Climate change is one of humankind’s biggest challenges, leading to more frequent and intense climate extremes, including heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, ocean acidification, and increased extinction rates. Nanotechnology already plays an important role in decarbonizing critical processes. Still, despite the technical advances seen in the last decades, the International Energy Agency has identified many sectors that are not on track to achieve the global climate mitigation goals by 2030. Here, a multi-stakeholder group of nanoscientists from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors discuss four high-potential application spaces where nanotechnologies could accelerate progress: batteries and energy storage; catalysis; coatings, lubricants, membranes, and other interface technology; and capture of greenhouse gases. This Comment highlights opportunities and current gaps for those working to minimize the climate crisis and provides a framework for the nanotechnology community to answer the call to action on this global issue.

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应对气候危机的纳米技术解决方案


气候变化是人类面临的最大挑战之一，导致更频繁和更强烈的极端气候事件，包括热浪、野火、飓风、海洋酸化和灭绝率增加。纳米技术已经在关键工艺脱碳方面发挥着重要作用。尽管如此，尽管过去几十年取得了技术进步，但国际能源署已经确定了许多行业没有走上到 2030 年实现全球气候缓解目标的轨道。在这里，来自公共、私营和慈善部门的纳米科学家组成的多方利益相关者小组讨论了纳米技术可以加速进展的四个高潜力应用领域：电池和储能;催化作用;涂层、润滑剂、膜和其他界面技术;以及温室气体的捕获。本评论强调了那些致力于最大限度地减少气候危机的各方的机会和当前的差距，并为纳米技术界提供了一个框架，以响应这一全球问题的行动呼吁。