
Niccolò takes the mic to explore Desert Tech — one of the most underrated frontiers in climate-tech and AgTech. With over 40% of the world’s land classified as desert and 1.8 billion people projected to face absolute water scarcity by 2050 , startups are racing to turn barren land into opportunity.
From vertical farms 30x more efficient than open fields to “sand-to-soil” tech that transforms dry land into fertile ground and much more...
It also unpacks how investors can actually access the space — from hubs to niche funds — and why impact + high-risk innovation could deliver both returns and resilience.