sustainability, but the growing need to measure, simulate and interpret complex physical systems with greater precision: climate dynamics, greenhouse-gas emissions, clean-energy materials, groundwater, subsurface resources, critical minerals and infrastructure exposure to climate risk. Today, these tasks are dominated by high-performance computing, Earth observation, AI, numerical modelling and institutional climate services. Quantum computing, quantum simulation and quantum sensing can become relevant only where they improve specific bottlenecks inside this existing stack, rather than replacing it wholesale.
Inside the report
Report structure
The report develops the question through 10 analytical sections, moving from the underlying technological or policy problem to its industrial, financial and strategic consequences.
- 01The infrastructure baseline
- 02Quantum computing and climate modelling
- 03Quantum simulation for clean-energy materials
- 04Batteries, carbon capture and industrial decarbonisation
- 05Quantum sensing for Earth systems
- 06Earth observation, methane monitoring and emissions intelligence
- 07Resource intelligence and market formation
- 08Regulation, standards and sovereignty
- 09What to monitor next
- 10Sources used
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Industrial structure
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Capital and policy context
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Strategic implications
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